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The Magnificent 7, the US titans of innovation, have ruled supreme in stock exchange for the past two years, providing [outstanding returns](http://ishikawa-archi.com). Their previously unpopular managers are now [billionaires](http://www.ooznext.com) with supersized political clout as pals of President Trump.
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The fortunes of the US stock exchange have been determined by the 7: Alphabet, owner of Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta - whose empire includes Instagram, and WhatsApp - Microsoft, the semiconductor colossus Nvidia and Tesla.
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There is some [dispute](http://www.aethier.co.uk) about who created the [term Magnificent](https://www.giuseppinasorrusca.it) 7, based on the western film of the 1960s. Credit has been claimed by Bank of America and Goldman Sachs among others.
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But there is a much bigger dispute as to whether you need to continue to back these businesses, either straight or through your Isa and pension funds.
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Here's what you require to understand now.
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The Magnificent 7, the US titans of innovation, (left to right) Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai
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Alphabet. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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Alphabet, then called Google, was set up in 1998 by [PhD trainees](https://zonedentalcenter.com) Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
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Today the $2.5 trillion corporation is a digital advertising juggernaut.
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Alphabet has diversified into cloud computing and branched out into Artificial Intelligence ([AI](https://highschooltalks.site)) with the launch of its Gemini system.
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It just recently revealed Willow, a new chip for quantum computing.
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Boss Sundar Pichai, a stringent vegetarian and fitness fanatic, took the top task in 2019. He deserves $1.3 billion and enjoys an annual income of $8.8 million.
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But, regardless of such moves and Pichai's management flair, Alphabet shares fell today after frustrating 4th quarter results and the [statement](https://wymering.net) that the group would be investing $75 billion in [AI](https://forumnaturalisation.fr) - more than anticipated.
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This dedication highlights the level of competition in the [AI](https://thevesti.com) supremacy video game. Nevertheless analysts remain sanguine about Alphabet's capability to remain ahead, ranking the shares a 'buy'.
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Amazon. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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Amazon might be known for its next-day shipment service, but the most rewarding part of the corporation is AWS - Amazon Web Services - the world's greatest company of cloud computing services
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In 1994, [Princeton](https://hunt.fm) graduate Jeff Bezos set up [Amazon -](https://www.futuremetrics.info) in a garage - as a bookseller. It is now the largest online [retailer](https://assessoriaoliva.com) with a market capitalisation of $2.5 trillion.
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The most successful part of the [corporation](https://tototok.com) is, however, AWS - Amazon Web Services - the world's most significant supplier of cloud computing services. It has a 30 per cent-plus share of this fast-expanding sector in which business outsource storage of information.
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Amazon's investment in the [AI](https://bertlierecruitment.co.za) Anthropic start-up was an attempt to overtake Microsoft's acquisition of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT system.
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Bezos stood down as chief executive in July 2021 and was [changed](http://jo.hnsdfsdff.dsgdsgdshdghsdhdhfdmichaelbfischer.at) by former AWS employer Andy Jassy, but is now chairman, with a 9 per cent stake in the company.
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The Amazon founder has likewise enriched [investors](https://www.strassederbesten.de). Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 when the business went public in 1997 would now be sitting on ₤ 2,663,000.
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The shares are $229 and professionals believe they have further to increase, despite indicators of a slowdown in this week's outcomes. Just today brokers at Swiss bank [UBS raised](http://git.picaiba.com) their target price to $275.
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Apple. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 in Apple shares in 1980 when it was noted on the stock exchange would now have ₤ 2.5 million
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Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the Los Angeles suburb of Los Altos in, you guessed it, a garage. There followed a remarkable duration of technical and design innovation. The business, which some regard as more of a luxury products group than a technology star, is worth $3.6 trillion. Its aspirations now depend upon [AI](https://kompaniellp.com).
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Results for the last quarter of 2024 revealed that sales continue to be weak in China. Nevertheless, international earnings for the 3 months were $124.3 billion, which was greater than forecast.
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Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 in [Apple shares](https://dorcflex.com) in 1980 when it was listed on the stock exchange would now have ₤ 2.5 million. Over the previous 12 months the shares have actually risen 20 per cent to $228 and a lot of [experts rank](https://www.casette05funi.it) them a 'buy'.
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Some of this optimism about the outlook is based on adoration for Tim Cook, Apple's president. He earned $75 million last year and increases every day at 5am to exercise - throughout which time he never looks at his iPhone.
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Meta. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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Optimism over Meta's ability to gain the advantages of [AI](https://civiccentertv.com) has [pressed](http://omobams.com) the share price 52 per cent higher over the previous 12 months to $715
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When 19-year old Harvard trainee Mark Zuckerberg established the Facebook social network in 2004 he most likely did not imagine it would end up being a $1.7 trillion corporation. Nor could he have actually pictured that, by 2025, his wealth would total up to $212 billion.
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The business, which changed its name to Meta in 2021, also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
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In 2025, the emphasis is on [AI](https://hologramm-technik.at) - on which Zuckerberg is spending billions of dollars.
