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The data centers critical to the nation's AI ambitions are spawning local political battles as rising energy costs frustrate communities. What investors need to know about data center NIMBYism.
IREN (NasdaqGS:IREN) just pulled off one of the more aggressive capital raises in the AI infrastructure space, stacking new convertible notes and equity on top of its $9.7 billion Microsoft cloud deal. See our latest analysis for IREN. Even with a recent pullback that includes a 1 month share price return of negative 12.9 percent, IREN still boasts a powerful year to date share price return above 280 percent and a massive 3 year total shareholder return over 3,200 percent. This signals strong...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is among the 14 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Now. On December 15, JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee maintained an Overweight rating on the stock with a share price target of $305, a reaffirmation of an earlier update on October 31. The adjustment follows Citi analyst Atif Malik lifting his price target […]
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is among the 14 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Now. As of the close of business on December 17, Wall Street analysts have a consensus Strong Buy rating on the stock, with a one-year average share price target of $632.22, representing an upside of 33%. Recent analyst updates include Morgan Stanley […]
Brett Wigdortz grew Teach First into the UK's biggest graduate recruiter and is now leading Tiney's bid to become a success as a leading childminder agency.
Wondering if Microsoft at around $485 a share is still worth buying, holding, or finally trimming? You are not alone, and that is exactly what this breakdown aims to unpack. Over the last week the stock is up 1.5%, roughly flat over the past month at -0.2%, but still sitting on gains of 16.1% year to date and 12.1% over the last year, with a 108.4% return over 3 years and 127.3% over 5 years. Recent headlines have focused on Microsoft doubling down on AI infrastructure and partnerships,...
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives reveals his top tech and AI predictions for the coming year, laying out his most bullish calls for companies and sectors.
Oracle's relationship with OpenAI has become a never-ending source of market angst, as the tie-in reminds many of questionable vendor-financing practices from the late 1990s. But is the caution overblown?
“Each of our properties are worth over $1 million.”
Cboe vice president of market intelligence Henry Schwartz joins Market Domination with Yahoo Finance Data and Markets Editor Jared Blikre to discuss the state of the options landscape. Watch the video above to hear Schwartz's outlook for the options market in 2026. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination.
Micron’s blowout earnings report shows memory chips are in hot demand. The coming crunch could exceed the Covid-era chip shortage.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2025--Aravolta is the software powering data centers behind the scenes.
Tencent is using a Japanese cloud service to access Nvidia Blackwell chips that remain banned to Chinese customers.
Big Tech stocks rallied back again on Friday. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 0.7% after surging nearly 2% yesterday. The group of megacap tech stocks rebounded sharply from a 2.2% drop on Wednesday.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer talked about recently. Cramer mentioned the stock during the episode and said: “These groups were the salvation of this market when the year of magical investing ended, and the super speculative stocks started coming back to earth, they’re still doing it, followed by the […]
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer highlighted the company’s deal with Apple during the episode, as he said: “Almost every single tech company I follow has a monstrous set of rivals spending tens of billions of dollars to dominate the particular industry. Now, in one case, that spending […]
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed. Cramer mentioned the company during the episode and stated: “All these big tech companies live in fear of that. They believe that whoever wins AI could potentially win everything else, too. And if you let OpenAI in with its… balance sheet that you’ve […]
The card networks have entered a series of partnerships in Europe and Asia amid signs of growing demand and Apple's waning control over the underlying technology.
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Microsoft stock's narrative is shifting at the margins, with the fair value estimate edging down slightly from about $625.41 to $624.45 per share and the discount rate ticking up from 8.52% to roughly 8.53% as analysts refine their long term AI and cloud assumptions. At the same time, revenue growth expectations have nudged higher from around 15.28% to 15.30%, reflecting stronger conviction that accelerating AI adoption, expanding cloud demand, and deepened model partnerships with OpenAI and...
Microsoft Sets Permanent Retirement Date for Project Online MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / December 19, 2025 / Microsoft has officially confirmed that Project Online will be retired on September 30, 2026, marking a major shift in Microsoft's ...
Ahead of 2026's kick-off, investors are putting heavy consideration into how to play the AI trade. B. Riley Wealth chief market strategist Art Hogan joins Opening Bid with Brian Sozzi to talk about his expectations for the Magnificent Seven and the broader AI trade. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Opening Bid.
Intel and TSMC are battling it out in the foundry market.
Hyperscalers' overall debt burden is actually getting lighter as the debt-to-cash ratio should dip to 0.75 in 2025 from 0.94 in 2023.
Steve Jobs sold his car to raise enough money to build Apple’s first computer. Just one year later, the tech titan reeled in nearly $3 million thanks to that early sacrifice.