President-elect Donald Trump promised tariffs for months. In less than two weeks, he can begin to implement them. Investors expect Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on many countries, including potential 60% tariffs on China.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been among the best-performing stocks of 2024, and it's easy to see why. The company provides the graphics processing units (GPUs) that quickly became the gold standard for powering artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

Nvidia highlighted opportunities to advance generative artificial intelligence across an array of industries, including enterprise, robotics and auto. Read more here.

Some numbers support the idea, too. About 25% of companies using generative AI will launch AI agent pilots this year, and that will increase to 50% by 2027, Deloitte forecasts. At a compound annual growth rate of 19%, the agentic AI market is expected to reach more than $48 billion by 2032, according to DataIntelo.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in 2024, and for good reason. Growth accelerated as U.S. commercial clients began adopting the company's Artificial Intelligence Platform while its largest customer,

From acronyms like FANG, then FAANG, to the "Magnificent Seven," investors created ways to group the biggest and fastest growth technology names. While many tech companies should continue to show strong growth in revenue and earnings,

Nvidia's recent stock returns have been nothing short of phenomenal. As AI drives the need for more computing power, quarterly revenue increased by over 1,000% since 2020. Much of that came in the last two years as large tech companies spent heavily to build out data centers needed for AI applications.