Guests on CNBC’s "Halftime Report Final Trades" selected Amazon.com, Inc., iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, iShares Gold Trust and Target Corporation. Kevin Simpson, Capital Wealth Planning founder and CIO, picked Amazon after the company said it had increased its planned investment in northwest Louisiana to $18 billion from $12 billion, including a third data center campus in Shreveport. Bryn Talkington, managing partner of Requisite Capital Management, selected iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, while Liz Thomas, SoFi head of investment strategy, recommended iShares Gold Trust. Joseph M. Terranova, senior managing director for Virtus Investment Partners, chose Target after the retailer reported second-quarter earnings of $2.46 per share, beating the $2.33 analyst consensus, and sales of $26.539 billion, above the $26.141 billion consensus. Target raised its FY2026 adjusted EPS guidance from $8.50 to $9.90-$10.90 and increased its sales forecast from $108.971 billion to $110.019 billion. Amazon shares gained 2.5% to close at $265.84 on Wednesday, while iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF gained 6%, Target rose 4.3% to $159.00 and iShares Gold Trust advanced 3.8%.