U.S. stocks settled higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 150 points during the session.

The S&P 500 gained over 1% last week, while the Nasdaq also rose more than 1%.

However, the Dow declined 0.5% during the week.

Wall Street analysts make new stock picks on a daily basis.

Unfortunately for investors, not all analysts have particularly impressive track records at predicting market movements.