Benzinga examined the prospects for many investors’ favorite stocks over the last week — here’s a look at some of our top stories.Major U.S. stock indexes ended the holiday-shortened week with solid gains as the S&P 500 notched fresh record highs and all three benchmarks — the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq — posted weekly advances amid light trading volumes. Investors shrugged off quiet post-Christmas sessions to push the S&P 500 toward its third straight year of double-digit returns and ...