Mid-year 2026 is a stress test for long-term conviction. The S&P’s mega-cap leaders have diverged sharply this year, with Microsoft giving back gains as AI capex skeptics resurface, Visa drifting on litigation noise, and Apple riding the iPhone 17 cycle. For investors thinking in decades rather than quarters, that divergence is the opportunity. The three ... 3 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy in June and Hold Forever
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I’m starting with the punchline. Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) trades at $6.64 after a brutal twelve months, and our proprietary model sees meaningful room for recovery. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Webull is $9.99, implying 50.43% upside over the next 12 months. The recommendation is buy at a 90% confidence level, which we consider high ... Prediction: Webull Set for 50% Jump
The companies inside this popular semiconductor fund are signaling a clear direction for their earnings, and it's worth paying attention.
Power has become the bottleneck in the AI buildout. CNBC’s Seema Mody walked the floor of GE Vernova‘s (NYSE:GEV) 400-acre South Carolina plant on June 24, 2026, and her reporting captured the single most important pricing signal in the energy supercycle: gas turbine pricing has risen roughly 300% over the last three years, with the ... AI Bottleneck Leads to 300% Pricing Surge: Is GE Vernova Still a Top Stock to Buy?
Amazon stock climbed Wednesday afternoon as tech stocks more broadly bounced back from a rough start to the week.

<body><p>STORY: Shares of Wendy's soared as much as 42% on Wednesday as retail traders flocked to the beaten-down stock in the latest meme-like rally.</p><p>:: Robinhood</p><p> Archive</p><p>Trading on the heavily-shorted stock was paused multiple times due to volatility, with shares at one point hitting a more than seven-month high.</p><p>:: Robinhood</p><p> Archive</p><p>Retail investors bought $2.3 million worth of Wendy's stock in just the first half-hour of Wednesday trading, building on purchases of $2.2 million earlier in the week, according to Vanda Research data.</p><p>The ticker was the #1 trending stock on retail investor forum Stocktwits Wednesday morning. It also had the second-highest mentions on Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets over the last 24 hours, according to market sentiment aggregator SwaggyStocks.</p><p>:: Wendy's</p><p>As of the last market close, shares of Wendy's had fallen more than 78% from their record highs five years ago, including a roughly 25% drop this year. The fast food chain is battling weak sales and pressure from an activist investor. Wendy's named a new CEO last month and a new finance chief on Tuesday.</p><p>Short interest in the stock stood at 34% of its free float as of Wednesday, according to financial analytics firm ORTEX.</p><p>Bearish investors in the stock are staring at $45 million in paper losses, if the gains hold.</p><p>Wednesday's move mirrors the Reddit-driven meme stock frenzy of 2021, when amateur investors pushed up shares of video-game retailer GameStop and movie theater chain AMC, burning hedge funds on the other side of the trade.</p></body>
Take-Two announced pricing for its upcoming video game "Grand Theft Auto 6" that was in line with expectations.
Airline stocks are flying higher midday Wednesday as falling jet fuel costs spark a broad-based rally across the sector. American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) stock leads the move, with American Airlines shares up 7% to $17 and change in intraday trading. The gain extends an already powerful run for AAL stock. United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) stock is rallying alongside it, ... American Airlines Jumps 7%, United Climbs 6%, JetBlue Rises 5% as Falling Fuel Costs Lift Airline Stocks
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Chipmaker targets 45.45 trillion won raise to expand AI memory capacity and purchase EUV machines.
Corning stock is up over 10% today, and Barchart reports huge, unusual GLW call options volume in a nearby expiry period for an out-of-the-money strike price. Investors can't get enough of GLW stock.
The reported plan comes as memory-chip profits rebound on AI demand.
Salesforce app gains deeper autonomous workflow features.
Is Wendy's the next big meme stock?
The humanoid robot startup Agility Robotics is going public at a $2.5 billion valuation via a SPAC merger with Churchill Capital. Shares of Churchill Capital initially soared nearly 30% on Wednesday morning.
Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) stock is up 13% in midday trading Wednesday, changing hands near $15.21. Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) stock is climbing 5% to roughly $4.43. Both names are leading a broader bid in rate-sensitive housing fintech. The connective thread between the two moves is a reported resurgence of refinancing demand, aided by declining mortgage rates. ... Rocket Companies Jumps 13%, Opendoor Climbs 5% on Refinancing-Driven Housing Rebound
Worries about inflation and Fed rate hikes are hurting gold. It’s no longer a haven. There could be more downside ahead.
After this stock's incredible run, it's fair to wonder whether there's room for it to keep racing higher.
The legacy memory chipmaker is becoming a high-growth AI stock.
SolarEdge's 30% June drawdown could be an intriguing entry point for contrarians
BEN's arm expands its crypto push with the 250 Digital acquisition, strengthening its digital asset capabilities and launching Franklin Crypto.
Backblaze jumped 44% after securing a $335 million deal with CoreWeave tied to AI storage demand.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), now branded Strategy, is the most popular way retail traders own bitcoin without holding it directly. The pitch is simple: buying MSTR provides leveraged exposure to a balance sheet backed by 847,363 BTC as of June 2026. Holders pay no management fee, get equity-style liquidity, and ride the same coin the company keeps ... Stop Paying a 10% Premium for Bitcoin: Why IBIT Beats MSTR
Church & Dwight has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 5.1%. The stock now trades at $96.48, marking a 12.9% gain. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
The S&P 500 index gained about 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 0.7%.
Bentley Systems hit its 39th new 52-week low of the past 12 months on Tuesday at $28.37. The infrastructure software stock went public in the same month and year as Palantir. BSY hasn’t fared nearly as well.
Laureate Education trades at $36.60 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, gaining 8.1% over the last six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 has returned 7.8%.
Does Goldman Sachs (GS) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.
Brookfield Corp. (BN) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.