SoftBank Corp.

SoftBank sold off its stakes in Nvidia and T-Mobile for the sake of it, Reuters has found out

All for AI: SoftBank rushes to close $22.5 billion deal with OpenAI

Ex-employees have filed a collective petition against the company, the newspaper claims

Bonus tax: Revolut error led to conflict with former employees - FT

Summit Midstream Corporation

Investors should pay attention to small-cap securities of Summit Midstream Corporation, which develops and manages infrastructure for oil and gas transportation and storage, broker-dealer Noble Capital Markets <a href="https://dashboard.channelchek.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SMC_20251218_279471.pdf">said</a>. He was the first on Wall Street to assign a rating to its securities. Among the drivers of growth analysts call recent acquisitions and possible interest in it from larger players.

Noble was the first on Wall Street to believe in the potential of the energy Summit. What are the drivers?

Brent crude oil Mark after two weeks of decline added more than 2% at the auction on December 22, reaching the level of $61.72 per barrel. WTI contracts also rose by 2% on Monday. This is how the market is reacting to reports about the strengthening of US President Donald Trump's blockade of oil exports from Venezuela: over the weekend, December 20-21, it became known that US troops boarded another tanker carrying Venezuelan oil and began pursuit of another, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-21/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-dec-22?srnd=phx-markets">Bloomberg</a>, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-gain-us-interception-venezuelan-oil-tanker-over-weekend-2025-12-22/">Reuters</a> and <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/venezuela-oil-industry-trump-maduro-regime-change-78325709?mod=RTA">Barrons</a> wrote.

Oil rises on reports of US pursuit of third oil tanker from Venezuela

Steve Iceman now sees the same threat that collapsed the mortgage market in the US 

A Game of Thumb investor named the top two risks to the AI sector in 2026

Intuitive Machines, Inc.

Quotes of Intuitive Machines, a small-cap developer of lunar rovers, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LUNR/">soared</a> on December 19 by almost 38% - to the maximum since the end of February. This happened after investment company Keybanc <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intuitive-machines-lunr-climbs-37-131218563.html">recommended</a> investors <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intuitive-machines-lunr-climbs-37-131218563.html">to</a> buy Intuitive Machines shares and set a target for them, which, even after Friday's rally, is 34% higher than their market value.

Shares of space Intuitive Machines soared to a six-month high. What happened?

Tesla, Inc.

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

CoreWeave, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: time to weigh the risks

At the end of the year, investors wonder if they can capitalize on the so-called "Santa Claus rally" - a period when stocks traditionally rise during the last five trading days of December and the first two days of January. Is it worth counting on this seasonal effect and which market segments give the best chances for additional profitability? Analyst Aldiyar Anuarbekov analyzed for Oninvest how ETFs from different small-cap sectors have behaved during this period over the past 15 years and compared this data with the dynamics of individual companies from the Russell 2000 index.

Does the "Santa Claus Rally" exist? Can you make money on small-caps at the end of the year

Data

adidas AG

NIKE, Inc.

PUMA SE

Nike itself was down 10% in premarket trading

Nike's disappointing earnings drag on European sports retailers

Investing in small-cap stocks could prove a winning strategy in 2026, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/small-cap-stocks-earnings-interest-rates-2f7c13f7?mod=RTA">writes</a>&nbsp;<i>Barron’s</i>. Over the past month, the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ESP600/">S&amp;P SmallCap 600 index</a> has outperformed the large-cap <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/">S&amp;P 500</a> by a wide margin. Analysts believe small-cap momentum could continue next year, supported by potential further Fed rate cuts, lower borrowing costs, and stronger economic activity.

'Let the good times keep rolling': Barron's highlights drivers for small caps in 2026

Tilray Brands, Inc.

Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

Green Thumb Industries Inc.

Trump is reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug at the federal level

Despite Trump executive order, pot stocks dip as traders take profit

Birkenstock Holding plc

Thanks to strong consumer demand, German sandal maker Birkenstock <a href="https://www.birkenstock-holding.com/news/birkenstock-reports-fiscal-2025-revenue-growth-ahead-of-target-outperforming-adjusted-ebitda-and-earnings-growth/babd968c-dc9f-4853-8266-abf50e04088d">reported</a>&nbsp;an 18% increase in annual sales, beating its own forecast. However, the company said it now expects sales growth of 13-15% in the next fiscal year, below Wall Street <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/birkenstock-sales-climb-as-shoppers-snap-up-its-sandals-clogs?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;sref=Y0jVLcFo">expectations</a>. Against this backdrop, Birkenstock shares <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BIRK/">have slid</a> 13% in early trading on Thursday, December 18, in New York.

Birkenstock reports record sales in 2025, but guidance for 2026 weighing on shares

D-Wave Quantum Inc.

IonQ, Inc.

Quantum Computing Inc.

Rigetti Computing, Inc.

Shares of quantum computing company D-Wave could rise about 40% over the next two months, Freedom Broker argues in a short-term trade idea seen by <i>Oninvest</i>. A potential increase in U.S. government involvement in the sector is seen as the key growth driver. At the same time, concrete details remain limited, as “sector shares are capable of reacting sharply even to rumors,” and market dynamics “largely determined by sentiment,” Freedom wrote. Year to date, D-Wave shares have about <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/QBTS/">doubled</a>,&nbsp;yet Wall Street believes the rally is not over.

Freedom: D-Wave offers 40% upside on two-month horizon amid U.S. government support

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