Benzinga examined the prospects for the favorite stocks of many investors over the past week – here’s a look at some of our top stories.

After showing uncertainty earlier in the week, the three major indices ended strongly on Friday. The S&P 500 ended the week 1.45% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.98% and the Dow Industrials was up 1.46% on the week.

Friday’s rebound came after the Labor Department reported it The US economy has created 223,000 jobs in December, beating economists’ estimates of 200,000 new jobs. However, wage growth fell to just 4.6% this month, a sign that inflation is still trending down.

The optimism was weighed against the Federal Open Market Committees Minutes of the November meetingwhich was released on Wednesday and suggested a swing to rate cuts may not happen any time soon Some investors had hoped.

Benzinga continues to examine the prospects for many of investors’ favorite stocks. Here are some of the most bullish and bearish posts from the past week that are worth another look.

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“Microsoft’s AI chatbot could bring shareholders a 21% gain, but analysts are torn by Cloud Biz‘, by Natan Ponieman, examines why analysts expect this Microsoft Inc MSFT Invested $1 billion in OpenAI artificial intelligence platform to pay off for tech giant.

In “Meme Token Surges 186% in 24 Hours, Outperforming Dogecoin, Shiba Inu: Analyst Says “BONK Inspired a Movement”” Mehab Qureshi highlights a meme token called Goodwho has surpassed herself Dogecoins DOGE/USD and Shiba Inu SHIB/USD during the crypto winter.

“Is Apple Stock Heading For $250? Why Gene Munster says ‘one of the biggest companies in the world’ is ready to double in size,” by Adam Eckert, explains why Loup Funds Gene Munster believes apple inc AAPL The stock is positioned at $250 per share.

For more bullish calls from the past week, see:

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