Jim Cramer says investors should not rush back into AI stocks yet, even after Monday's rebound, because technical and fundamental hurdles remain. The Nasdaq Composite rose about 1.1% and the S&P 500 nearly 0.5% on Monday, following a sharp Friday selloff that pushed the Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq 100 below their 50-day moving averages and sent the VIX above 22 for the first time in four months. Cramer remains a long-term believer in the AI trade but says four conditions must be met: charts must improve, hyperscalers must report, the midterm elections must pass, and Anthropic's IPO must succeed. He also flagged double-top patterns in the VanEck Semiconductor ETF and Roundhill Memory ETF, a bearish signal, and wants to see AI spending show up in cloud growth. He expects political pressure on data centers may ease after the election, though Anthropic's IPO could divert capital from other AI stocks.
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