2 Rare Earth Stocks Hot Amid Greenland Gridlock

Group 1: Market Overview - MP Materials Corp (NYSE:MP) and USA Rare Earth Inc (NASDAQ:USAR) shares are rising as investors focus on the rare earths sector amid geopolitical tensions over Greenland sales [1] - President Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of 10% starting February 1, potentially increasing to 25% by June 25 on countries opposing the sale [1] Group 2: Company Performance - MP Materials is trading at $69.93, up 1.4%, with a year-over-year increase of 233.5% and has rallied since the start of the month, reaching its highest level since October [2] - The stock has maintained support around the $50 level after a pullback from its record high of $96.97 on October 15 [2] - USA Rare Earth is trading at $19.67, up 11.2%, following the announcement of plans to develop a rare earth metal plant in Lacq, France, and has gained over 50% in the last 12 months [3] Group 3: Options Activity - Options trading is active for both companies, with MP seeing double the amount of trades and USAR seeing triple [4] - The most popular options contract for MP is the weekly 2/27 70-strike call, while for USAR, it is the March 20 call [4]