Top trades by global Sharesight users — May 2025
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for global investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by Sharesight users around the world, excluding Australia and New Zealand (which we cover separately). Below we will reveal the top trades by our global userbase, highlighting some of the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.
Top trades in May 2025
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This month’s top trades were led by NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), which saw its share price rise throughout the month, recovering from a rare dip in April. The top trades were followed by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which saw its share price remain relatively flat throughout the month, lagging behind the rest of the ‘magnificent 7’.
Let’s look at the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)
- NVIDIA share price surges on US-Saudi AI investment deal
- Revenue rises despite tariff uncertainty
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
- Apple is lagging behind its magnificent 7 rivals
- Share price rises following dip caused by Trump’s tariff threats on foreign-made iPhones
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- Tesla share price hits highest level since February
- Tesla share price is soaring, but some analysts see red flags
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
- Alphabet shares plunge almost 7% on AI search threat
- Alphabet shares are down 16% from their high
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
- Microsoft cuts workforce by 3% as it invests more resources in AI
- Microsoft dethroned by NVIDIA as world’s most valuable company
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR)
- Palantir share price rises 8% on AI news
- Palantir reportedly enlisted to create master database on all Americans
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
- UnitedHealth is in a state of freefall as it faces three criminal investigations
- UnitedHealth shareholders to vote on potential US$60 million pay package for new CEO
Meta (NASDAQ: FB)
- Meta share price rebounds on strong Q1 earnings, tariff deal
- Meta joins race to produce AR tech for US military
- Developers left disappointed by LlamaCon, Meta conference focused on open-source large language models
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