January gave investors hope that the bear market is finally ending. The S&P 500 rose 6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped more than 10%. A handful of important market trends emerged thanks to evolving risk tolerance and growth expectations.

These five stocks all made big moves that highlight some of those key trends as we look to February and beyond.

Shares of electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) charged higher in January thanks to a positive earnings report and a rebound for growth stocks in general. Tesla reported record quarterly revenue, and it narrowly exceeded analysts' expectations for both sales and net income. Wall Street was pleased with Elon Musk's commentary on production forecasts and demand for 2023, and it seems the company could conceivably produce more than two million vehicles this year. Investors did not seem particularly concerned with Tesla's shrinking gross margin and operating cash flows.

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