Meta & Microsoft Crash Again: More Downside Ahead?

Meta plunged 5.44%, making it the worst-performing mega-cap tech stock of the session, hit by a dual blow: a newly disclosed security vulnerability revealed Meta AI's assistant cannot effectively verify the identity of users behind requests, raising serious concerns over the safety of its AI products. Microsoft fell 3.79% after pivoting Copilot to a usage-based pricing model, a move markets interpreted as a signal that AI monetization is far more capital-intensive than anticipated. Is selloff an oversold buying opportunity or the beginning of a deeper AI risk unwind — would you buy this dip?

avatarnerdbull1669
06-23 08:01

AI Cost Shock: Why Tech Giants Slipped

The recent mid-June market turbulence for both $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ Meta and $Microsoft(MSFT)$ Microsoft boils down to a classic Wall Street standoff: surging demand for AI versus the jaw-dropping, cash-squeezing cost of building it. While the dip feels intense, looking at the structural drivers reveals why the market reacted this way, correcting a few key misconceptions about memory prices and AI demand along the way. The Premise Check: Memory Prices are Surging, Not Falling Your intuition that lower memory prices would help CapEx makes total sense in a typical tech cycle—but right now, the exact opposite is happening. Instead of coming down, memory prices are experiencing a massive inflationary
AI Cost Shock: Why Tech Giants Slipped
avatarkoolgal
06-23 05:17
Meta & Microsoft Crash:  Are They Buys or Byes? 🌟🌟🌟The narrative that Big Tech could simply spend its way into infinite prosperity has officially been shattered.  The recent 25% correction pulling $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$  and $Microsoft(MSFT)$  down from their historic peaks is no longer just a standard technical pullback.  It is a violent re-rating of the AI investment horizon. Investors are realising that building the future of computing requires an unprecedented, stomach churning amount of capital, all while legacy infrastructure fractures under the weight of the expansion. The Microsoft Crisis: Massive Cape

Why Falling Memory Prices Could Help Big Tech

Every super-cycle has two sides. At the start, rising prices look like a dream for suppliers. Revenue jumps. Margins expand. Analysts raise price targets. Investors rush in. The story becomes simple: demand is strong, supply is tight, and the companies selling the scarce product have pricing power. That is exactly what is happening in memory. $Micron Technology(MU)$ and $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ have surged because the market believes memory prices are entering a powerful upcycle. Apple’s warning about rising memory and storage costs made the thesis even stronger. If even Apple cannot avoid higher memory costs, investors assume memory suppliers must be in a very strong position. But every price increase has a b
Why Falling Memory Prices Could Help Big Tech
avatarRagz
06-19
Both are descending into oversold territory. Opportunity awaits when the trend reverses.  @koolgal  @astrophore  @ahhock  @surewin  @Barcode  @Atlantis1920  @逆天邪神云澈  @Justin bala  @gnustiy  @pretiming
This is worth it and I would like to see more 
avatarPatmos
06-19
Definitely a buying opportunity buying Microsoft & Meta at these prices 
avatarKekemon
06-19
Yup. More downside ahead. 10%.😊
avatarMrzorro
06-17
Microsoft Is Down 30% From Its Peak, Yet Smart Money Is Stepping In.  Recent Performance and Valuation $Microsoft(MSFT)$   reached an all-time high of $551.05 in July 2025 before declining approximately 36% to a low of $355.51 by March 2026. The stock currently trades near $394, representing a roughly 30% drop from its peak and returning to early 2024 levels. This selloff appeared to stem from a combination of factors, including investor concerns over a $19 billion annual artificial intelligence capital expenditure program, which marked a 49% year-over-year increase. Additional pressure came from a major Xbox restructuring and second-quarter Azure growth (Q2 FY2026, reported January 2026) that missed s
avatarBarcode
06-18
$Microsoft(MSFT)$ $SpaceX(SPCX)$  $Alphabet(GOOGL)$  🔴🔴🔴 AI Giants Under Pressure As Wall Street Reprices Risk 🔴🔴🔴 📉 I’m watching a significant shift in market positioning today as some of the largest AI beneficiaries face aggressive options activity and renewed downside pressure. $GOOGL, $META, $AMZN, and $MSFT are all under pressure, with defensive positioning building: 🔴 $GOOGL puts lead calls by $5M+ 🔴 $META puts lead calls by $10M+ 🔴 $AMZN puts lead calls by $7M+ 🔴 $MSFT puts lead calls by $6M+ The important detail is not simply that these stocks are falling. It is that traders are paying for downside protection after one of the stronges
avatarDrSam
06-17
For the next 6 months (to around December 2026), I would view NVIDIA as a stock with strong upside potential but also higher-than-average volatility. NVDA remains the dominant company in AI infrastructure, data-center GPUs, and next-generation AI computing. Wall Street’s current consensus remains strongly bullish, with average 12-month analyst targets generally clustering around US$290–310. My 6-Month Scenario Analysis Scenario 6-Month Target Bear Case US$180 – US$210 Base Case US$240 – US$280 Bull Case US$300 – US$350 Extreme Bull Case Above US$350 Current trading levels are around US$207. What Could Drive NVDA Higher? 1. Continued AI spending by hyperscalers such as Microsoft⁠, Amazon Web Services⁠, and Meta⁠. 2. Launch and adoption of the Rubin AI platform expected during the second
avatarAlihuat
06-18
AI commercialization remains concentrated in infrastructure; giants like Microsoft (MSFT) must bridge heavy CAPEX with direct software monetization—though its 123% surge in AI run-rate revenue to $37 billion shows scaling adoption. Forward multiples are adjusting, with Nvidia (NVDA) trading at a compressed forward P/E of 22, down from historical peaks. This coincides with a hawkish tightening cycle, highlighted by the Fed holding the funds rate at 3.50%–3.75% while raising its median projection to 3.8%, signaling rates will stay higher for longer. Rather than the end of this bull market, the Fed's stance is a precautionary adjustment to engineer a soft landing. Consequently, the market is turning into a stock-picker's arena where cash-rich, cyclical companies outperform speculative tech. T
ARKK Investment Tracker position change: Decreased position in Meta Platforms, Inc. by 97,092 shares, the number of shares held decreased 45.71% compared to the previous period and now represents 1.03% of the total position.
ARKW Investment Tracker position change: Decreased position in Meta Platforms, Inc. by 3,146 shares, the number of shares held decreased 5.18% compared to the previous period and now represents 2.23% of the total position.