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Intuitive Surgical also is among stocks stetting up in the final days of 2025.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives has labeled 2026 a "defining year" for Tesla stock. Here are the key milestones for investors to watch.

Firms with great fundamentals, including Palantir and Micron, made 2025's list of 100 best stocks. Gold miners also sparkled.

Coupang stock jumped after the South Korean e-commerce leader said an internal probe found a data breach was smaller than initially feared.

Nintendo Switch 2 pricing amid Trump tariffs contributed to volatile inflation readings that helped boost GDP growth past 4% in the third quarter.

Nvidia's technology licensing deal with Groq and hiring of the AI startup's key personnel is a strategic move. Nvidia stock rose.

In a holiday-shortened market week, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones hit new highs.

China sanctioned 20 firms and 10 executives over a $10 billion arms sale to Taiwan.

There are just five days to go for Musk to make good on his promise to remove robotaxi safety monitors.

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Moderna stock saw a positive improvement to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating on Friday, with an upgrade from 67 to 73.

Build-A-Bear Workshop stock had its RS Rating upgraded to 75 Friday — a nice improvement, but shy of the 80-plus preferred score.

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This would be the Dow tech giant's largest-ever acquisition.

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Trading is becoming frothier, with brokerages offering prediction markets.

AST Spacemobile successfully launched its BlueBird 6 late Tuesday from India, propelling the space stock higher.

Meta stock was slightly lower on Wednesday after Italian regulators ordered the company to allow rival AI apps into WhatsApp.

The Dow giant dived on its latest earnings but insiders are now scooping up shares.

In a deal that would add to its artificial intelligence acquisition spree, Snowflake is in talks to buy startup Observe, said a report.

Microsoft stock received some reassuring analyst reports this week as the software giant faces skepticism about its AI investments.

That will add to the drug giant's adult immunizations. Dynavax soared Wednesday.

Nutrien has been rising since early November and closed at 63.54 Wednesday, less than two points below a new buy point.

The year's 202 initial public offerings raised a combined $44 billion. IPO stocks overall have lagged the S&P 500 index despite some big first-day rallies.

Baird analysts called Meta stock a buy but said negative sentiment will carry into 2026 for the social media giant.

Investment bank Citi named Microchip as its top pick among chip stocks as it forecasts a resurgence for analog semiconductors in 2026.

Reddit stock should continue to benefit from a fast-growing ad business and its ability to license content for AI, Needham says.

Apple stock analysts are confident that the iPhone maker will finally enter the AI era in early 2026 with the launch of Siri 2.0.

Sable Offshore stock jumped as the Trump administration backed a restart of its Santa Barbara pipeline that ruptured in 2015.

ServiceNow announced the purchase of Israeli cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash, marking its fourth acquisition in 2025.

Israel-based ZIM Integrated is down 7% on the year but has rallied more than 60% since bottoming in October.

EchoStar owns some SpaceX stock that could soar with the company's valuation.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest continues to take profits in Tesla stock as it hits highs.

On Tuesday, Applied Optoelectronics stock hit a key technical benchmark, seeing its RS Rating jump to 91 from 80 the day before.

In a welcome move, Halozyme Therapeutics stock saw its Relative Strength Rating improve from 66 to 71 on Tuesday.

Top stocks were abundant Monday, 19 in all joining best stock lists. Among them were GE Aerospace, which is approaching a fresh high.

The FDA approved a Wegovy pill as the first oral GLP-1 treatment for weight loss.

President Donald Trump will announce a new class of Navy destroyer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shipbuilding stocks rose on the news.

New aerospace IPO stock Starfighters Space launches payloads from jets at speeds of Mach 2 and offers hypersonic testing for national security research.

Shift4 Payments announces it will allow merchants to settle payments and transfers with stablecoins, including USDC, USDT and more.

Aerospace stocks Heico and Howmet are up 41% and 90%, respectively, for the year.

Alphabet plans to acquire Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy infrastructure company for $4.75 billion in cash.

Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the $40 billion in equity financing in Paramount's latest offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.

The bitcoin price rose to its highest level in a week. However, Strategy sold shares to build a bigger buffer for a crypto downturn.

DraftKings announces prediction markets launch after months of groundwork. But Truist lowers price target on these risks.

Nvidia stock rose Monday on a news report that the AI chipmaker plans to start shipping its H200 processors to China in mid-February.

Stifel raises its price target on RKLB stock after defense satellite award. Rocket Lab completes 21st Electron launch of 2025.

Uber stock gained after the tech giant said it would partner with Baidu to test robotaxis in London next year. Lyft announced a similar plan.

Tesla stock lagged the broader stock market for a large part of the year but enters Monday up 19% in 2025, after gaining 26% since its November lows.

Quantum computing stocks got Wall Street's attention in 2025 as JPMorgan, Jefferies, Evercore ISI, Cantor and Mizuho initiated coverage.

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The Relative Strength (RS) Rating for Celldex Therapeutics stock moved up into a new percentile Monday, as it got a lift from 68 to 75.

A bevy of stocks moved above entries late last week as the market improved.

The gold and silver mining group has been en fuego this year and a good number of analysts expect that to continue in 2026.

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Delaware's Supreme Court overturned a ruling rescinding the $56 billion plan.

Dow Jones stock Merck forged a Most Favored Nation agreement with the Trump administration on Friday.

Boeing bounced after JPMorgan's 2026 outlook for the jet maker.

A Wall Street analyst upped his price target on Nvidia stock on Friday, saying AI infrastructure semiconductor stocks "remain cheap."

A positive 2026 stock market forecast rests on rising profits, tax stimulus, a dovish Fed and AI investment. What investors need to know now.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell below but later recovered their 50-day lines.

S&P 500 stocks rising on upgrades early Friday include a pair of AI data center backup power plays and suppliers of heavy trucks and parts.

Carnival Cruise saw multiple records in 2025 and ended the year by clearing Q4 earnings, reinstated dividend. CCL stock jumps.

Rivian stock is up more than 20% since its autonomy day event on Dec. 11.

SpaceX loses contact with Starlink satellite in mishap. Intuitive Machines angles toward buy point. EchoStar rally continues.

The deal adds two rare disease drugs to its portfolio and will be accretive to adjusted earnings per share within a year.

Cytokinetics is on the cusp of its first FDA approval, analysts say, leading up to the agency's decision date for aficamten.

Oracle reportedly will have a 15% stake in the new TikTok U.S. joint venture.

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AI memory plays are big 2025 winners. But the past month tells a different story.

Nike's Q1 results showed some improvements in its turnaround efforts. Will Thursday's Q2 report show more of the same?

Meta stock climbed Thursday and tested support at its 50-day moving average. BofA Securities stuck by a buy rating in a new research note.

FCEL stock took off on better-than-expected earnings and FuelCell Energy's new focus on supplying power to data centers.