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✕ Clear- The Microsoft Disaster: Why Dropping the OpenAI Leash Flips the Entire Script for MSFT Stock
Stripped of total tech control, Microsoft can no longer run at the "speed of thought," making its current valuation dip a sobering new reality rather than a buying opportunity.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Workday Validates AI Flywheel: Stock Price Recovery Begins
AI-driven SaaS implementations are not a problem, and Workday is another prime example of how AI disruption is actually good for business.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - GDP Alert: The United Kingdom Is Poorer Than Every Individual U.S. State
The economic gap between the U.S. and the U.K. has been widening for more than a decade. As a result, a new study has found that the U.K.'s GDP per capita is now lower than every single U.S. state.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - We’re Not in a Bubble. Wall Street Just Hasn’t Caught Up With the New ‘Physics’ of the Stock Market.
Traditional signals about the overheating of the U.S. stock market are ceasing to work in the age of digital transformation.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Microsoft Maia Chip Talks With Anthropic Test Azure AI Investment Thesis
Microsoft (NasdaqGS:MSFT) is reportedly in advanced talks to supply its custom Maia AI chips to Anthropic. The discussions would mark the first major external deployment of Microsoft’s Maia hardware with a leading AI model provider. The potential agreement signals a direct competitive move against cloud providers that rely on in-house or third-party AI chips. For investors watching NasdaqGS:MSFT, this potential Maia rollout sits at the intersection of cloud services, AI infrastructure, and...
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - The 401(k) Mega Backdoor Roth Strategy a Tech Worker Used to Build $750,000 of Roth Wealth in Six Years
A 30-year-old software engineer at Meta (NASDAQ:META), earning a $200,000 base plus refreshing stock grants, asked a question that gets posted in some form on r/financialindependence every week: how do I shovel more into a Roth when I am already over the income limit for direct Roth IRA contributions and my 401(k) deferral is maxed? ... The 401(k) Mega Backdoor Roth Strategy a Tech Worker Used to Build $750,000 of Roth Wealth in Six Years
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Ashton Kutcher Invested In OpenAI Early: $30 Million Bet Could Be Worth Billions At $1.5 Trillion IPO
Ashton Kutcher went from actor to investor. His investments have shown success and an early bet on OpenAI could be his most successful ever.
Benzinga·2026-05-23 - Microsoft’s new responsible tech lead on how to humanize high-speed AI development
Jenny Lay-Flurrie, head of Microsoft's Trusted Technology Group, says responsible tech is: How do we build it right? And how do we keep it that way?
CNBC·2026-05-23 - 3 Dividend Stocks I'm Buying As Inflation Mounts A Resurgence
AI-driven capex and senior housing demand are driving resilient stocks. Read what we're investing in here.
SeekingAlpha·2026-05-23 - Billionaire Bill Ackman Sold Alphabet and Bought the Dip in This Magnificent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Instead
Ackman's Pershing Square hedge fund largely exited from its massive Alphabet position in Q1 and initiated a stake in Microsoft.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - BofA says AI productivity boost visible in narrow tasks, not yet economy-wide
Investing.com -- Artificial intelligence is generating a minor impact on macroeconomic output despite widespread corporate adoption for individual workflows, according to a research report released by BofA Global Research on Friday.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Google Appeals Landmark Monopoly Ruling That Targets Apple Default Deals
Google appealed a landmark ruling accusing it of illegally maintaining its online search dominance through default deals with Apple.
Benzinga·2026-05-23 - Citi sees AI price effects as key issue for Warsh
Investing.com -- Strong U.S. macroeconomic performance continues to outpace other developed economies, powered by real GDP growth tracking at a 2% to 3% pace in recent quarters, according to institutional research released by Citi this week.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Alphabet, AMD Removed From Value Stock Status as Russell Reconstitutes Indexes
FTSE Russell announced a preliminary list of changes to its indexes on Friday after the market closed—and some Big Tech names are being reclassified. Google parent Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices were among the largest stocks that will be removed from the That means those stocks will move to pure growth status by FTSE Russell’s standard. Apple and Microsoft on the other hand, will join the value index—and move from pure growth classification to a blend of growth and value.
Yahoo·2026-05-23 - Microsoft vs. Apple Stock: The Numbers Reveal a Clear Winner Heading Into H2 2026
Microsoft vs. Apple stock: Compare fundamentals, valuation, dividends, analyst ratings, and AI exposure to see which looks like the better buy.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - The Gates Foundation Sold All of Its Remaining Microsoft Stock. Should Investors Be Worried?
