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• Microsoft Stock Falls 2.2% After Claude Sheets Launch

  Microsoft (MSFT) fell 2.2% to $533.16 after Anthropic launched Claude Sheets, an Excel rival, as investors weigh the threat AI office tools pose to Office.

  1d ago

• Apple Stock Rises 2.4% to Record as Tech Rebounds

  Apple (AAPL) closed at $350.69, pushing its value to $5.1 trillion as tech stocks rebounded sharply.

  1d ago

• Microsoft Stock Jumps 6.7% to a Record on Midterm Rally

  Microsoft (MSFT) hit a record near $556 with Azure up 48% and a midterm vote lifting big-tech cloud stocks.

  Nov 5

• Amazon Stock Rises 2.2% on Analyst Upgrade

  Amazon (AMZN) briefly gained 5% as Phillip Securities lifted its price target to $330 on cloud strength

  Nov 3

• Oracle Stock Falls 5.5% on Dilution and AI Debt Worries

  Oracle (ORCL) is selling $10B of stock and $10B of bonds to fund AI data centers, on top of $125B in debt

  Nov 2

• Microsoft Stock Holds Steady as Azure Growth Hits 48%

  Microsoft (MSFT) trimmed its 2026 capex forecast to about $170B while Amazon and Meta burned cash

  Nov 2

• Alphabet Stock Falls 12.6% on Negative Free Cash Flow

  Alphabet (GOOGL) lost nearly $500B in value as AI spending of $51.4B in one quarter outran its cash.

  Nov 1

• Amazon Stock Set for 7% Swing After Q3 Earnings

  Amazon (AMZN) reports after the close as investors want AWS growth near 38–41% to back $220B capex.

  Oct 29

• Microsoft Stock Slips 0.2% Before Earnings as Alphabet Gains

  Microsoft (MSFT) closed at $531 and Alphabet (GOOGL) at $321, with AI spending in focus tonight.

  Oct 28

• S&P 500 Falls 0.5% as Big Tech Earnings, Fed Test AI Rally

  The S&P 500 (SPX) closed Friday at 7,623.68 as Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon report with the Fed meeting.

  Oct 25

• Meta Stock Falls 7% After New Share Class Plan

  Meta (META) closed at $648.85 as AI spending turned cash flow negative and Nvidia warned of tight funding

  Oct 23

• Amazon Stock Jumps 5% After Morgan Stanley Top Pick Call

  Amazon (AMZN) trades near $262 after Morgan Stanley lifted its target to $350 on faster AWS cloud growth

  Oct 19

• Palantir Stock Falls 7.2% After Software Selloff

  Palantir (PLTR) slipped into a correction, 11% below its record, as $260B left software stocks.

  Oct 19

• Apple Stock Rises 0.5% to Record on Smart Home Hub

  Apple (AAPL) closed at $342.96, worth $5.005 trillion, while the Nasdaq fell 1.9% on tech weakness.

  Oct 15

• Nvidia Stock Falls 1.3% After Microsoft Unveils Maia 300 Chip

  Nvidia (NVDA) slips as Microsoft (MSFT) may deploy over 1 million Maia 300 chips next year to cut reliance.

  Oct 12

• Microsoft Stock Falls 1.4% After Green Card Suspension

  Microsoft (MSFT) and seven other firms are frozen out of green-card filings as the US cites federal probes.

  Oct 9

• Meta Stock Jumps 27% in September on Muse AI Agent

  Meta (META) trades near $743 as Wells Fargo lifts its target to $1,000 and Muse reaches small businesses

  Oct 7

• Alphabet Stock Falls 2% After Gemini 4 Argon Launch

  Alphabet (GOOGL) gave up a 2% premarket gain as staff doubts about Gemini 4 Argon's coding skill emerged

  Oct 4

• S&P 500 Concentration Hits 60-Year Peak as Nvidia, Apple Claim 15%

  Nvidia (NVDA) and Apple (AAPL) now hold 15.6% of the S&P 500, a record that eclipses the dot-com peak.

  Sep 25

• Dow Jones Falls 1.65% for Third Week as AI Stocks Lift Nasdaq

  The Dow Jones (^DJI) extended its losing streak to three weeks as AI mega-caps drove the Nasdaq up 0.73%.

  Sep 25

• OpenAI Cuts GPT-6 API Prices 50% With Sol and Luna Launch

  Anthropic (private) cut Opus 5.5 prices 40% first; OpenAI countered 90 min later with GPT-6 Sol and Luna.

  Sep 23

• Russell 2000 Rises 21% in 2026 as AI Mega-Caps Lag

  Russell 2000 (IWM) beats S&P 500 by 8 points YTD as AI mega-cap rotation lifts cheap small-cap stocks.

  Sep 21