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Consumer Discretionary also gains momentum with upgrades to <a href=\"\/stock\/TSLA\">TSLA<\/a> and <a href=\"\/stock\/NKE\">NKE<\/a>. Average target upside of 18% suggests bullish sentiment remains intact for high-growth leaders. However, rising interest rate concerns on <strong>Wednesday<\/strong> signal potential volatility for mid-cap valuations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mega-cap Technology leads the charge with 4 stocks (AMZN, META, GOOGL, MSFT) recently rated strong buy as of Tuesday. 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