Shares of Meta Platforms ( META 1.74%) and Salesforce ( CRM -0.23%) soared 350% and 115%, respectively, over the last two years. That price appreciation makes both companies stock-split candidates in 2025. More importantly, Wall Street is generally bullish on Meta Platforms and Salesforce, and certain analysts anticipate material upside.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

Tech stocks dominated the list of biggest gainers after President Trump unveiled The Stargate Project, a new company formed by Oracle ( ORCL ), OpenAI, SoftBank and MGX, which will invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years.

Dan Ives is not alone in selecting Nvidia as a top stock pick for 2025. Harsh Kumar at Piper Sandler recently wrote, "We are making Nvidia our top large-cap pick given the company's dominant position in AI accelerators and the upcoming launch of the Blackwell architecture."

U.S. stocks are drifting near a record on Thursday as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in early trading after pulling to the edge of its all-time high Wednesday following its sixth gain in seven days.

Stocks in Asia moved higher after a morning briefing by Chinese officials showed the government remains determined to boost share prices.

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes Wednesday as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 was up 0.