Key Takeaways Palantir shares jumped Tuesday after the analytics software provider announced that its entire product suite has received approval for use in processing sensitive federal workloads, positioning the firm to provide an array of services to government entities.

Investors should expect that some selling pressure will come in the form of short-term profit-taking before year-end. However, any weakness in Palantir will certainly be met with additional buyers as long-term investors are likely to be waiting for an opportunity to buy Palantir stock on a dip.

Palantir Technologies ( PLTR 0.47%) has been one of the top-performing stocks this year. The company's strong results led to the stock's inclusion on the S&P 500, and now it has moved to the Nasdaq stock exchange, where it could soon join the even more exclusive Nasdaq 100 index.