Investors should think of artificial intelligence (AI) in three phases. The first phase involves high-performance semiconductors and networking gear required to build supercomputing infrastructure. Nvidia has dominated the first phase,

Penny stocks are those that trade for less than $5 per share. These stocks often represent rapidly growing companies in disruptive industries. They may seem like a bargain, and the upsides can be tempting.

The stock market is showing signs of resiliency in the Santa Rally phase of the year. Wall Street’s main indexes all closed higher on Tuesday, with gains in megacap and growth stocks bolstering benchmarks in a truncated Christmas Eve session.

However, what goes up often comes down, but H.C. Wainwright analyst Scott Buck thinks SoundHound stock has enough fuel in the tank to climb higher. On Dec. 23, he raised his bank's price target to $26 per share and maintained his buy rating. The new target implies a gain of 19.5% from SoundHound's closing price on Dec. 22.

Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street during a holiday-shortened trading session the day before Christmas.

The semiconductor industry is the beating heart of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Most investors are focused on Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) -- and rightly so, because it makes the best data center chips for developing AI -- but it isn't the only semiconductor company cashing in on this technology boom.

Stock indexes are drifting in the early going on Wall Street as gains for some Big Tech stocks make up for weakness elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 edged