Marcin Frąckiewicz, Author at TechStock²

Renewable Energy Stocks Week Ahead: Offshore Wind Wins, Grid Spending, and Data‑Center Power Demand in Focus (Dec 22–26, 2025)

Renewable energy stocks head into the Christmas week with a familiar mix of tailwinds and tripwires: supportive long-duration contracts in Europe, rising investment in grids and interconnectors, and a fast-evolving “power race” driven by data centers—set against the usual year-end liquidity drop and rate sensitivity that can exaggerate moves. The latest news and analysis from December 19–21, 2025 reinforces one central message for investors: the renewables trade is becoming less about ideology and more about system build‑out—generation, storage, and the wires in between. That shift matters because it changes which sub-sectors can outperform in a low-liquidity holiday week: typically, the

21 December 2025

Offshore Wind·Renewable Energy

Oil and Gas Stocks Week Ahead: Crude Near $60, Venezuela Crackdown Risks, and an EIA Data Delay Reset the Energy Trade

Oil and gas stocks head into the Christmas week with a familiar tug-of-war: prices are being pulled down by swelling supply and “oil on water” inventory signals, yet pushed up by fast-moving geopolitical headlines—especially around Venezuela—and rising scrutiny of “shadow” shipping routes. As of Friday, December 19, Brent settled at $60.47 a barrel and U.S. WTI at $56.66, with markets still finishing the week lower even after a late bounce tied to Venezuela and Russia-Ukraine developments. Reuters For investors, the week ahead is less about earnings (quiet) and more about headline risk, inventory transparency, and positioning—with a notable twist: the

21 December 2025

Energy Markets

FTSE 100 Week Ahead: Holiday-Shortened UK Trading, GDP Revisions and a FTSE Index Shake-Up as London Shares Eye 10,000

London’s stock market heads into Christmas week with a tailwind — and a warning label. The FTSE 100 finished Friday at roughly 9,897, within touching distance of its November record around 9,930, as a late-December “Santa rally” narrative gathered pace despite fresh evidence of a UK slowdown. The Guardian+2Reuters+2 Now the focus turns to a compressed three-session week (Monday to Wednesday), thin liquidity, and a heavy dose of UK macro revisions — including quarterly GDP updates and business investment — all landing just as passive funds implement December’s FTSE index reshuffle. Here’s what matters for UK stocks in the week ahead

21 December 2025

FTSE 100·LSE:FTSE·Stock Market·UK Economy

Cybersecurity Stocks Week Ahead: Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, Zscaler and Okta in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

The final full stretch of 2025 trading arrives with a familiar contradiction: holiday-shortened markets, but no shortage of cybersecurity catalysts. With U.S. stock markets scheduled to close early on Wednesday, Dec. 24 (1:00 p.m. ET) and remain closed on Thursday, Dec. 25, liquidity is expected to thin out—often amplifying single-headline moves in high-momentum groups like cybersecurity. Nasdaq+2New York Stock Exchange+2 For investors tracking cybersecurity stocks into year-end, the biggest themes from Dec. 19–21, 2025 were clear: Below is a week-ahead playbook built from the news, forecasts and analyst framing published Dec. 19–21, 2025, plus the key calendar items that could shape risk appetite into Christmas week. Market setup for the week

21 December 2025

Cybersecurity·NASDAQ:CRWD·NASDAQ:FTNT·NASDAQ:OKTA·NASDAQ:PANW·NASDAQ:ZS

TSX Outlook: Canada Stock Market Week Ahead (Dec. 22–26, 2025) — GDP, Bank of Canada, and Commodities After a Record Close

Canada’s stock market heads into Christmas week with momentum—and a tighter window for price discovery. The S&P/TSX Composite finished Friday, December 19 at a fresh record close of 31,755.77, rising 1% on the day, up 0.7% on the week, and leaving the benchmark up 28.4% year-to-date (its strongest annual pace since 2009). Reuters But the coming week is a different animal: it’s holiday-shortened, liquidity typically thins, and the market’s “weekly” narrative will likely be shaped in just two active sessions—before early closes and full-day holidays kick in. TSX.com Below is what matters most for Canadian investors in the week ahead, based on market reporting and strategist previews published Dec. 19–21,

21 December 2025

Commodities·Stock Market·TSX

ASX 200 Week Ahead: RBA Minutes, US GDP and Thin Christmas Trading in Focus for Australian Shares

