Freedom analysts see signs of overheating in the AI market, but believe investors should not fear a sudden and painful bursting of the bubble. 

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Xperi Inc.

Golden Matrix Group, Inc.

Allot Ltd.

Electromed, Inc.

Millrose Properties, Inc.

Unitil Corporation

MP Materials Corp.

Wall Street <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/eto-vyigrys-barron-s-nazval-drajvery-rosta-small-cap-kompanij-v-2026-godu">expects</a>&nbsp;the macroeconomic backdrop in 2026 to be supportive for small and mid caps, with markets increasingly pricing in a so-called Goldilocks scenario: steady economic growth without overheating, a gradual normalization of inflation, and continued support for the labor market under a neutral-to-soft policy stance from the Fed, according to analysts at Freedom Broker. They prepared for&nbsp;<i>Oninvest</i>&nbsp;a list of eight small- and mid-cap stocks investors should pay attention to in 2026.

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Ero Copper Corp.

Southern Copper Corporation

Anglo American plc

Glencore plc

Alcoa Corporation

Century Aluminum Company

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

Critical Metals Corp.

NioCorp Developments Ltd.

First Majestic Silver Corp.

Endeavour Silver Corp.

Pan American Silver Corp.

Peabody Energy Corporation

Cameco Corporation

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Robots, artificial intelligence, and automation no longer exist only in code. They consume electricity, metals, and fuel. AI has become a new, very voracious consumer of raw materials, comparable in scale to entire industries. This triggers a commodity supercycle and redistributes capital in favor of those who control the basic resources of the new economy. Vitaly Kononov, an analyst at Freedom Broker's commodities sector, named the new beneficiaries of this supercycle.

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Novo Nordisk A/S

RTX Corporation

Rocket Lab Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

First Solar, Inc.

Maplebear Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

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Tesla, Inc.

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

CoreWeave, Inc.

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Amazon.com, Inc.

Worthington Enterprises, Inc.

Lennar Corporation

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

RadNet, Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research

Morning in New York: foreign policy news is the market's focus

Medline Inc.

The company has raised over $6 billion through its listing and has a valuation of over $50 billion

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Andersen

The IPO valued the company at $1.75 billion

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Nektar Therapeutics

Eli Lilly and Company

AbbVie Inc.

Freedom Broker has issued a short-term investment idea to buy shares of Nektar Therapeutics, a small-cap biotech developing a drug for alopecia areata, an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss. On Tuesday, December 16, the company is set to <a href="https://ir.nektar.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nektar-hold-conference-call-discuss-topline-results-36-week">release</a>&nbsp;new clinical trial data on its lead therapy. If the results are positive, Nektar shares could gain about 22% over the next two months, Freedom Broker analysts said.

Freedom Broker: Nektar may jump 22% in two months on potential upbeat trial results

Intel Corporation

Ford Motor Company

Navan, Inc.

The key event will be the publication of the labor market report for November

Morning in New York: indices look downward 

REV Group, Inc.

Vox Royalty Corp.

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.

Contango Ore, Inc.

Aviat Networks, Inc.

Freedom Broker has named five small caps that investors should watch ahead of a potential "Santa Claus rally" – the <a href="https://get.investors.com/infographics/santa-claus-rally/">calendar effect</a> involving a rise in stock prices during the last five trading days in December and the first two in January.&nbsp;

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