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Synopsys stock (SNPS) heads into 2026 down 1% — what traders watch next

Synopsys stock (SNPS) heads into 2026 down 1% — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:06 ET — Market closed. Synopsys shares last closed down about 1% at $469.72 on Wednesday, with U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters The move matters because the chip-design software group is being pulled between two forces: continued spending tied to artificial intelligence hardware and a late-year wobble in big tech that has investors reassessing positioning into 2026. Reuters+1 Synopsys is a key supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) software — tools engineers use to design and verify chips before they are manufactured — and it competes closely with
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Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) stock jumps after FDA sets April 30 decision for Alzheimer’s agitation drug

Axsome Therapeutics (AXSM) stock jumps after FDA sets April 30 decision for Alzheimer’s agitation drug

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:58 ET — Market closed Axsome Therapeutics shares jumped about 23% in the most recent session on Wednesday after the company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted its supplemental application for AXS-05 to treat agitation in Alzheimer’s disease and granted the filing priority review. The stock last traded at $182.64, after swinging between $148.79 and $184.40 on volume of about 3.1 million shares. Businessinsider Why it matters now: priority review shortens the FDA’s review target to six months, versus 10 months under the standard process, pulling a key binary catalyst into the first
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DoorDash stock dips on year-end slide as markets shut for New Year’s Day — what’s next for DASH

DoorDash stock dips on year-end slide as markets shut for New Year’s Day — what’s next for DASH

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:00 ET — Market closed DoorDash, Inc. shares ended the last trading day of 2025 lower, mirroring a broad pullback that capped the year in thin holiday-week trading. The move matters because the first trading sessions of 2026 will test whether investors keep trimming higher-growth consumer internet names or rotate back into them as liquidity returns. For DoorDash, the near-term focus remains demand momentum and cost discipline, two drivers that can swing expectations quickly when the market’s appetite for risk shifts. DASH finished at $226.48 on Wednesday, down 0.7% from the prior close, with about
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Apple stock forecast for 2026: Can AAPL reach $350 as AI questions linger?

Apple stock forecast for 2026: Can AAPL reach $350 as AI questions linger?

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:56 ET Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives kept a $350 price target on Apple and listed the iPhone maker among his top five artificial-intelligence picks for 2026. “The elephant in the room remains the invisible AI strategy,” Ives wrote, saying Apple’s installed base of 2.4 billion iOS devices and 1.5 billion iPhones gives it leverage if it accelerates AI efforts. Business Insider The call lands as investors reset positions after U.S. stocks logged another year of double-digit gains, helped by enthusiasm around AI-focused names despite tariff uncertainty. The S&P 500 rose 16.39% in 2025, the
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Alphabet stock forecast for 2026: Wall Street lifts targets to $385 as AI search meets a spending test

Alphabet stock forecast for 2026: Wall Street lifts targets to $385 as AI search meets a spending test

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:51 ET Citizens Financial Group analyst Andrew Boone lifted his 12-month price target — an estimate of where a stock could trade — on Alphabet to $385, implying about 22% upside from Tuesday’s close. “We view AI search as a tailwind near term for query growth,” Boone wrote in a research note. TD Cowen’s John Blackledge and Evercore ISI’s Mark Mahaney also carry bullish ratings, with price targets of $350 and $325, respectively, Barron’s reported. Barron’s The new calls land as Alphabet heads into 2026 after a roughly 65% jump in 2025, a major driver
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Microsoft stock forecast for 2026: Wedbush puts $625 target on MSFT as “inflection year” looms

Microsoft stock forecast for 2026: Wedbush puts $625 target on MSFT as “inflection year” looms

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:52 ET Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives has put Microsoft (MSFT.O) at the top of his 2026 artificial intelligence stock list and set a $625 price target after the company’s shares rose about 16% in 2025. “FY26 for Microsoft remains the true inflection year of AI growth,” Ives wrote in a client note, referring to the company’s fiscal 2026 year. Business Insider The call arrives as investors reset positions after Wall Street posted another year of double-digit gains, a rally fueled in part by enthusiasm for AI-focused stocks. U.S. equities slipped in the final trading
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Nvidia stock forecast 2026: China’s H200 chip rush sets up NVDA’s next big test

