The stock market edged lower on Monday, kicking off the final three trading days of 2025, as technology stocks pulled back and investors reduced risk ahead of the New Year.
Overall, S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 6,906, while NASDAQ slid 0.5% to 23,474.
Tweet of the Day
NVIDIA is my top stock heading into 2026 https://t.co/Qo2ogxNlu2
— David Sharek (@GrowthStockGuy) December 22, 2025
Chart of the Day
Here is the one-year chart of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) as of December 15, 2025, when the stock was at $186.
Palo Alto Networks is one of the top two cybersecurity companies. And now the company gearing up for more advanced cybersecurity threats from AI.
Palo Alto Networks just announced AgentiX, its own AI agents to countermeasure hacker AI bots. Management believes it is the furthest ahead in terms of AI security, and it is beefing up with new acquisitions to continue to be in the pole position.
Next up, quantum computing should be commercialized by 2029. Quantum computing has the ability to break current encryption across technology stacks.
PANW is part of our Growth Portfolio.