SYDNEY (Dec. 21, 2025) — Australia’s sharemarket heads into Christmas week with the ASX 200 hovering around the 8,600 mark, after a late-week rebound in banks and technology steadied nerves — but didn’t deliver a convincing “Santa rally” story just yet. Friday’s lift came as offshore sentiment improved and investors rotated back into select growth names, while energy and health care continued to weigh on broader momentum. ABC+2IG+2 The week ahead is also unusual in one important way: it’s short and it’s thin. With the ASX closing for Christmas Day and Boxing Day and finishing early on Christmas Eve, liquidity will drop sharply, which can magnify

21 December 2025

Stock Market

US Stock Market Week Ahead: Santa Rally Window, Q3 GDP Catch‑Up Data, and Fed Rate Bets Put Wall Street on Watch (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Wall Street heads into Christmas week with a familiar year-end setup—strong full‑year gains, a choppy December, and a market that can swing sharply when trading desks are half-staffed. Stocks finished the last full trading week of 2025 with a late rebound powered by a renewed bid for AI-linked names. On Friday, Dec. 19, the S&P 500 rose 0.88% to 6,834.50, the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.31% to 23,307.62, and the Dow added 0.38% to 48,134.89. Reuters+1 The bigger story: investors are about to get a burst of long-delayed U.S. economic data—starting with a first look at third‑quarter GDP—at the same time the

21 December 2025

Federal Reserve·Stock Market

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 21.12.2025

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21 December 2025

Stock Market

Stock Market Today 20.12.2025

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20 December 2025

NSE:ICICIBANK·Stock Market

Singapore AI Stocks Today: SGX Data Centre REITs, Singtel and Semiconductor Suppliers in Focus on 19 December 2025

Singapore’s AI-linked stocks ended Friday on a steady note, even as global headlines kept the artificial intelligence trade firmly in the spotlight. The Straits Times Index (STI) slipped a marginal 0.02% to 4,569.78 on 19 December 2025, with turnover of about S$2.1 billion and advancers outpacing decliners across the broader market. The Business Times For investors scanning the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for “AI stocks”, the story is less about pure-play model developers and more about the companies that power, house, test, secure, and distribute AI compute: data centre REITs, telecom and cloud infrastructure, and semiconductor equipment and precision engineering names. And on a day when markets digested fresh signals about chip demand,

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·SGX:Z74.SI·Singapore Stocks

UK AI Stocks Today: Capita’s £62m AI Contract, Alphawave Delisting, and Fresh Forecasts for London Investors (19 December 2025)

London’s “AI trade” is ending the week with a split personality: headlines are undeniably AI-heavy, but price action is being shaped just as much by rate expectations and a fresh bout of valuation nerves across global tech. On Friday, European equities were broadly steady, with bank strength offsetting weakness elsewhere, while technology shares dipped amid renewed concerns about AI-driven valuations—a reminder that the market is increasingly picky about how AI translates into cash flow, not just whether a company mentions it. Reuters Below is the key UK AI-stock news today (19/12/2025), plus the most actionable forecasts and analyst views shaping sentiment into year-end. UK market mood:

19 December 2025

LSE:AWE·LSE:CPI

ASX AI Stocks Today: WiseTech Jumps, DroneShield Surges, NextDC Slides as Australian Tech Leads the Market (19 December 2025)

SYDNEY, Friday, 19 December 2025 — Artificial intelligence-themed investing on the Australia stock market ended the week with a familiar mix of momentum and volatility: the S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.47% at 8,628.20, led by a strong rebound in tech, while investors continued to debate whether the AI “build-out” is accelerating—or simply getting more expensive. News.com.au+1 The local “AI stocks” story on the ASX today wasn’t just about pure-play AI developers. It was also about AI infrastructure (data centres, connectivity, energy) and AI-adjacent software—the parts of the market that typically move when global investors rotate in and out of high-growth themes. Technology was the standout sector, up

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·ASX Updates·Stock Market

AI Stocks Today in Asia Stock Markets: Chip and Tech Shares Rebound as BOJ Hikes Rates and Nvidia’s China Chip Review Reshapes Sentiment (Dec. 19, 2025)

TOKYO / SEOUL / HONG KONG / TAIPEI — Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 — AI stocks across Asia stock markets bounced on Friday, with investors buying back into chip and platform names after a bruising week for “AI trade” valuations. The rebound came as Japan delivered a widely expected Bank of Japan (BOJ) rate hike, global risk appetite improved on a U.S. inflation downside surprise, and a fresh U.S. policy headline on Nvidia chip sales to Chinainjected both upside optionality and new uncertainty into the region’s AI supply chain narrative. Investing.com Australia+2Reuters+2 Asia’s broader tone was constructive: Reuters reported Japan up about 1.3%, South Korea

