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Microsoft stock vs Alphabet stock: Why 2026 is the real AI monetization test

Microsoft stock vs Alphabet stock: Why 2026 is the real AI monetization test

Microsoft shares were down about 1.6% at $475.69 in late-morning trade on Friday, while Alphabet rose about 0.7% to $315.20. Microsoft’s market value stood near $3.85 trillion versus roughly $2.94 trillion for Alphabet, with Microsoft trading at about 37 times earnings compared with Alphabet at roughly 24 times. The moves come as investors start 2026 still leaning into big technology names after an AI-led rally in 2025. The S&P 500 gained 16.39% last year and Alphabet jumped 65%, helping make the communication services sector the index’s best performer, Reuters reported. Reuters
2 January 2026
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Microsoft stock forecast 2026: Wall Street sees 30% upside as AI spending payoff comes into focus

Microsoft stock forecast 2026: Wall Street sees 30% upside as AI spending payoff comes into focus

Wall Street analysts are starting 2026 bullish on Microsoft, with TipRanks showing a “Strong Buy” consensus and an average price target of $631.36 for the shares. The target implies 30.6% upside, TipRanks data show. TipRanks The optimism matters now because investors are demanding proof that heavy spending on artificial intelligence, or AI, can translate into profit growth. Microsoft is a bellwether, selling AI through Azure — its cloud-computing platform — and through productivity subscriptions used across corporate IT budgets.
2 January 2026
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Microsoft stock forecast for 2026: Wedbush puts $625 target on MSFT as “inflection year” looms

Microsoft stock forecast for 2026: Wedbush puts $625 target on MSFT as “inflection year” looms

Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives has put Microsoft at the top of his 2026 artificial intelligence stock list and set a $625 price target after the company’s shares rose about 16% in 2025. “FY26 for Microsoft remains the true inflection year of AI growth,” Ives wrote in a client note, referring to the company’s fiscal 2026 year. Business Insider The call arrives as investors reset positions after Wall Street posted another year of double-digit gains, a rally fueled in part by enthusiasm for AI-focused stocks. U.S. equities slipped in the final trading session of 2025, underscoring how quickly sentiment can turn at elevated valuations. Reuters
1 January 2026
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Microsoft stock drifts lower before the bell as Fed minutes loom in holiday-thin week

Microsoft stock drifts lower before the bell as Fed minutes loom in holiday-thin week

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 06:54 ET — Premarket Microsoft shares slipped about 0.2% in premarket trading on Monday, changing hands around $486.69, as equity futures edged lower to start the final week of 2025. MarketWatch data showed the stock was down $1.02 from Friday’s close.
29 December 2025
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Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Heads Into Final Week of 2025 With “Santa Rally” Tailwinds, AI Spending Questions, and Key Fed Minutes Ahead

Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Heads Into Final Week of 2025 With “Santa Rally” Tailwinds, AI Spending Questions, and Key Fed Minutes Ahead

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2025, 9:51 a.m. ET — Market closed Microsoft Corp. stock heads into the last stretch of 2025 with the U.S. equity market shut for the weekend and liquidity expected to stay thin when trading resumes. Shares finished the most recent session essentially flat, a fitting setup for year-end conditions: limited catalysts, lighter volume, and index-level narratives doing much of the heavy lifting.
28 December 2025
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Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Update: Shares Hold Near $488 as Markets Close for the Weekend, With Fed Minutes and Year-End Positioning in Focus

Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Update: Shares Hold Near $488 as Markets Close for the Weekend, With Fed Minutes and Year-End Positioning in Focus

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2025, 9:50 a.m. ET — U.S. stock market closed Microsoft Corp. heads into the final trading stretch of 2025 with its stock hovering just below the psychologically important $500 level, after a quiet, post-holiday session that left major indexes near record territory and investors searching for catalysts.
27 December 2025
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Microsoft Stock (MSFT) After the Close: AI Spending Debate, Azure Momentum, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open (New York, Dec. 26, 2025)

Microsoft Stock (MSFT) After the Close: AI Spending Debate, Azure Momentum, and What to Watch Before Monday’s Open (New York, Dec. 26, 2025)

As of 4:37 p.m. ET in New York on Friday, December 26, 2025, the New York Stock Exchange’s regular session has already closed, with after-hours trading underway. New York Stock Exchange In late trading, Microsoft Corp. was around $487.71, essentially flat on the day, valuing the company at roughly $3.85 trillion.
26 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Today: Price, News, Analyst Forecasts, and What Investors Are Watching Into 2026

New York, Dec. 26, 2025 — U.S. markets are open and trading in a thin, post-Christmas session, with major indexes hovering near record levels as investors weigh year-end positioning, rate-cut expectations, and whether 2026 becomes a “prove-it” year for AI-driven earnings growth. Reuters Against that backdrop, Microsoft Corp. is changing hands around $487, modestly lower on the day, with an intraday range roughly $486–$488. Microsoft remains one of the market’s most influential bellwethers, carrying a market capitalization of about $3.85 trillion and trading at roughly 36.7x trailing earnings.
26 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens Friday, Dec. 26, 2025

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: What to Know Before the Market Opens Friday, Dec. 26, 2025

U.S. markets reopen on Friday, December 26, 2025, after Christmas Day closure and the Christmas Eve early close. New York Stock Exchange That holiday timing matters: liquidity can be thinner, price gaps can be larger than usual, and headlines can move mega-cap tech quickly. Heading into the Dec. 26 session, Microsoft sits at the center of two competing narratives investors have been debating into year-end: undeniable AI-and-cloud demand and the cost and pace of monetizing it.
25 December 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and Risks to Watch Before the Market Opens Dec. 26, 2025

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: Key News, Analyst Forecasts, and Risks to Watch Before the Market Opens Dec. 26, 2025

Microsoft Corp. heads into Friday’s post‑Christmas session with investors balancing two big forces: strong AI- and cloud-driven demand signals versus rising scrutiny on AI returns, regulation, and execution. U.S. markets were closed Thursday, Dec. 25, for Christmas and the prior session on Wednesday, Dec. 24, was an early close—meaning Thursday night headlines and thin holiday liquidity can have an outsized influence on Friday’s open. Nasdaq
25 December 2025
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    July 1, 2026, 7:50 PM EDT. CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Mad Money that Moderna now looks different than during the Covid rush, with a cancer pipeline and vaccines reaching outside infectious diseases. He sees many programs still years out but calls for buying pullbacks, pointing to Moderna's track to profits and new data from late-stage cancer trials-like the melanoma combo trial with Merck's Keytruda. Moderna shares have jumped almost 150% this year but still trade under pandemic highs. Cramer also mentions fresh regulatory wins, including FDA advisory backing for its flu shot and a European nod for its combined Covid-flu vaccine.
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