Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares have advanced 34% during the past year, but that upside has been driven almost entirely by valuation multiple expansion rather than earnings growth. Consequently, some Wall Street analysts have turned bearish on the stock in the last couple of weeks.

A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

Wall Street's most watched gauge of investor anxiety rose to a three-week high on Friday as stock indexes sold off following a an upbeat jobs report that pushed back market expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

A Wells Fargo analyst recently raised the company's price target for RTX ( RTX 0.98%) stock to $151 from a previous target of $140 and maintained an "overweight" rating on the stock. As such, it represents a 31% premium to the current price, but is the new target warranted?

The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) - widely seen as Wall Street's fear and volatility gauge - soared about 9% on Friday to a three-week-high, after the latest job market update led to a big recalibration in Federal Reserve rate cut expectations.