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MSFT Q4 Earnings Beat on Cloud & AI Strength: Time to Buy the Stock?

Microsoft MSFT delivered exceptional fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 results, which exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate across all key metrics, demonstrating the company’s dominant position in the rapidly expanding cloud and artificial intelligence markets.  The technology giant reported revenues of $76.44 billion, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.7%, while earnings per share reached $3.65, beating the ...

5 Cheap Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now

Key Points Nvidia and TSMC are two leading AI infrastructure stocks still trading at cheap valuations. Alphabet and Alibaba are strong cloud computing companies trading at cheap prices. Salesforce has fallen into bargain territory and has a huge opportunity ahead in agentic AI. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Tech stocks aren’t usually ...

Wednesday Sector Leaders: Services, Consumer Products

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Services stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.7%. Within that group, Match Group Inc (Symbol: MTCH) and Walmart Inc (Symbol: WMT) are two of the day’s stand-outs, showing a gain of 9.7% and 3.9%, respectively. Among the largest ETFs, one ETF closely following services stocks is the iShares ...

Nasdaq 100 Movers: CCEP, SHOP

In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Shopify topped the list of the day’s best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 21.6%. Year to date, Shopify registers a 45.3% gain. And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, trading down 8.6%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners ...

2 Leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever

Key Points These companies are benefiting from offering artificial intelligence (AI) services and implementing AI-powered tools in their businesses. Several other aspects of their operations also make them strong buy-and-forget contenders. 10 stocks we like better than Meta Platforms › Artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping through Wall Street. Many corporations are racing to dominate this ...

Cathie Wood Goes Shopping: 3 Stocks She Just Bought

Key Points Cathie Wood added to her existing positions in Nvidia, AMD, and Deere to kick off this trading week. All three stocks report quarterly results this month. AMD reports this week. Deere follows next week. Nvidia steps up near the end of August. Nvidia shares have now more than doubled since their April lows, ...