Microsoft Stock Investors: 1 Very Important Artificial Intelligence (AI) Number to Watch Next Week

A new quarterly earnings season is now underway in corporate America. Next week, we will hear from some of the "Magnificent Seven" technology companies, which collectively represent almost one-third of the value of the entire S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Wall Street will be particularly focused on their progress in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, because that could be a big source of their future earnings.On Jan. 29, Microsoft (MSFT 4.13%) will report results for its fiscal 2025 second quarter, which ...