Nvidia stock forecast 2026: China’s H200 chip rush sets up NVDA’s next big test

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:50 ET Chinese technology companies have ordered more than 2 million of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips for delivery in 2026, far above the roughly 700,000 units the company has in stock, sources told Reuters. Nvidia has approached Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to ramp production, with work expected to start in the second quarter of 2026, the people said. Reuters The sudden rush is a key input to the Nvidia stock forecast for 2026 as investors look past year-end trading and toward what could drive earnings next. Nvidia shares rose about 39% in 2025 and
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Amazon stock forecast 2026: Analysts map 20%-plus upside for AMZN as cloud spending comes under scrutinyNEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:56 ET

Amazon stock forecast 2026: Analysts map 20%-plus upside for AMZN as cloud spending comes under scrutinyNEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:56 ET

Amazon.com (AMZN.O) enters 2026 with Wall Street still penciling in double-digit gains, with analysts tracked by StockAnalysis.com setting an average 12-month price target of $284.70 — a forecast of about 23% upside from the stock’s Dec. 31 close. The same dataset shows analysts expecting fiscal 2026 revenue of $811.23 billion and earnings per share (EPS), a measure of profit per share, of $8.11. StockAnalysis The projections matter now because investors are shifting from the “build it” phase of artificial intelligence to the “prove it” phase. The core question for Amazon in 2026 is how quickly its biggest profit drivers can
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Intuitive Surgical stock today: ISRG slips into 2026 as New Year’s Day shuts Wall Street

Intuitive Surgical stock today: ISRG slips into 2026 as New Year’s Day shuts Wall Street

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:48 ET — Market closed Shares of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) fell 1.1% to close at $566.36 on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, before U.S. stock markets closed for New Year’s Day. Yahoo Finance+1 The year-end dip matters now because the first trading days of January often bring portfolio rebalancing, and high-multiple healthcare names can be sensitive to shifts in risk appetite. For Intuitive, the next key test is whether its upcoming results and outlook keep investors confident in procedure-driven demand for robotic surgery. Wall Street ended 2025’s final session lower, with the
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AT&T stock today: T holds steady into New Year market holiday as traders eye Jan. 28 earnings

AT&T stock today: T holds steady into New Year market holiday as traders eye Jan. 28 earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:44 ET — Market closed AT&T Inc. shares ended 2025 slightly higher in the last U.S. session on Wednesday, holding up as broader indexes slipped into the New Year holiday. The stock last closed up 0.12% at $24.84. Yahoo Finance The quiet close matters because year-end trading was thin, which can exaggerate moves in big dividend payers such as AT&T as investors reset portfolios for 2026. Markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Reuters With liquidity low, price action late in the week often reflected positioning more than fresh corporate news. “I do
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Coca-Cola stock today: KO ends 2025 slightly lower as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day

Coca-Cola stock today: KO ends 2025 slightly lower as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 4:47 PM ET — Market closed The Coca-Cola Company’s shares (KO) slipped 0.23% to $69.91 in the last regular session on Wednesday, before U.S. markets closed Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. MarketWatch+1 The move tracked a broader year-end fade that left major indexes lower in thin trading, a setup that can pull even defensive names off course. The S&P 500 fell 0.74% in the final session of 2025, Reuters reported. Reuters That matters now because Coca-Cola is often treated as a consumer staples stock — a sector of companies that sell everyday items
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Texas Instruments stock today: TXN slides into 2026 after year-end chip selloff

Texas Instruments stock today: TXN slides into 2026 after year-end chip selloff

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:32 ET — Market closed Texas Instruments Incorporated shares closed down $1.92, or 1.1%, at $173.49 on Wednesday, the final trading day of 2025, with U.S. stock markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. The stock traded between $173.10 and $176.12, while the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) — an exchange-traded fund that tracks a basket of chip stocks — fell 1.2% and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) slipped 0.7%. New York Stock Exchange The year-end drop matters because Texas Instruments is widely treated as a bellwether for cyclical demand, particularly in
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Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

Broadcom Stock Gets a Google AI Spend Lift as Jefferies Sees 60% Upside

7 February 2026
Google raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $175 billion–$185 billion, with most spending expected on data-center chips. Broadcom shares rose about 2% after the announcement, while Nvidia and AMD slipped. Jefferies reiterated a buy rating on Broadcom, maintaining a $500 price target, implying a 62% upside from Wednesday’s close.
No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

No $2,000 IRS stimulus check is coming in February 2026 — but Trump’s tariff-check talk keeps the rumors alive

7 February 2026
The IRS has not announced new federal stimulus payments for February 2026, and Congress has not approved fresh checks. Trump told NBC he is considering $2,000 tariff rebate checks but has not committed, saying any payout would likely come later in 2026. The IRS warns taxpayers to ignore texts and emails about “stimulus payments” and verify notices through official channels.
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