(RTTNews) - As per media reports, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is planning to invest a further $10 billion in OpenAI. The investment is likely to come in over multiple years. In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI.
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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) were two S&P 500 components that saw their stock prices collapse by at least 50% in 2022. Combined, over $1.5 trillion in value evaporated in just 12 months from these two stocks alone.
Microsoft Corp is in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, which will value the San Francisco-based firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft Corp is said to be in talks to invest $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
What happened
Like many big companies, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) likes to grow even larger by acquisitions. The pace of the software giant's asset buys has slowed of late, but it's still got its eyes on attractively valued prizes. On Monday the company announced its latest acquisi
Microsoft (MSFT) closed at $227.12 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.97% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.08% loss on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.34%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 11.55%.
The Nasdaq rose more than 2% on Monday with Big Tech and growth stocks spearheading gains as recent signs of a cooling labor market supported bets of a slower pace of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (Symbol: XLK) where we have detected an approximate $137.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.4% increase we
Looking at units outstanding versus one week prior within the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, the biggest outflow was seen in the ProShares UltraPro QQQ, where 12,000,000 units were destroyed, or a 2.0% decrease week over week. Among the largest underlying components
Two factors often determine stock prices in the long run: earnings and interest rates. Investors can't control the latter, but they can focus on a company's earnings results every quarter.
Shares of big tech companies lost substantial value in the past year due to macro challenges (high inflation and rising interest rates). While inflation has moderated a bit, economic uncertainty and the Fed’s hawkish stance continue to pose challenges. Despite headwinds, hedge fund managers have accumulated shares of Alphabet (
NASDAQ:GOOGL
), Microsoft (
NASDAQ:MSFT
), Amazon (
NASDAQ:AMZN
), Nvidia (
NASDAQ:NVDA
), and Apple (
NASDAQ:AAPL
) in the last three months.
Using TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool (it provides
hedge fund signals based on data from Form 13-F), let’s find out which of these big tech stocks hedge funds bought in bulk.
Big Tech: Which Stock Did Hedge Funds Buy the Most?
Our tool shows that hedge funds bought more GOOGL stock than any other stock in the last three months. Per the tool,
hedge funds bought 129.4M shares of GOOGL. Several hedge fund managers increased their holdings in Google's stock. The list includes Bridgewater Associates’
Ray Dalio, Caxton Associates LP’s
Andrew Law, and PYA Waltman Capital, LLC’s
J. William Waltman, Jr.
Besides for GOOGL stock,
hedge funds acquired 33.2M shares of Microsoft. Further, they
bought 26.3M shares of Amazon.
During the same period,
hedge funds bought 9.6M shares of Nvidia. Furthermore, they increased their exposure in Apple stock
by adding 671.9K shares.
While hedge funds bought GOOGL stock in bulk, should investors follow?
Is GOOGL a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Along with hedge fund managers, GOOGL stock also has positive signals from Wall Street analysts. It has received 32 unanimous Buy recommendations for a Strong Buy consensus rating on TipRanks. Moreover, these analysts’ average price target of $126.09 implies 44.37% upside potential.
Tigress Financial analyst
Ivan Feinseth sees the recent pullback in GOOGL stock as a “major buying opportunity.”
Feinseth is upbeat about the ongoing strength in GOOGL’s Cloud and Search segments. Moreover, he expects the company to benefit from its investments in AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Overall, with positive indicators from hedge funds and analysts, GOOGL stock has a maximum Smart Score of “Perfect 10.” (
Stay abreast of the
best that TipRanks’ Smart Score
has to offer.)
Bottom Line
Hedge fund managers are known to deliver market-beating returns. Thus, retail investors could benefit from following their trades. As for GOOGL stock, positive signals from hedge funds and analysts and the momentum in its core business make it an attractive long-term play.
Find out which
stock the biggest hedge fund managers are buying right now.
Disclosure
Amazon’s stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) has lost approximately 51% in 2022 as compared to the 25% drop in the S&P500 index over the same period. However, at its current price of $85, the stock is trading 39% below its fair value of $139 – Trefis’ estimate for&nbs
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 33% in 2022, coming off its worst year since 2008. After tech's heady days earlier in the pandemic, inflation reared its head for the first time since before the Great Financial Crisis, and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates at its f
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