Microsoft Stock Is Down 22%. Should You Buy the Dip, or Run for the Hills??

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the world's most diversified technology companies, with a presence in software, cloud computing, gaming, social media, and more. It's leveraging its dominant position in some of those industries to participate in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, and it's having incredible success despite some bumps in the road. Microsoft reported its operating results for its fiscal 2026 second quarter (ended Dec. 31) on Jan. 28, which sent its stock tumbling to a one-day loss of o ...