19 December 2025

NASDAQ:NVDA·Technology

AI Stocks Today in India Stock Market: TCS, Infosys, HCLTech Lead the AI Theme as Nifty Closes Above 25,950 (19 Dec 2025)

Indian equities snapped a four-session losing streak on Friday, December 19, 2025, and AI-linked stocks—especially large IT services and digital engineering names—stayed firmly on investors’ radar. The day’s action was driven by a mix of global macro relief (cooler US inflation reviving rate-cut hopes), rupee stability, and fresh read-through from Accenture’s quarterly update, which continues to shape expectations for Indian IT demand into 2026. Reuters+3Reuters+3Moneycontrol+3 At the same time, the “AI stocks” story in India is widening beyond IT services. Market participants are increasingly clubbing data-centre operators, telecom/cloud infrastructure, and power-and-cooling ecosystem companies into a broader “AI compute” theme—helped by policy

19 December 2025

NSE:HCLTECH·NSE:INFY·NSE:TCS·Stock Market·Technology

Quantum Computing Stocks Today: IonQ, D-Wave, Rigetti and QUBT Move in US Premarket on Fresh Deals and New Wall Street Targets (Dec. 19, 2025)

U.S.-listed quantum computing stocks are back in focus in Friday’s premarket session as traders digest a burst of company-specific headlines—new contracts and partnerships, an M&A-driven photonics land grab, and a new wave of Wall Street coverage that’s putting ambitious 2026 price targets on some of the market’s most volatile tech names. The result: familiar tickers—IonQ (IONQ), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Rigetti Computing (RGTI) and Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT)—are seeing early moves as investors weigh near-term catalysts against the longer-term question that still defines the entire theme: How fast can “quantum promise” turn into durable, recurring revenue? Premarket snapshot: where key quantum

19 December 2025

NASDAQ:IONQ·NASDAQ:QBTS·NASDAQ:QUBT·NASDAQ:RGTI·Quantum Computing·Stock Market

EV Stocks Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Tesla, Rivian, Lucid in Focus as Softer Inflation Lifts Rate-Cut Hopes in Premarket

U.S.-listed EV stocks are heading into Friday’s session with a familiar mix of macro tailwinds and company-specific headline risk. On the supportive side: the latest inflation data came in cooler than forecasts, nudging markets toward a more dovish Federal Reserve outlook—typically a constructive setup for long-duration, high-growth names across the EV ecosystem. On the cautionary side: policy uncertainty around charging buildouts and incentives remains a live theme, while regulatory scrutiny continues to hover over “autonomy” marketing claims and range disclosures. In early Friday premarket positioning, U.S. index futures were modestly higher, with S&P 500 futures up about 0.3%, Nasdaq 100

19 December 2025

Inflation·Interest Rates·NASDAQ:LCID·NASDAQ:RIVN·NASDAQ:TSLA

Silver Price Today (December 19, 2025): XAG/USD Stays Near Record Highs as Fed-Cut Bets Battle a Firmer Dollar

Silver price today is holding close to historic highs, extending a year of unusually strong momentum for the “white metal” as investors weigh a cooler U.S. inflation read against a rebounding U.S. dollar. In early trade on Friday, December 19, spot silver was trading around $65.8–$65.9 per ounce, up modestly on the day, with the session range still brushing near the week’s peak levels. Kitco+1 Silver price today: where XAG/USD stands right now Silver’s latest move is small in percentage terms, but big in context: The bigger headline: silver is on track for a ~6% weekly gain after printing a

19 December 2025

Federal Reserve·Precious Metals·Silver Prices

Semiconductor Stocks Today: Nvidia, Micron, Broadcom and Intel Rise in Premarket as AI-Memory Boom Meets China Export Review (Dec. 19, 2025)

NEW YORK — December 19, 2025 (US premarket): Semiconductor stocks are back in the driver’s seat Friday morning, with investors balancing two powerful (and competing) forces: Micron’s blowout AI-memory outlook, which is reinforcing the “AI infrastructure is still real” narrative, and fresh policy risk tied to Nvidia’s China business, after a Trump administration move to review potential shipments of an advanced AI chip to Chinese customers. Reuters+1 Below is what’s moving chip stocks in premarket trading, what analysts are saying, and what traders are watching as the sector heads into the December 19 U.S. session. Semiconductor stocks premarket snapshot (as

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:INTC·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·Semiconductors·Stock Market

AI Stocks Today: Nvidia, Micron, AMD, Microsoft and Oracle in Focus as U.S. Futures Turn Mixed in Friday Premarket (Dec. 19, 2025)

