An early investment in fintech startup Revolut turned out to be the Balderton Capital fund's best deal in its 25-year history and one of the most profitable investments in the history of European venture capital, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/97e6f29e-bc79-43e0-bcbd-2dfe98755ea3">says the</a> Financial Times in an article titled "Billions in a Million: London Venture Capital Fund Hit the Jackpot with Revolut."

'Hit the jackpot': how investing in Revolut was the best deal for a UK fund

Netflix, Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Shares of the streaming service have fallen 12% since Dec. 5 following the announcement of a possible deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

Analyst advises buying Netflix on drawdown. Are fears about Warner exaggerated?

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The cuts may be related to Meta's refocusing from virtual reality to artificial intelligence

Meta to lay off hundreds of employees in meta-universe direction - media

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Oncology Institute, Inc.

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.

Palvella Therapeutics, Inc.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd.

In 2025, small-cap companies generally lagged their larger competitors. While the broad market indicator, the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC/">S&amp;P 500 Index</a>, added 16.6% last year, the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ERUT/">Russell 2000 Index</a>, a benchmark for small companies, added only 11.1%. But some small-cap stocks showed explosive growth: their value soared more than 600%, Freedom Broker analysts said. Their sample included companies with capitalizations ranging from $300 million to $2 billion.

600% and above: the five small-cap companies that will generate the highest returns in 2025

NVIDIA Corporation

Eli Lilly and Company

SK hynix Inc.

OpenAI strengthens its presence in medicine, Nvidia and Eli Lilly launch a billion-dollar AI project in pharma, and SK Hynix invests billions of dollars in HBM memory production. These and other topics are covered in our roundup of key events for the morning of January 13.

Highlights for the morning: US duties on Iran's partners, the OpenAI deal and Venezuela's market surge

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Michael Burry, who predicted the 2008 crisis and is now betting on Nvidia's falling stock price, has for the first time detailed <a href="https://post.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the">his</a> reasons for being skeptical of AI. In correspondence with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, the investor described his vision of the sector's capitalization, spoke out about the hyper-scaler payback trap and shared his thoughts on a possible AI apocalypse. Oninvest publishes excerpts from Burry's remarks.

Buffett's escalator: the Big Short investor on the bubble, the Nvidia problem and the AI apocalypse

Tokyo Electron Limited

Toyota Motor Corporation

Toyo Engineering Corporation

The yen collapsed to levels not seen in a year and a half

"Takaichi-trade" is back: Japanese stocks soar over early election bets

Walmart Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

The retailer's latest moves show it is banking on technology to boost sales

Walmart shares hit a record after its inclusion in the Nasdaq-100. It is targeting tech giants

Any country that does business with Iran will face a 25% duty "on any and all transactions conducted with the United States of America," US President Donald Trump said on Monday, January 12. The new levy takes effect immediately, he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115884319075881590">wrote</a> on the social media network Truth Social. "This executive order is final and not subject to review," Trump added.

Trump announced a 25 percent duty on Iran's partner countries

Bank of America Corporation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Citigroup Inc.

American Express Company

Visa Inc.

Mastercard Incorporated

Risks to Fed independence could lead to a short-term lag in U.S. markets, JPMorgan says

The S&amp;P 500 and the Dow have turned around and hit records. Is the market not afraid of a case against Powell?

Facebook owner Meta Platforms <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/dina-powell-mccormick-joins-meta-as-president-and-vice-chairman/">has appointed </a>former U.S. President Donald Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to the position of president and vice chairman of the board of directors. Meta has created this position specifically for Powell McCormick, where she will focus on working with governments and investors on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/meta-taps-former-trump-advisor-for-new-role-driving-ai-buildout?sref=Y0jVLcFo">explains </a>.

Meta has hired an ex-Trump adviser to coordinate AI projects

Duolingo, Inc.

Shares of online language-learning platform Duolingo plunged 7.3% in trading on Jan. 12, to their lowest level since August 2024, after the company <a href="https://investors.duolingo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/duolingo-announces-cfo-transition">announced an </a>important personnel change. Chief financial officer Matt Scaruppa, who has been on the job for about six years, is leaving.

Duolingo shares plummet to 1.5-year low: key executive quits

Commodity markets may be entering the phase of a new "supercycle" amid rising demand for metals, energy and other tangible assets, according to John Velis, Americas strategist at BNY, <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-are-signaling-that-another-commodities-supercycle-is-afoot-in-2026-5e697dc6?mod=home_lead">writes</a> MarketWatch.

Analysts talk about the beginning of the commodity "supercycle". Is everything so unambiguous?

Traders in the oil market are watching the development of protests in Iran, which could lead to disruptions in oil production in the country or risk blocking the Strait of Hormuz - the most important route for energy exports from the Middle East, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/oil-prices-and-iran-protests-how-could-escalation-of-crisis-impact-industry">writes.</a>

The escalating crisis in Iran and oil: five issues the market is watching right now

Exxon Mobil Corporation

The conventional wisdom is that the goal of the U.S. campaign in Venezuela is oil. President Trump even named the amount of money he is going to get for Venezuelan raw materials. Sergey Vakulenko wondered whether the White House understands what exactly it is going to buy. We publish the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H5f5TxHdh/?mibextid=wwXIfr">post</a> without bills - this is Sergey Vakulenko's private opinion.

$133 per barrel - Sergey Vakulenko's opinion on President Trump's Venezuelan project

ABIVAX Societe Anonyme

Eli Lilly could reportedly pay twice the market price for Abivax; six months ago, Abivax shares jumped sixfold in a day on news of successful trials of its lead drug

French biotech Abivax jumps 20% on news of possible takeover by Eli Lilly

Rigetti Computing, Inc.

Nebius Group N.V.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

However, analyst Sean Williams cautions, 'there's more to a great investment than jaw-dropping revenue growth'


Motley Fool highlights three growth stocks with triple-digit expected sales in 2026

The Russell 2000, which tracks the performance of small and mid-cap stocks, reached a new all-time high on Thursday, January 8. Analysts view the move as an important signal for economic growth and see favorable prospects for smaller companies.

Russell 2000 hits another all-time high in 'broadening out of the market'

NioCorp Developments Ltd.

Shares of NioCorp Developments, which is engaged in exploration and development of mineral deposits in North America, have the potential to rise about 35%, Freedom Capital Markets analyst&nbsp;Vitaly Kononov argued in a recent initiation report on the company. He attributes the upside to long-term demand for critical minerals in the U.S. and progress at NioCorp’s flagship project, which is moving into the construction phase.

Freedom initiates on U.S. rare-earth miner NioCorp, sees 35% upside

Frontier Developments plc

Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Remedy Entertainment Oyj

Video games remain one of the fastest growing categories in the entertainment industry. According to Bloomberg Intelligence estimates, total global sales of gaming companies exceeded $183 billion in 2024. Analysts expect the upward trend to continue amid structural technological shifts, including the development of cloud gaming, the use of AI tools in game development, and the emergence of new gaming platforms.

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