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Eli Lilly stock forecast 2026: Analysts see modest upside as pricing pressure bites

Eli Lilly stock forecast 2026: Analysts see modest upside as pricing pressure bites

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:27 ET Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. list prices on at least 350 branded medicines in 2026, according to data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors. The median increase is about 4%, and the figures do not reflect rebates or other discounts. The same dataset showed drugmakers also plan to cut list prices on about nine medicines, including a more than 40% reduction for diabetes drug Jardiance, sold by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, after Medicare negotiated a lower price for 2026. Reuters For investors, that is the opening backdrop for the Eli Lilly
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Buffett’s CEO handoff is here — what analysts forecast for Berkshire Hathaway stock in 2026

Buffett’s CEO handoff is here — what analysts forecast for Berkshire Hathaway stock in 2026

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:34 ET Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A, BRK.B) shares ended 2025 slightly lower on Warren Buffett’s final day as chief executive, as Greg Abel took over the top job at the $1.08 trillion conglomerate at the start of 2026. Class B shares closed down $1.06, or 0.2%, at $502.65, and Berkshire ended September with $381.7 billion of cash and equivalents while it has not said who will take over its $283.2 billion equity portfolio. Reuters The changeover matters now because Berkshire’s stock has long carried a “Buffett premium” — investors paying up for the expectation that
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Micron stock forecast 2026: China’s CXMT IPO adds a new competition test for MU

Micron stock forecast 2026: China’s CXMT IPO adds a new competition test for MU

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:30 ET China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) said it plans to raise 29.5 billion yuan ($4.22 billion) in a Shanghai initial public offering of 10.6 billion shares, with proceeds aimed at upgrading DRAM production and funding research, a prospectus showed. CXMT said it aims to begin production by end-2026 at an HBM back-end packaging facility in Shanghai, as it tries to gain ground in a market dominated by Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Reuters The move lands as Micron (MU) heads into 2026 after more than tripling in value in 2025, one of
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Walmart stock forecast 2026: Analysts see modest upside for WMT as tech push meets a pricey valuation

Walmart stock forecast 2026: Analysts see modest upside for WMT as tech push meets a pricey valuation

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:34 ET The 2026 forecast for Walmart’s stock points to modest upside, with analysts’ 12-month price targets averaging $123.63, TipRanks data showed. Walmart shares (WMT) last traded at $111.41. Targets range from $108 to $136 and the consensus rating is “Strong Buy.” TipRanks The outlook matters as investors reset for 2026 after U.S. stocks logged another year of gains in 2025, even as the major indexes ended the final session lower. The S&P 500 rose 16.39% in 2025, the Nasdaq gained 20.36% and the Dow added 12.97%, Reuters reported. Reuters Walmart is pitching investors on
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Saudi Aramco stock forecast 2026: Can dividends offset weak oil after 2025’s 15% slide?

Saudi Aramco stock forecast 2026: Can dividends offset weak oil after 2025’s 15% slide?

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:25 ET Saudi Arabian Oil Co, better known as Saudi Aramco (2222.SE), enters 2026 after its shares fell 15.04% in 2025, the stock’s worst annual drop since its December 2019 IPO, amid weak oil markets and rising regional tensions. Saudi Arabia’s benchmark ended the year about 13% lower, and Milad Azar, a market analyst at XTB MENA, said the market may rebound in 2026 as monetary policy eases and interest rates decline, but “key risks could remain oil and global growth.” Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index (TASI), the main benchmark, rose 0.6% on
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TSMC stock forecast 2026: New U.S. China licence and Nvidia H200 push put targets in focus

TSMC stock forecast 2026: New U.S. China licence and Nvidia H200 push put targets in focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:23 ET Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said the U.S. Department of Commerce granted its Nanjing unit an annual export licence that allows U.S. export-controlled items to be supplied without the need for individual vendor licences. The approval replaces a waiver known as validated end-user status — which let designated plants receive some controlled items with fewer approvals — that expired on Dec. 31, and Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have received similar licences. TSMC said the Nanjing fab makes 16-nanometre and other mature-node chips and generated about 2.4% of the company’s 2024 revenue. Reuters The
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Broadcom Stock Forecast 2026: Wall Street Sees $460 Target for AVGO as AI Growth Meets Margin Test

Broadcom Stock Forecast 2026: Wall Street Sees $460 Target for AVGO as AI Growth Meets Margin Test

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:24 ET Broadcom’s one-year price target averages $460.23, with forecasts ranging from $372 to $539, as the chip-and-software company heads into 2026, FactSet-based data compiled by TradingView show. Broadcom shares last traded at $346.10. TradingView The stock outlook lands as U.S. equities close out 2025 with another year of sizable gains, powered in part by investor appetite for artificial-intelligence linked names. The S&P 500 rose 16.39% in 2025 and the Nasdaq gained 20.36%, a Reuters market report showed. Reuters For Broadcom, 2026 is about more than demand. Investors are weighing whether AI-driven sales growth can
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Meta stock forecast 2026: New scam-ad “playbook” scrutiny collides with a bigger AI spend plan