U.S. AI stocks are back in the spotlight heading into Friday’s opening bell, with premarket sentiment balancing two powerful forces: (1) a renewed “AI infrastructure” bid after Micron’s blockbuster outlook, and (2) policy and financing crosswinds—from chip export rules to mega–data center funding—still hanging over the sector. As of Friday, December 19, 2025, broader U.S. equity futures were mixed, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures pointing higher while Dow futures lagged, reflecting ongoing rotation into growth and tech after this week’s volatility. Barron’s Below is what’s driving the AI stock trade in today’s U.S. premarket, the fresh news flow dated

19 December 2025

NASDAQ:AMD·NASDAQ:MSFT·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:ORCL·Technology

US Stock Market Today (Dec. 19, 2025): S&P 500 Futures Steady Into Record “Triple Witching” as Nike Slides, Oracle Pops on TikTok Deal, and Housing Data Looms

Wall Street heads into Friday, December 19, 2025, with a familiar year-end mix of calm on the surface—and plenty of potential energy underneath. After a tech-led rebound on Thursday powered by a softer U.S. inflation print, U.S. stock index futures were little changed in early global trading, signaling a cautious start to the final full session before the holiday stretch. Reuters+1 The big question for traders and long-term investors alike: will Friday be a “quiet drift” into the close, or a volatility spike driven by a record-sized derivatives expiration—plus a busy slate of late-week economic indicators? US stock market setup: futures

19 December 2025

NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:ORCL·NYSE:NKE·S&P 500·Stock Market

Marcin Frąckiewicz

Renewable Energy Stocks Week Ahead: Offshore Wind Wins, Grid Spending, and Data‑Center Power Demand in Focus (Dec 22–26, 2025)

Oil and Gas Stocks Week Ahead: Crude Near $60, Venezuela Crackdown Risks, and an EIA Data Delay Reset the Energy Trade

FTSE 100 Week Ahead: Holiday-Shortened UK Trading, GDP Revisions and a FTSE Index Shake-Up as London Shares Eye 10,000

Cybersecurity Stocks Week Ahead: Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, Zscaler and Okta in Focus (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

TSX Outlook: Canada Stock Market Week Ahead (Dec. 22–26, 2025) — GDP, Bank of Canada, and Commodities After a Record Close

ASX 200 Week Ahead: RBA Minutes, US GDP and Thin Christmas Trading in Focus for Australian Shares

US Stock Market Week Ahead: Santa Rally Window, Q3 GDP Catch‑Up Data, and Fed Rate Bets Put Wall Street on Watch (Dec. 22–26, 2025)

Stock Market Today 21.12.2025

Stock Market Today 20.12.2025

Singapore AI Stocks Today: SGX Data Centre REITs, Singtel and Semiconductor Suppliers in Focus on 19 December 2025

UK AI Stocks Today: Capita’s £62m AI Contract, Alphawave Delisting, and Fresh Forecasts for London Investors (19 December 2025)

ASX AI Stocks Today: WiseTech Jumps, DroneShield Surges, NextDC Slides as Australian Tech Leads the Market (19 December 2025)

AI Stocks Today in Asia Stock Markets: Chip and Tech Shares Rebound as BOJ Hikes Rates and Nvidia’s China Chip Review Reshapes Sentiment (Dec. 19, 2025)

AI Stocks Today in India Stock Market: TCS, Infosys, HCLTech Lead the AI Theme as Nifty Closes Above 25,950 (19 Dec 2025)

Quantum Computing Stocks Today: IonQ, D-Wave, Rigetti and QUBT Move in US Premarket on Fresh Deals and New Wall Street Targets (Dec. 19, 2025)

EV Stocks Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Tesla, Rivian, Lucid in Focus as Softer Inflation Lifts Rate-Cut Hopes in Premarket

Silver Price Today (December 19, 2025): XAG/USD Stays Near Record Highs as Fed-Cut Bets Battle a Firmer Dollar

Semiconductor Stocks Today: Nvidia, Micron, Broadcom and Intel Rise in Premarket as AI-Memory Boom Meets China Export Review (Dec. 19, 2025)

AI Stocks Today: Nvidia, Micron, AMD, Microsoft and Oracle in Focus as U.S. Futures Turn Mixed in Friday Premarket (Dec. 19, 2025)

US Stock Market Today (Dec. 19, 2025): S&P 500 Futures Steady Into Record “Triple Witching” as Nike Slides, Oracle Pops on TikTok Deal, and Housing Data Looms

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