Microsoft

December 21, 2025

Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Weigh Rates Outlook and Year-End Positioning

U.S. and European markets advanced modestly as investors balanced easing rate expectations against thin holiday liquidity and lingering macro uncertainty. U.S. equities closed higher in cautious trading, extending a choppy December rally

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Markets

December 21, 2025

Stocks Drift Higher as Investors Favor Quality Ahead of Data Releases

U.S. equities edged higher in muted trading as investors positioned cautiously ahead of key economic data, reinforcing a market dynamic focused more on earnings durability than short-term momentum. The S&P 500 posted

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Opinion

February 12, 2026

The Market’s AI Bet Is Rational—Until It Isn’t

Investors are treating AI spending like essential infrastructure, but the trade-off between growth and returns is getting harder to ignore. Wall Street’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence has taken on the feel of

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AI Trade Splits as Hardware Winners Outpace Big Tech Spenders

Investors are rewarding the suppliers of artificial intelligence infrastructure while growing more selective toward the companies writing the largest checks to build it. The artificial intelligence boom is no longer lifting every

July 2, 2026

Technology

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AI Has Earned Its Rally, But Not Its Blank Check

The market’s first-half strength shows investors still trust the artificial-intelligence capital cycle, but the second half may reward discipline more than enthusiasm. The most dangerous point in a bull market is not

July 1, 2026

Opinion

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Wise Rallies as Buyback Signals Confidence in Cross-Border Payments

Wise’s profit beat and new repurchase plan offered investors a rare bright spot in a market questioning whether fintech growth can still translate into durable cash returns. Wise Group (WISE) moved sharply

June 26, 2026

Business

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AI Trade Faces a Valuation Test

A sharp pullback in semiconductor and AI-linked shares has turned Micron’s earnings into a market-wide test of whether technology’s most powerful growth story can still justify its price. The technology trade is

June 24, 2026

Technology

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AI Spending Has Entered Its Accountability Phase

The latest tech-led market wobble is not a rejection of artificial intelligence, but a demand that its biggest corporate backers prove the returns can match the scale of investment. The artificial-intelligence trade

June 23, 2026

Opinion

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AI Can Still Lift Markets, But It Cannot Carry Them Alone

Investors should treat the artificial-intelligence boom as a durable capital cycle, not a permanent exemption from valuation discipline. The stock market’s most important debate is no longer whether artificial intelligence will reshape

May 20, 2026

Opinion

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AI Spending Enters a Harder Phase for Tech Investors

Strong AI infrastructure demand is still lifting cloud and chip-linked stocks, but investors are becoming more selective as spending, margins and custom silicon reshape the trade. The artificial-intelligence investment boom has not

May 13, 2026

Technology

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AI Optimism Cannot Outrun the Price of Money

Investors are right to reward companies building the next productivity cycle, but the market is again underestimating how much higher energy prices, sticky inflation and firm bond yields can narrow the path

May 12, 2026

Opinion

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AI Spending Enters Its Infrastructure Phase

Big technology’s artificial-intelligence boom is shifting from model hype to the harder question of whether chips, networking, power and cloud demand can produce durable returns for investors. The technology sector’s latest market

May 5, 2026

Technology

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AI Spending Surge Reshapes Big Tech Strategy and Valuations

Heavy investment in artificial intelligence is driving earnings divergence and redefining competitive positioning across the technology sector. The global technology sector is undergoing a structural shift as artificial intelligence spending accelerates, forcing

April 1, 2026

Technology

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Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Weigh Rates Outlook and Year-End Positioning

Stocks Drift Higher as Investors Favor Quality Ahead of Data Releases

The Market’s AI Bet Is Rational—Until It Isn’t

AI Has Earned Its Rally, But Not Its Blank Check

Wise Rallies as Buyback Signals Confidence in Cross-Border Payments

AI Trade Faces a Valuation Test

AI Spending Has Entered Its Accountability Phase

AI Can Still Lift Markets, But It Cannot Carry Them Alone

AI Optimism Cannot Outrun the Price of Money

AI Spending Enters Its Infrastructure Phase

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