Meta stock forecast 2026: New scam-ad “playbook” scrutiny collides with a bigger AI spend plan

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:13 ET Meta Platforms is heading into 2026 with fresh questions over how it polices scam advertising, after internal documents reviewed by Reuters showed the company developed a “playbook” to stall regulators. Reuters That matters now because Meta’s stock outlook for 2026 rests on two linked forces: how much cash it can keep generating from ads, and how much it must spend — or be forced to spend — to keep regulators and users onside. The debate has sharpened as investors also press Big Tech to show that heavy artificial-intelligence spending translates into revenue and
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Tesla stock forecast 2026: Baird sticks with $548 target as robotaxi milestones loom

Tesla stock forecast 2026: Baird sticks with $548 target as robotaxi milestones loom

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:23 ET Baird maintained a $548 price target on Tesla (TSLA.O) heading into 2026 and said robotaxi-related updates are likely to be the year’s key stock drivers. Analyst Ben Kallo said his team wants to “own TSLA into the new year,” pointing to potential announcements on robotaxi service, approvals in China and the European Union, and updates on Optimus and the Tesla Semi. Baird said its target is tied to long-dated EBITDA — earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — discounted back to year-end 2026. Investing.com The call lands as Tesla has taken the
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American Express stock today: AXP slips into New Year’s market holiday as earnings loom

American Express stock today: AXP slips into New Year’s market holiday as earnings loom

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:12 ET — Market closed American Express shares ended the year’s final session down about 0.9% at $369.95, as U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters The move matters because the year-end pullback leaves AXP entering 2026 with positioning thin and catalysts clustered in January, including key economic data and the company’s next results. The holiday break can amplify price swings when trading resumes. Reuters+2Bureau of Labor Statistics+2 American Express is watched as a read-through on higher-income consumer spending and travel demand, while rate expectations shape the outlook for credit
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Morgan Stanley stock ends 2025 lower as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

Morgan Stanley stock ends 2025 lower as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:09 ET — Market closed Morgan Stanley stock (NYSE: MS) ended the last trading day of 2025 lower, closing down 0.9% at $177.53 on Wednesday. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day, according to the New York Stock Exchange calendar. Finviz+1 The pullback matters because bank and brokerage shares often move with interest-rate expectations, and the first stretch of January typically resets positioning after year-end. With trading desks lightly staffed around the holiday, even modest flows can push prices. Reuters For Morgan Stanley, the next big checkpoint is close: the investment bank
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Newmont stock ends 2025 lower as gold cools — CEO handoff kicks off 2026 focus

Newmont stock ends 2025 lower as gold cools — CEO handoff kicks off 2026 focus

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:12 ET — Market closed Newmont Corporation shares closed down 1.97% at $99.85 on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2025, with U.S. markets shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Wall Street Journal The move matters because gold miners often magnify swings in bullion: costs are relatively fixed in the short run, so small changes in gold prices can quickly change expected cash generation. Newmont also begins 2026 with a leadership transition. The company said President and COO Natascha Viljoen became CEO on Jan. 1, joining the board, after Tom Palmer stepped
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S&P Global (SPGI) stock ends 2025 down nearly 1% as markets shut for New Year’s — what to watch next

S&P Global (SPGI) stock ends 2025 down nearly 1% as markets shut for New Year’s — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:55 ET — Market closed S&P Global Inc (SPGI) shares last closed down 0.97% at $522.59 in the final regular U.S. trading session of 2025, as U.S. markets remained closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Finviz The setup matters because Friday’s reopening marks the first chance for investors to reprice rate expectations and corporate borrowing appetite in 2026 — two macro levers that can quickly change the outlook for market-data and ratings companies. S&P Global, which houses businesses spanning credit ratings, market intelligence and S&P Dow Jones Indices, earns fees tied to
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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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Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

Johnson & Johnson stock price: What to watch after talc-case law firm ouster and new AFib data

7 February 2026
Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.9% to $239.99 Friday after a New Jersey appeals court disqualified Beasley Allen from state talc cases, citing improper coordination with a former J&J attorney. The ruling affects about 3,600 state lawsuits, while a related federal motion is pending. J&J also reported early 12-month pilot data for its investigational AFib device at a cardiology meeting.
Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

Walmart stock jumps 3% to $131 as Dow clears 50,000 — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
Walmart shares climbed 3.34% to $131.18 Friday, pushing its market value to about $1.05 trillion as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. Retail stocks mostly gained, with Target up 4.24% and Costco up 1.20%, while Amazon dropped 5.55%. Investors await Walmart’s fiscal Q4 results on Feb. 19 and key U.S. economic data next week.
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