The famed foundation sold its remaining $3 billion position in the software company.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - AI trade: Investors may want to look outside infrastructure, Nvidia
All three of the major averages (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) ended Friday's session in positive territory — the Dow Jones Industrial Average leading the way and rising 294 points — managing to close out the trading week with gains. This comes after Nvidia (NVDA) reported first quarter earnings results that beat estimates, but ultimately failed to wow Wall Street investors. Morningstar Wealth CIO for the Americas, Philip Straehl, comes on Market Domination Overtime to assess investor sentiment around the AI trade in response to Nvidia's latest earnings print.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - GlobalFoundries (GFS) Launches Dedicated Quantum Technology Solutions Unit
GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) is one of the best multibagger stocks to buy in 2026. On May 21, GlobalFoundries launched Quantum Technology Solutions to scale domestic manufacturing for utility-scale quantum computing. The new business will manufacture complete hardware solutions (including quantum processor units/QPUs, cryogenic read-out ICs, and advanced packaging), marking GF’s entry into next-generation high-performance computing. […]
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Alphabet and NVIDIA: The Biggest Mag 7 Winners This Earnings Season
NVIDIA and Alphabet delivered some of the biggest highlights from the Mag 7 group in the Q1 earnings cycle, with Google Cloud sales showing bullish acceleration while NVIDIA's Data Center results again broke records.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Nvidia Has a Plan to Get the Stock Moving Again
Nvidia is offering a peek behind the curtain of its data-center business. The new disclosure is meant to assuage investor worries about future growth.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Update: Rising US Borrowing Costs Won't Slow Massive AI Data-Center Buildout as Potential Profit Outweighs Spending
(Updates with comments from Morgan Stanley starting in 13th paragraph.) Rising interest rates wo
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - The 1 Chart Every AI Investor Needs to See Before Buying Anything Right Now
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Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Microsoft Stock Is a Buy as OpenAI Prepares for an IPO. Here’s Why.
OpenAI is reportedly looking to file for an IPO. MSFT stock looks like a buy ahead of the AI startup's listing.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Dominic Chu: The Trump Bull Market’s AI Rally Is Powering the S&P 500 Toward an 8th Straight Winning Week
CNBC’s Dominic Chu opened Friday’s market coverage by noting that “the stocks are looking like they may open higher today, rounding out what could be the eighth straight winning week for the S&P 500.” That kind of streak does not happen by accident, and inside the Trump bull market it has become the defining rhythm: ... Dominic Chu: The Trump Bull Market’s AI Rally Is Powering the S&P 500 Toward an 8th Straight Winning Week
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - SCHG’s Top Ten Holdings Now Drive 59 Percent of the Fund, Creating Hidden Single Stock Risk
A young saver opens a Schwab account, picks the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHG) over a plain S&P 500 fund because they want a growth tilt at almost no cost, and assumes 197 holdings buys them diversification. The math says otherwise. SCHG’s top 10 names drive 59% of the portfolio, which means more than ... SCHG’s Top Ten Holdings Now Drive 59 Percent of the Fund, Creating Hidden Single Stock Risk
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly
Alphabet's Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge's ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising. • Google argued that U.S. Judge Amit Mehta made legal errors in his 2024 ruling, which found the company illegally blocked competitors by paying billions of dollars annually to firms including Apple to be the default search engine on new devices. • The arrangements did not prevent the device makers and browser developers from promoting rival search services like Microsoft's Bing, Google argued.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Datadog, SK Hynix added to AI 30 List as Wedbush sees ‘third inning” of AI revolution
Wedbush Securities has added Datadog Inc (NASDAQ:DDOG) and SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) to its closely watched IVES AI 30 list, citing the memory super-cycle and AI observability as two of the most compelling themes in the current phase of the artificial intelligence buildout. In a note to clients,...
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Microsoft reports are exposing AI’s real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees
Companies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.
Yahoo·2026-05-22 - Qualcomm's stock pop shows investors are 'waking up' to boom in AI devices
Qualcomm is on a big run, powered by investor bullishness that the company will be at the center of a boom in AI devices.
CNBC·2026-05-22 - Rising US Borrowing Costs Won't Slow Massive AI Data-Center Buildout as Potential Profit Outweighs Spending
Rising interest rates won't stop companies such as Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google, Amazon (AMZN) an
Yahoo·2026-05-22