Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) shares gapped up 6.4% in Thursday morning trading after its second-quarter earnings and revenue rose past the consensus, with all three of its business units logged solid gains.

For anybody hunting for parallels between contemporary markets and 1999, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has a chart that might be of interest.

Nvidia owns a 7% stake in CoreWeave, and made it possible for the young company to be the first to launch its latest GPUs. In February, CoreWeave became the first hyperscaler to make Nvidia's new Blackwell architecture broadly available -- and it just did the same recently with the latest iteration, Blackwell Ultra.

Palantir's expansion into commercial markets has boosted its business. The stock has been on a tear since the start of 2024. Palantir's valuation is sky-high.

While the Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) is filled with cutting-edge technology and consumer companies, not all are on solid footing. Some are dealing with declining demand, high costs, or regulatory pressures that could limit future upside.

One stock that managed to outmaneuver the various headwinds torturing the markets throughout the year, however, is data mining specialist Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR). With shares soaring by 80% during the first six months of 2025, Palantir was the top-performing stock across both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100.

About This EventMega Fortune (Nasdaq: MGRT), an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) company based in Hong Kong, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Closing Bell, celebrating its official listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market and 14th anniversary of delivering cutting-edge BPO services and IoT integration solutions,