Core Insights - The most-searched tickers for 2025 include SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, Tesla, and NVIDIA, with SPY ranking first, indicating a shift in investor interest compared to 2024 [2][9] - Palantir Technologies and Opendoor Technologies emerged as significant players, with Palantir moving up in rankings and Opendoor showing the highest percentage gain among the top tickers [10][12] - CoreWeave Inc, which went public in March 2025, gained substantial attention, finishing the year ranked ninth among the most-searched tickers [12] Ticker Performance - SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) had a year-end price of $681.92, with a return of +16.6% [3] - Tesla Inc (TSLA) ended the year at $449.72, returning +18.6% [3] - NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) saw a year-end price of $186.50, with a return of +34.8% [3] - Palantir Technologies (PLTR) achieved a remarkable return of +136.4%, ending at $177.75 [3] - Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) had a year-end price of $5.83, with an impressive return of +264.4% [3] - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) finished at $214.16, returning +77.5% [3] - Apple Inc (AAPL) ended the year at $271.86, with a return of +11.5% [3] - Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) had a year-end price of $614.31, returning +20.4% [5] - CoreWeave Inc (CRWV) ended at $71.61, with a return of +79.0% [5] - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) finished at $230.82, returning +4.8% [5] Ranking Trends - The top three most-searched tickers for 2024 and the first half of 2025 remained consistent, with SPY rising to first place [9] - Palantir moved from seventh place in 2024 to fourth in 2025, indicating growing popularity among retail investors [10] - AMD maintained its sixth-place ranking from 2024, showing increased interest in the second half of 2025 [11] - Stocks like Meta Platforms and Rigetti Computing ranked just outside the top 10, indicating fluctuating interest levels [10][11] - Stocks that dropped out of the top 10 included Super Micro Computer and GameStop, suggesting a shift in retail investor preferences [13][14]