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Ackman Loads Up on Microsoft Despite Wall Street AI Concerns

Shares of Microsoft rose more than 3% Friday, bucking the trend on a down day for tech stocks. The move followed the announcement from investor Bill Ackman that his Pershing Square has taken a new stake in the software giant in a bet Microsoft's investments in AI aren't reflected in its stock price. Microsoft shares are down 12% this year and have lost about a quarter of their value since they peaked last fall.

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A high-profile hedge fund recently bought Microsoft stock and sold its Alphabet shares.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock is back in the spotlight after UK regulators launched a broad antitrust probe into its business software ecosystem and the company reworked its multibillion dollar AI partnership with OpenAI. See our latest analysis for Microsoft. Despite bouncing 1.04% in the last session to about US$409.43, Microsoft’s 7 day share price return is down 2.70% and its year to date share price return has fallen 13.43%, even as the company reshapes its OpenAI deal and faces fresh UK...

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) both delivered AI-fueled quarters revealing two different playbooks. Broadcom sells custom silicon and switches for hyperscaler data centers. Microsoft sells cloud, copilots, and the productivity layer on top. Comparing them shows how the AI buildout splits between picks-and-shovels suppliers and full-stack platform owners. Custom Silicon Surges While Azure Carries Microsoft ... Broadcom vs Microsoft. Both Are Winning the AI Race. Only One Is Pr

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Bill Ackman counts Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Amazon and Google among the holdings of his hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management.

Pershing Square built the position at 21x forward earnings

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, has initiated a new position in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), according to a post on the social media platform X ahead of an upcoming 13F filing. “As two of the largest forces in equity markets --...

Markets don’t move in a straight line — and neither do the people running the country. Q1 2026 was a quarter defined by tariff headlines, rate uncertainty, and a broad S&P 500 pullback that rattled retail and institutional investors alike. Most people were paralyzed. Some panicked. And at least one person — or rather, one ... President Trump’s Stock Broker Was the Busiest Person in America in Q1

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors warned on the Thoughtful Money podcast that the S&P 500 has stretched so far above its key moving averages that a mean-reversion move could be a higher-probability scenario heading into the summer. “The big risk here is right now… we’ve got this massive deviation that’s going on kind of in ... Prediction. The S&P 500 Is So Far Above Its Moving Averages That a 10% Correction This Summer Is Not Out of the Question

Ackman and his team at Pershing Square Capital Management typically only own 10-12 stocks at any given time.

The world's largest artificial intelligence firms could earn $200 billion in revenue this year, more

The VictoryShares US Large Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (NASDAQ:CDL) pulls its distribution from dividends paid by large U.S. companies that have screened in for both yield and lower realized volatility. CDL is volatility weighted rather than market-cap weighted (the index methodology pushes back against market-cap concentration risk), which means a handful of regulated ... CDL Delivers Capital Gains Alongside Income as Rates Hover Near 4.4%

The world's largest artificial intelligence firms could earn $200 billion in revenue this year, more

IREN (NASDAQ: $IREN) has successfully raised $3 billion U.S. to fund its artificial intelligence (A.I.) cloud compu...

U.K. regulators have opened a formal antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, targeting Office, Teams, Copilot, and Azure. The probe focuses on bundling practices and how Microsoft’s services affect competition in cloud and AI interoperability. Microsoft has appointed former EY global chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio to its board as a director. At the same time, the company is pursuing independent AI capabilities by acquiring AI startups and expanding beyond its...

Anthropic’s valuation is nearing $1 trillion, an astonishing figure for a private company. The FT reports that it will raise $30 billion at a valuation of $900 billion. Less than a year ago, it raised $30 billion on a valuation of $380 billion. The numbers cannot help but drive the value of public companies that ... Anthropic Valuation Is Key For Alphabet

The Musk v. Altman trial is moving to jury deliberations as Microsoft remains named in the case.

Microsoft backed company eyes bigger compute and capital needs

Global investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technology surged to $297 billion in 2024 as enterprise adoption accelerates beyond pilot programs, according to BCC Research's recent report. The significant increase in venture funding, primarily directed towards AI-focused companies, underscores a shift in the industry towards production-scale deployment. U.S. companies dominate private AI investments, highlighting a clear technological leadership, while corporate giants such as Google,...

Hedge fund billionaire calls MSFT valuation highly compelling

Investing.com -- Pershing Square disclosed a new position in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Friday, with billionaire investor Bill Ackman citing the recent market volatility as an opportunity to acquire what he described as a dominant franchise at an attractive valuation.

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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) at $225.83 is a Buy, with shares pressing against a 52-week high of $227.84 as the AI infrastructure cycle delivers another record quarter. The question is whether a $5.49 trillion company can still meaningfully reward new money at these levels. NVIDIA designs the GPUs, networking fabric, and software stack powering roughly nine-tenths of ... Nvidia Nears 52-Week High: Is It a Buy, Sell or Hold?

FEATURE Stock futures were falling Friday amid concerns over soaring Treasury yields and a lack of progress on trade policy following the summit between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping.

Although Wall Street has spent the better part of two years lecturing investors that the AI trade is crowded, the capex bill is unpayable, and the mega-caps have run out of room to grow, Bill Ackman keeps surfacing at exactly those moments to buy. His Pershing Square just disclosed a new position in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) ... Bill Ackman Bought Google After the ChatGPT Panic (Up 300%). He Bought Amazon After Liberation Day (Up 36%). Now He’s Backing Up The Truck Again.