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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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Booking (BKNG) stock ends 2025 lower as travel shares slip — what investors watch next

Booking (BKNG) stock ends 2025 lower as travel shares slip — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:24 ET — Market closed Booking Holdings’ shares were last down 1.3% at $5,355.33 on Wednesday, the last trading session of 2025, while U.S. markets were shut on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. MarketWatch+1 The move matters heading into 2026 because Booking is still trading not far from its 52-week peak, leaving investors sensitive to any shift in travel demand and consumer spending trends. MarketWatch Thin holiday liquidity can magnify price swings, and investors are looking for fresh signposts as “the flow of economic data returns to normal,” after a choppy year, strategists
1 January 2026
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Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock ends 2025 down 2% as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock ends 2025 down 2% as Wall Street shuts for New Year’s Day — what investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:23 ET — Market closed. Marvell Technology, Inc. shares fell 2.1% to $84.98 in the last trading session of 2025, as U.S. exchanges closed Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Yahoo Finance The dip came as U.S. stocks ended the year lower in thin holiday-week trading, with the Nasdaq down 0.76% and the S&P 500 off 0.74% on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Investors are entering 2026 focused on interest-rate expectations and whether the rally in artificial intelligence-linked technology stocks can extend. Reuters Marvell is viewed as a read-through on cloud data-center spending because it sells
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Shopify stock price today: SHOP ends 2025 lower as New Year break shifts focus to jobs data and earnings

Shopify stock price today: SHOP ends 2025 lower as New Year break shifts focus to jobs data and earnings

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 16:03 ET — Market closed Shopify Inc. (SHOP) shares last closed down 1.7% at $160.97 in the year’s final session on Dec. 31, after trading between $160.55 and $164.21. About 4.2 million shares changed hands. The late-year dip matters because Shopify is treated as a “long-duration” growth stock — one whose expected profits sit further out — making it more sensitive to shifts in interest-rate expectations. That sensitivity is back in focus heading into early January, when traders typically recalibrate risk after holiday-thinned trading and start positioning for the first major economic releases of the
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AbbVie stock ends 2025 lower as markets shut for New Year — what ABBV investors watch next

AbbVie stock ends 2025 lower as markets shut for New Year — what ABBV investors watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:38 ET — Market closed AbbVie Inc. shares last closed down 0.5% at $228.49 on Wednesday, the final U.S. trading session of 2025, with Wall Street closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. Reuters The market closure matters because AbbVie and other large-cap drugmakers often act as a defensive trade when investors reassess risk at the start of a new year. With liquidity returning in the next session, traders will be watching whether late-December selling pressure persists. Reuters U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 down 0.74%, the Nasdaq off
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Silver price forecast 2026: What comes next after the $80 breakout and 161% surge

Silver price forecast 2026: What comes next after the $80 breakout and 161% surge

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:16 ET Silver’s record 2025 rally has reset the starting point for the 2026 silver price forecast, after the metal rose 161% and broke the $80-per-ounce mark for the first time. Gold climbed 66% and copper hit an all-time high of $12,960 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, keeping metals in focus as traders map the next move. “Demand for metals is looking solid from both an industrial and retail perspective,” said Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade. Reuters The outlook matters because silver sits on both sides of the economy: it is
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ASX 200 forecast for 2026: Rate-hike bets return as strategists split on Australia stocks

ASX 200 forecast for 2026: Rate-hike bets return as strategists split on Australia stocks

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:09 ET Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is entering 2026 more than 4% below its Oct. 21 record after a late-year pullback that followed a shift from rate-cut expectations to probable hikes. The market still delivered a 6.8% return in 2025, and two of Australia’s four big banks expect a rate increase at the central bank’s first meeting in early February, The Guardian reported. That matters now because Australia’s share market leans heavily on banks and miners, and interest-rate expectations feed directly into how investors value dividends and future profits. Higher rates typically lift funding costs
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AI Stocks 2026 Forecast: Nvidia’s China Chip Rush Meets a Tougher Wall Street Test

AI Stocks 2026 Forecast: Nvidia’s China Chip Rush Meets a Tougher Wall Street Test

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:05 ET Nvidia has approached Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to ramp up production of its H200 artificial intelligence chips after Chinese technology companies ordered more than 2 million units for 2026, sources told Reuters. The company holds about 700,000 units in inventory and expects TSMC to start work on expanded output in the second quarter of 2026, the sources said. The graphics processing units, or GPUs, are used to train and run AI models, but Beijing has yet to approve shipments even after Washington recently allowed H200 exports to China with a 25% fee, the
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Utilities stocks today: NextEra’s $4 billion share-sale plan keeps XLU under pressure into 2026

Utilities stocks today: NextEra’s $4 billion share-sale plan keeps XLU under pressure into 2026

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 1:53 PM ET — Market closed U.S. utilities stocks headed into the New Year on the back foot after NextEra Energy disclosed a $4 billion at-the-market share-sale program, a move that can add supply to the market over time. The Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, an exchange-traded fund that tracks a basket of utility stocks, last closed down 0.6% at $42.69. (SEC filing) Why it matters now: utilities are among the most interest-rate-sensitive parts of the equity market because investors often value them for steady cash flows and dividends. When financing costs rise or equity
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BitMine (BMNR) stock today: Korea retail pile-in keeps ether-treasury trade on edge

BitMine (BMNR) stock today: Korea retail pile-in keeps ether-treasury trade on edge

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 11:50 ET — Market closed. BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc.’s shares last closed down 2.1% at $27.15, capping the year-end session with another volatile swing as a report flagged heavy buying by South Korean retail investors in the crypto-focused stock. Investing.com+1 The attention matters now because BitMine has become a high-beta proxy for ether — the token of the Ethereum blockchain — at a time when traders are trying to gauge whether risk appetite will return after year-end positioning and a choppy crypto tape. With U.S. markets shut for the New Year holiday, liquidity is thin
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Visa stock slips after-hours after SEC filing on class B conversion rates — what to watch next

Visa stock slips after-hours after SEC filing on class B conversion rates — what to watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 11:09 ET — Market closed Visa Inc. shares (V) were last down 0.8% at $350.71 in extended trading after the payments company disclosed an update to its class B stock conversion rates in a regulatory filing. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day. Reuters+1 The update matters because the conversion rates determine how Visa’s class B shares convert into its publicly traded class A stock. Changes can affect the share count used in earnings per share, a key metric investors track. SEC+1 Visa tied the adjustment to its U.S. litigation escrow
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CoreWeave stock slides into 2026 after insider sale filing; here’s what traders watch next

CoreWeave stock slides into 2026 after insider sale filing; here’s what traders watch next

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 10:45 ET — Market closed CoreWeave shares ended Wednesday down 3.1% at $71.61, retreating from earlier highs as investors digested an insider-selling disclosure ahead of the New Year holiday. U.S. stock markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day and reopen on Friday. Nasdaq+1 The timing matters because CoreWeave sits at the center of a trade that has turned more sensitive to execution and financing risk: building costly AI infrastructure before revenue and cash flow catch up. The company’s shares have been volatile since it cut its annual revenue forecast in November after data
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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