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Taiwan raised its 2026 economic growth outlook as the island continues to benefit from booming AI-driven exports. AI-Driven Exports Taiwan's exports surged about 70% in January, the fastest pace in 16 years, as global demand for AI-related hardware continues to accelerate. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) remains central to that strength, serving as the world's dominant contract chipmaker and a critical supplier of advanced semiconductors. The company plays an outsized role in T
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US Federal Trade Commission launches expanded antitrust scrutiny of Microsoft’s cloud and AI bundling practices. NasdaqGS:MSFT moves to reduce reliance on OpenAI, increasing focus on in house AI models and partnerships with Anthropic and Mistral. Company announces new data sovereignty agreements, including work with Capgemini, and leads a global alliance on ethical and secure tech standards. For investors watching NasdaqGS:MSFT, this cluster of regulatory and AI updates goes straight to...
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Not every software stock deserves to be downgraded due to the potential threat of AI-powered alternatives.
At some point, one has to wonder who really benefits from the artificial intelligence revolution. Take jobs, for example. AI evangelists including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and OpenAI CEOSam Altman all say that the technology will have most people, to some ...
As software stocks crater on AI disruption fears, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives is taking a contrarian stance on the selloff. Ives says the current selloff is “the worst he’s witnessed in 25 years” but believes investors are making a critical mistake by treating enterprise software as obsolete in the AI era. The numbers tell a ... Famous Investor Dan Ives Calls Software Apocalypse a ‘Generational Buy’: Is He Right?
Two of tech’s most dominant companies just hit a milestone investors hoped to avoid. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) have both officially entered bear market territory, down more than 20% from their recent peaks. When the giants stumble, the entire market feels it. The Damage Report Amazon closed at $199.60 on February 12th, down 13.5% ... Amazon and Microsoft Enter Bear Markets: What’s Breaking the Magnificent 7?
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the AI stocks currently on Wall Street’s radar. Apple’s AI roadmap is drawing in renewed scrutiny from Evercore ISI, with the research firm anticipating a delay in its Apple Intelligence 2.0 launch. On February 11, analyst Amit Daryanani reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock with a $330.00 price […]
Nextech3D.AI (CSE:NTAR, OTCQX:NEXCF, FRA:1SS) earlier this week announced the launch of a corporate gifting offering through its Kraftylab platform, marking a strategic expansion of its enterprise engagement services. Speaking to Proactive, CEO Evan Gappelberg said the initiative aims to tap...
Here are ways to reduce the risks of a highly dangerous market. Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia are masking some underlying strength
Shares of Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS) surged 14% in the past week, rebounding from a sharp 20% decline. Despite volatility, retail investor sentiment on platforms such as Reddit and X remains bullish, with an average sentiment score of 88. The AI cloud infrastructure company has captured attention following its Q4 2025 earnings report, which revealed revenue ... Why Nebius Group Is Drawing Both Bulls and Bears After Earnings
Once synonymous with construction sites, the industrial giant is now digging into AI-fueled data center demand.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning to Apple over alleged political bias in its Apple News app, raising fresh regulatory questions in an election year. Apple is also experiencing development delays for its AI enhanced Siri upgrade, pushing back the rollout of features that investors have been watching closely. For investors following Apple, ticker NasdaqGS:AAPL, these headlines arrive with the stock trading at $255.78. The share price sits against a mixed return profile,...
Hyperscalers are likely to spend much more on AI infrastructure in 2026 than Wall Street initially estimated.
Amazon is embarking on the largest capital spending programme in its history, seeking to regain momentum against AI rivals by expanding data...
IREN (NasdaqGS:IREN) is set to be added to the MSCI USA Index, a move that can increase its visibility with large institutional investors. The company has shifted its core focus from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure, supported by new data center projects. IREN recently signed a $9.7b contract with Microsoft, anchoring its push into long term AI infrastructure services. IREN comes into this news with a share price of $42.22 and very large 1 year gains, alongside a 7x return over 3 years...
Prominent investor Chamath Palihapitiya, known as the “SPAC King,” took to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday to highlight Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) underperformance relative to other major technology companies since the launch of ChatGPT. Microsoft Trails Tech Peers Since ChatGPT Debut “Microsoft has been the worst-performing stock of the hyperscalers since the November 30, 2022, launch of ChatGPT and has significantly underperformed the Nasdaq during that period,” Palihapitiya wrote. He ad
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STORY: :: Lisa Bernhard, Reuters:: Nancy Tengler, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Laffer Tengler InvestmentsFinancial markets, juiced for months with investor enthusiasm about the AI trade, got a rude awakening recently when software stocks around the globe sank on worries that fast-advancing AI tools could upend the industry.ServiceNow's stock, which Tengler's firm owns, has plunged roughly 30% year-to-date, "and it was down 27% last year," she notes, calling the drop "one of the most befuddling sell-offs that I've seen in my career." "ServiceNow is the conductor of AI on the cloud and is vertically integrating to agentic security," Tengler said. "And many other areas of the vertical integration are important and I think are a moat for the company. But the market doesn't agree with me."Speaking with Reuters' Lisa Bernhard, Tengler also described why her firm recently bought more shares of Microsoft, Palantir and Apple, among other tech stocks.And, she addressed the Friday release of the Consumer Price Index for January, noting how the cost of services "has been a problem all the way through this inflationary regime."
US equity benchmarks ended mixed on Friday as traders evaluated inflation data, capping Wall Street'