Benzinga examined the prospects for many investors' favorite stocks over the last week — here's a look at some of our top stories.

The small-cap Russell 2000 jumped; the S&P 500 had to fight for a weekly gain.

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (June 8 to June 12) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets: SPCX, SMCI, MU, UBER, AMD.