“America Is Back”: How AI supports the market

SP500

Key zone: 6,950 - 7,000

Buy: 7,050 (on strong positive fundamentals); target 7,200; StopLoss 7,000

Sell: 6,920(on a confident breakout of the 6,950 level); target 6,800; StopLoss 6,970

The stock index that includes shares of the 500 largest US companies by market capitalization has crossed the 7,000-point mark for the first time amid optimism around artificial intelligence. This fact was personally highlighted by Donald Trump on the social network Truth Social, where he wrote that “America is back”.

After the hype of 2023–2025, artificial intelligence has entered the phase of mass adoption. It is assumed that the active rally is driven by expectations of profits of the largest technology companies from the commercialization of goods and services using AI technologies in production, logistics, finance and customer services.

The IMF also links its forecast for US economic growth in 2026 to a wave of investments in AI infrastructure.

Reminder:

Trump’s policy directly affects US equities and the entire stock market. Some sectors receive support, while others are suddenly slowed down by new restrictions. Business success depends not only on financial reporting, but also on how well it aligns with the priorities of the White House administration.

Information interventions, initiatives and regulatory changes are quickly reflected in stock prices. For the market, this means that the political factor has become just as important as financial indicators or business forecasts. At the same time, the impact of this pressure has become more concentrated.

The new S&P 500 record coincided with the earnings season of the “Magnificent Seven”, which account for up to 37% of the total market capitalization of the index. The situation is reinforced by ideas about the end of the Fed’s tightening cycle, although, judging by yesterday’s FOMC decision, Powell & Co do not yet support this optimism.

Large-scale investments in data centers, energy and chips have launched a long-term infrastructure cycle. Of course, strong positive expectations are associated with Tesla, Microsoft, Nvidia and Alphabet, but the trend is supported by upward profit forecasts for a wide range of companies included in the index.

If it is difficult for you to analyze the dynamics of the index, it is worth paying attention to individual stocks of companies that supply equipment, data, automation tools and applied solutions.

• Among the strongest SaaS stocks at the end of 2025 were companies that managed to tie their business to real AI use, for example, Palantir (PLTR, +145%), JFrog (FROG, +115%), AppLovin (APP, +104%), Unity (U, +84%).
• In the semiconductor segment, demand is growing for memory and storage chip stocks, in particular Micron (MU, +290%), Western Digital (WDC, +192.42%), Sandisk (SNDK, +434.8%).
• In pharmaceuticals and healthcare, the most stable performers are Regeneron (REGN, about +67%), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, +51%), Eli Lilly (LLY, +35%), Medtronic (MDT, +13%), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG, +24%).

By the way, the US dollar last week fell to four-year lows, but Trump sees this as his personal victory. Therefore, today the main task of American business is to withstand the regime of autocracy on which Trump relies in managing the US economy.

In any case, in today’s US market, the winners are those who actually monetize AI through contracts, demand and scaling of results – regardless of the size of the company’s capital. The key is to remain minimally dependent on politics and on individual controversial personalities.

So we act wisely and avoid unnecessary risks.

Profits to y’all!