02/11/2026
Alphabet lost about $500bn in a day. Microsoft barely flinched. The difference? Cash.
Big Tech is spending around $700bn on data centres this year, and investors have stopped buying the story and started counting the cash. Alphabet’s free cash flow turned negative and its shares fell 13%, while cash-rich Microsoft held up. Meanwhile, US growth hit 3.4% on the back of AI investment, but inflation is now at 3.7% and the Fed is edging closer to another rate rise.
Not a bubble, then. Something more discerning.
đź”— https://www.lewischristopher.co.uk/show-me-the-money-markets-get-picky-about-ai/
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