Quantum computing stocks rallied Wednesday following a directive from Microsoft urging businesses to get "quantum-ready" in 2025. The news lifted shares of Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and IonQ Quantum stocks skyrocketed last year,

Speculators are back on the hunt for early investments in quantum computing stocks after Microsoft’s President and Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Missions and Technologies, Mitra Azizirad, is now writing that 2025 is the year to become “quantum ready”.

In a highly speculative quantum computing market, it is judicious for investors to take a wait-and-watch approach before investing in Rigetti and IonQ stocks.