Software Bear Market: 2 Stocks Down 74% and 40% To Buy Now

The software sell-off has set up some good buying opportunities.Investors came into 2026 worried about an AI bubble. Indeed, a bubble is bursting, but it's not in AI stocks.Instead, software stocks have dived this year with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV +3.11%), which counts Microsoft, Palantir, and Salesforce among its biggest holdings, down 24% year-to-date through Feb. 25 as fears of AI disruption have sparked a wave of selling in high-priced software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks.While ...