MRNA, SPCX, MSTR and More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks during the week (Aug. 17 to Aug. 21) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI infrastructure momentum, and corporate news flow. Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA ), Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ: WMT ), Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR ), Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWV ), and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: SPCX ), biotech, pharmaceutical, retailer, Bitcoin treasury, semiconductor, AI, and space sectors, reflected strong retail interest. Moderna On Aug. 19, MRNA with Merck & Co Inc. (NYSE: MRK ) announced a positive Phase 3 INTerpath-001 result for their personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran, in high-risk resected melanoma. The therapy met its primary endpoint of improved recurrence-free survival ...