As far as banner years for Bitcoin (BTC-USD) are concerned, 2024 will certainly go into the history books as one of the best. The world's largest cryptocurrency has continued to make new all-time highs following the recent re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency,
Nvidia (NVDA) is kicking off 2025 like it owns the year already. Shares are up almost 6% just two trading days into January, with the stock sitting at $143.78
MicroStrategy's gain is almost double that of Nvidia (NVDA), the chipmaker whose production of integrated circuits needed for AI applications fueled a 185% return, the best among the so-called magnificent seven tech stocks. The next best, Meta Platforms (META), turned in 71%.
But it wasn’t just Apple, Nvidia and the like. Bitcoin, gold and other investments also drove higher. Here’s a look at some of the numbers that defined the year. All are as of Dec. 20.
The promises of artificial intelligence and the rally in crypto prices were the main drivers of the best-performing tech stocks of 2024.
Shares fell more than 4% after the company posted a year-over-year decline in vehicle deliveries. Tesla said it delivered around 496,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter. That brought its 2024 total to nearly 1.
The ETF industry has never had a better year than 2024 as investors gravitated towards active funds as well as Bitcoin ETFs, which made a splash in January after receiving SEC approval for the first time.
The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their stock prices kept growing. But it wasn’t just Apple, Nvidia and the like. Bitcoin, gold and other investments also drove higher.
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Microsoft is investing $80 billion in 2025 to build AI-focused data centers, with most of the spending in the U.S. Vice Chair Brad Smith said the U.S. leads
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