Three, in particular, have a chance to double in value in 2026: Nebius ( NBIS +3.20%), Applied Digital ( APLD +16.25%), and SoundHound AI ( SOUN +7.62%). All three are growing at a rapid pace and could provide investors with a potential doubling of returns in 2026.

Markets are off to a strong start in 2025 — but investors could face their first real test on Friday with the December jobs report and, potentially, a Supreme Court decision on the legality of most of President Trump’s tariffs.

On January 6, Brian Belski, the CEO and chief investment officer of Humilis Investment Strategies, appeared on a CNBC Television interview to talk about his outlook for 2026.

Thiel was a co-founder of PayPal and used the money from its sale to eBay to start a hedge fund. He acquired a 10% stake in Meta Platforms (then Facebook) as its first outside investor. He holds substantial stakes in Stripe and SpaceX, which are worth billions on their own.

The increasing demand for all things artificial intelligence (AI) helped Nvidia emerge out of nowhere to become the world's largest company as measured by market cap. Between the $4.6 trillion market cap and the continuing growth of the AI accelerator market,

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may be the dominant e-commerce retailer that’s pushed big retail to adapt or crumble under pressure, but with the firm now boasting a $2.6 trillion market cap, it isn’t the same growth star it used to be.

Europe's defense stocks are on a tear as investors bet the U.S.'s shift toward a more interventionist foreign policy will encourage Europe to increase its military spending still more. Shares of German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall and France's Thales have risen more than 10% this week.

Since the S&P 500 recovered from the 2022 bear market and hit a new all-time high in early 2024, the index closed at a record high 95 more times through the end of 2025. If you had gotten scared out by high prices in 2024, you would have missed out on the massive rise in stocks in 2025.

Q4 2025 saw outflows from tech stocks that went directly into defensive stocks over gears of tech overvaluation and hype.

On January 8, Michael Yee, global head of biotech research at UBS, appeared on CNBC’s ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss his bullish outlook on biopharma stocks in 2026 and the pharma M&A

The best aluminum stocks for 2026 can leverage declining global inventories and demand from defense, construction, and renewables.

Last but not least, add Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM 0.07%) to your list of top dividend stocks to buy in January, while its forward-looking yield is just under 3.3%.