Palantir Technologies ( PLTR 1.56%) has been one of the top-performing stocks this year. The company's strong results led to the stock's inclusion on the S&P 500, and now it has moved to the Nasdaq stock exchange, where it could soon join the even more exclusive Nasdaq 100 index.

Palantir Technologies stock (NASDAQ: PLTR) has had a solid run, rising by almost 4x since the beginning of the year to about $66 presently.

It's been an excellent year for stock market investors. The S&P 500 index has delivered an excellent 26% return thus far in 2024, driven by resilient macroeconomic conditions, record corporate earnings, and growing optimism about artificial intelligence's (AI) transformative potential across the economy.