Rivian impressed Wall Street with its plans for AI and automation, but significant challenges involving demand and capital remain for the EV maker.

However, other analysts and some top investment banks on Wall Street remain bullish about next year, believing that there's still more growth ahead for the S&P 500. Here's a look at just how high they think the index -- currently around 6,850 -- might go in 2026.

Oracle's earnings showed mixed results, leading to an 11% drop. Broadcom's strong earnings overshadowed by warnings of margin pressures.

The valuations of some artificial intelligence companies are approaching those of the dot-com boom. But investors worry that pulling money from today’s market risks future gains.

The topsy-turvy year resulted in strong demand for the banks’ trading and markets services, while dealmaking surged with an uptick in mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings of stock. Banks have already posted strong results for the first nine months, largely on the backs of their Wall Street operations.

Netflix, O'Reilly Automotive, Lucid Group, Fastenal, and Interactive Brokers -- can skyrocket in the new year, if the loftiest analyst price targets prove accurate.

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Wall Street forecasters expect the stock market to grind higher in 2026 as earnings grow, the Fed cuts rates, and the US avoids a recession.

Being bigger gives you that competitive advantage.” At the same time, mergers are becoming simpler. A surge in interest rates, starting in 2022, left banks nursing vast paper losses on long-term assets,

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has delivered solid returns in 2025, but shares remain below their 52-week high of $553.50. The stock currently trades around $479. Despite the pullback, fundamentals remain robust.