The new year opened much as the last one ended, with markets rising, Wall Street confidence intact and little sign the forces that powered 2025 have run their course. What’s less clear is how long the cross-asset synchrony can last.

During 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies comfortably outperformed the broader market. But a new year can bring new opportunities, and some of the best returns in 2026 might come from the less-obvious areas of the AI industry.

Microsoft is leading Wedbush's AI stock list as its favorite large-cap tech company to own in 2026.

Every year, Wall Street’s top minds — strategists, economists and portfolio managers — pack their best ideas into dense market outlooks, often running a hundred or more pages apiece. And every year, Bloomberg senior markets editor Sam Potter distills those outlooks to capture the consensus and identify who’s breaking from the pack.

While standard receptacles typically use three wires -- hot, neutral and ground -- you'll occasionally find 2-prong outlets in older homes. Since this type of outlet lacks a ground connection, the risk of power surges and electrical shocks is higher.

When it closed its original location in October, Wall’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream left a void for the ice cream lovers used to sharing a pizza at The Big Cheese, then crossing the street for a sundae or a scoop.

There were 68 megadeals announced globally this year, the most on record going back to 1980, driving the average deal size to nearly $227 million.

Forget Times Square. The biggest ball dropping in 2026 is the one on The Wall.

The Crimson Knights rallied from behind in the final quarter to defeat Freehold Township 48-41 and claim their first Kevin Williams Christmas Classic trophy.

Excavations indicated that the wall was deliberately and systematically removed, leading to additional questions as to who was responsible.

Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday, as heavyweight technology stocks gave up some ground from last week's gains which had pushed the S&P 500 to new highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.