Micron Technology has been on a tear on the stock market in 2026, with its shares almost tripling this year, as of this writing. However, the memory specialist’s gains have been eclipsed by a 242% surge in shares of Dell Technologies (DELL -0.42%).Dell stock has benefited from a significant acceleration in revenue and earnings growth this year,
Micron Technology has been on a tear on the stock market in 2026, with its shares almost tripling this year, as of this writing. However, the memory specialist’s gains have been eclipsed by a 242% surge in shares of Dell Technologies (DELL -0.42%).
Warren Buffett stands as one of the most celebrated investors in history. Under his leadership at Berkshire Hathaway beginning in 1965, the investment conglomerate delivered a compound annual gain of 19.7% through 2025, almost double the S&P 500‘s (^GSPC +0.05%) 10.5% average annual return over the same period.
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Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) had its initial public offering (IPO) on June 12 and was fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. But SpaceX won’t be added to the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) or to index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the S&P 500 until at least a year after its IPO.
Nvidia (NVDA -1.01%) has been the top dog in the artificial intelligence (AI) investment space since the AI arms race kicked off in 2023. However, in 2026, it appears to have lost its crown to several others, including Micron (MU -7.24%).
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