The U.S. stock market ended 2024 on a high note, with the benchmark S&P 500 index up by 23.3%. That came on the heels of its 24.2% rise in 2023, so overall, the S&P was up by 53.2% since 2022 -- one of its best two-year stretches of the 21st century.

SentinelOne (NYSE: S) went public with a bang in 2021. SentinelOne stock has recovered from its low point, but it remains around 70% below its record high. SentinelOne believes machines can respond to incidents faster than humans,

Equity analyst Dan Ives has made a quite a few prescient calls in his career. In the last year alone, he predicted the Nasdaq Composite would hit 20,000, and he remained bullish on Palantir despite widespread skepticism.