Last year, investors poured into artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, and the biggest players -- from Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to Amazon -- helped the general market soar. Quantum computing harnesses the principles of quantum mechanics to solve problems that classical computers can't handle. During CES earlier this month, Huang said useful quantum computers are about 20 years away, disappointing investors hoping for a nearer-term opportunity.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) are pioneers in artificial intelligence (AI) as both companies have played central roles in bringing this technology mainstream. While Microsoft-backed OpenAI kicked off the AI craze when it launched the highly popular ChatGPT in November 2022, the chatbot may not have seen the light of the day without Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs), which were used for training the large language model (LLM) powering ChatGPT. As other major tech giants joined the AI race, the demand for Nvidia's chips went through the roof, and sent its revenue and bottom line soaring.

One of the younger, more appealing real estate investment trusts (REITs) on the scene hasn't necessarily appealed to investors lately. Vici Properties (NYSE: VICI), which specializes in experiential properties -- primarily casinos -- is down nearly 12% in price over the past six months. Firstly, Vici has an unbeatable mix of top entertainment facilities in its portfolio.

Quantum computing has suddenly become a buzzword on Wall Street. Ever since Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) reported that it hit a new milestone with Willow, its new quantum chip, quantum stocks have been soaring. The announcement sparked a rally in Alphabet stock and sent shares of small-cap pure-play quantum computing stocks like D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS), Quantum Computing (NASDAQ: QUBT), Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI), and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) skyrocketing.

TikTok has officially shut down in the United States. The social media app went dark after the US Supreme Court determined that national security concerns outweighed TikTok's First Amendment argument against a law that was signed in April 2024. ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, also had the option to divest its stake in the platform, but it chose not to despite there being interested buyers. Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) removed TikTok from their U.S. App stores late on Saturday evening before the ban went into effect while Oracle (ORCL) began the process of shutting down their servers. President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News Saturday that he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day extension from a potential ban with an announcement likely to come Monday after he takes office. Meta (META), Snap (SNAP) and Reddit (RDDT) stand to benefit the most as users migrate off TikTok. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Jennifer Schonberger reports the latest. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich and Justin Oliver. Learn more about the TikTok ban TikTok loses Supreme Court battle to stop US ban What could happen to your TikTok app on Jan. 19 TikTok allows for 'organic virality,' content creators say Kevin O'Leary wants to save TikTok for its 6M+ entrepreneurs

The last three months have been quite eventful for quantum computing stocks, with some of the sharpest ups and downs investors will ever see. It started when Alphabet's Google announced a major quantum breakthrough with its Willow chip. The Dec. 9 announcement revealed that the Willow chip allows quantum computers to self-correct errors better than ever -- a major milestone on Google's quantum computing roadmap.

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing soared over 100% during the last 12 months, placing the chip giant in rare company -- the trillion-dollar club.