Wedbush Says 2026 Is the "Inflection Year" for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here's the Stock to Own.

At the end of 2025, Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, one of Wall Street's most outspoken tech bulls, predicted the artificial intelligence (AI) market would reach its "inflection point" in 2026. Ives also named five stocks -- Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, Palantir, and CrowdStrike (CRWD +1.86%) -- as the top plays on that secular trend. While all five of those companies are growing rapidly, I believe CrowdStrike could be the most compelling AI play this year for five simple reasons.1. It's the cloud-native c ...