• Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week.
• Last week's bullish calls included mega-cap tech giants that were in the news.
• A top consumer staple and an out-of-favor tech company were among the bearish calls seen.

The markets reached new all-time highs, and the big three U.S. indexes closed the week at least a little bit higher, led by the Nasdaq's more than 2% gain. The indexes are 5% or so higher for the month, as well as up at least 16% year to date. The S&P 500 leads here, with a gain of more than 22% this year.

Benzinga continues to examine the prospects for many of the stocks most popular with investors. Here are a few of this past week's most bullish and bearish posts that are worth another look.

The Bulls

For additional bullish calls of the past week, check out the following:

The Bears

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) and its peers continue to face regulatory scrutiny in China over data protection and their treatment of workers, according to "Why Are Alibaba Shares Trading Lower Today?" by Anusuya Lahiri.

For more bearish takes, be sure to see these posts:

At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.

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