Benzinga looked at the outlook for the favorite stocks of many investors over the past week – here’s a look at some of our biggest stories.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained about 2% this week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each up about 1.7%. Despite NVIDIA Corp. NVDA beating analysts’ expectations for third-quarter earnings and revenue, its stock traded flat, letting the market rebound play out regardless of AI momentum.
In the meantime, Alphabet Inc. GOOG GOOGLE faced a sharp decline after the DOJ pushed for Chrome’s divestiture, wiping out more than $120 billion in market capitalization on Thursday.
Economically, November saw strong growth in the US private sector, with S&P Global’s PMI showing the services sector growing at its fastest pace since March 2022, while inflationary pressures eased. favorable to the Fed’s outlook.
Benzinga provides daily reports on the stocks most popular with investors. Here are some of the most bullish and bearish articles from the past week that are worth checking out.
The bulls
“EXCLUSIVE: Bitcoin Advocate Anthony Pompliano Says Coinbase Is Similar to Apple and ‘Has Something That Can’t Be Bought’,” by Chris Katjefeatures Anthony Pompliano compare Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN has Apple Inc. AAPLunderscoring its confidence and brand power as a leading crypto platform attracting new investors during a pro-crypto administration.
“Dogecoin Millionaire Shares $50 Million Meme Coin Strategy for 2025: Pepe and Brett Are the DOGE and Shiba Inu of This Bull Run,” by Khyathi Dalaldetails Glauber ContessotoThe $50 million diversified investment strategy for 2025. The strategy predicts that Pepe PEPE/USD And Brett BRT/USD will dominate the next bull market, following the success patterns of Dogecoin DOGE/USD And Shiba Inu SHIB/USD.
“Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Takes Wall Street By Storm, Becomes Second Most-Traded Stock After Nvidia,” by Aniket Vermastrong points MicroStrategy Inc. MSTR exceeding the trading volumes of Tesla Inc. TSLA And Apple Inc.finishing second behind NVIDIA Corp. after a push Bitcoin-related BTC/USD market interest.
For other bullish calls from the past week, check out the following:
GameStop Adds Nat Turner to Board: Does the Move Show a Bigger Bet on Trading Cards and Ranking?
Microsoft ‘one of the most attractive investment opportunities,’ says Goldman Sachs
The bears
“Nvidia stock falls historically in December after third quarter results,” by Piero Cingariemphasizes that NVIDIA Corp. has historically struggled in December, with an average decline of 1.84% and only 40% of Decembers ending positive since 2014, despite strong third-quarter profits.
“Netflix faces class action lawsuit over streaming crashes during Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight,” by Chris Katjereports on Netflix Inc. NFLX face legal action for technical problems during the Jake Paul against. Mike Tyson boxing match, which attracted more than 108 million viewers, making it the most broadcast sporting event of all time, but led to service interruptions that triggered lawsuits against subscribers.
“Muddy Waters’ Carson Block Bets Against ELF Beauty: Short Seller Says Retailer’s Financial Data Shows ‘Major Red Flag’,” by Adam Eckertdetails Carson Blockthe short counter position Elfe Beauty Inc. ELFalleging inflated revenues of $135 million to $190 million over three quarters, citing discrepancies between reported growth and U.S. customs import data.
For more bearish views, be sure to check out these articles:
Fed’s Bowman Warns of Inflation, Says Neutral Interest Rates May Be Closer ‘Than We Currently Think’
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