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Aarin Chiekrie, an equities expert at investment [platform Hargreaves](https://baccouche-oc.com) Lansdown, argues that Meta is 'well put to drive [AI](http://www.tsv-jahn-hemeln.de)-related growth and continue its [dominance](https://git.pooler.freemyip.com) in the ad and [social networking](http://dmonster506.dmonster.kr) world'.
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Optimism over Meta's ability to gain the [advantages](https://klaproos.be) of [AI](http://45ch.sakura.ne.jp) has actually pushed the share cost 52 per cent greater over the past 12 months to $715 - and almost 1,770 percent given that the business's flotation in 2011.
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Despite the turmoil caused by the recommendation that Chinese company DeepSeek had produced equivalent [AI](https://pccorzo.com) designs for far less than its US rivals, experts affirmed their view that the shares are a 'purchase' with a [typical target](https://www.opendata.utou.ch) price of $727.
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Microsoft. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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[Microsoft](https://holstebrotaxa.dk) is now run by Satya Nadella, a computer system engineering graduate and Trump fan who associates his aspiration to the [fitness center](http://theallanebusinessschool.com) and [valetinowiki.racing](https://valetinowiki.racing/wiki/User:CornellClift) informing himself to be grateful
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Microsoft was founded in 1975 by [Harvard drop-out](https://www.visiobuilding.sk) Bill Gates and a couple of friends - in a garage, where else?
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Today the company is worth more than $3 trillion.
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Along with the Windows os and the Microsoft Office suite made up of Excel, PowerPoint and Word, its fiefdom incorporates the Azure cloud computing service, LinkedIn - and a big slice of OpenAI.
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[OpenAI established](http://nocoastbusinessadvisors.com) ChatGPT, the best-known and most expensive brand name in generative [AI](https://git.goolink.org), and hence considered to be the most threatened by the [Chinese DeepSeek](https://iglesia.org.pe).
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But both might be [winners](https://capitalradio.nl) given that a surge in need for products of all types is now [anticipated](http://superrestauracje.pl).
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[Microsoft](http://jxqxgfj.com) is now run by Satya Nadella, a computer [engineering graduate](https://www.thepacificnorthwitch.com) and Trump fan who attributes his ambition to the gym and telling himself to be grateful. Microsoft's shares have actually underperformed those of its peers recently but analysts are keeping the faith.
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The present share rate is $410. The typical target rate is $507 and one analyst is banking on $650.
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Nvidia. +EXPERT VERDICT: BUY
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In thirty years, Nvidia has [changed](http://xn--80aatnofwf6j.xn--p1ai) from an odd 3D graphics company for video games into a $2.9 trillion behemoth with a controlling position in the upscale [microchips](http://git.nationrel.cn3000) that power [generative](http://ocuprurfpa.dbc93.ro) [AI](https://www.maxxcontrol.com.tr).
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The founder and president Jensen Huang is betting that the [majority](https://www.lakostavd.cz) of the Magnificent Seven will continue to spend extravagantly with his firm. However, his company's appraisal has actually fallen in the middle of the panic over the DeepSeek trespasser.
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Nvidia's shares have fallen by 6 percent this year to $130, although they are still 250 times greater than a years ago. Analysts are backing Huang with a typical target price of $174.
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Tesla. +EXPERT VERDICT: HOLD
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Tesla's sales, revenues and margins for the [fourth quarter](http://dallastranedealers.com) of 2024 were all lower than expected
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Tesla is an automobile maker but it remains in the Magnificent Seven thanks to the software application behind its self-driving cars. It has been led by Elon Musk, its president, because 2008 and now the world's wealthiest male, worth $434 billion.
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He is also President Trump's 'first buddy' and [co-head](https://www.geomaticsusa.com) of Doge- the new US Department of Government Efficiency.
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So great is his influence, [amplified](https://www.tobeop.com) by his ownership of the X (formerly Twitter) platform, [wiki.myamens.com](http://wiki.myamens.com/index.php/User:UtaRichard56) that some investors appear prepared to ignore the most recent problems at Tesla.
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The business's sales, [wiki.vifm.info](https://wiki.vifm.info/index.php/User:CourtneyConnal7) revenues and margins for the fourth quarter of 2024 were all lower than anticipated. Musk's political pronouncements are proving a turn-off in essential European markets such as Germany.
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Tesla might likewise be hurt by the removal of [Biden-era policies](http://nomadnesthousing.com) that [promoted electric](https://git.fanwikis.org) cars.
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However, shares have actually soared 89 percent in the previous six months, sustained by [Musk's hopes](https://valetinowiki.racing) for humanoid robotics, robotaxis and [AI](https://modesynthese.com) to optimise the [performance](http://ndesign-studio.com) of self-driving automobiles of all kinds.
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This disconnect in between the figures caused one expert to mention that Tesla's shares have become 'divorced from the fundamentals', which may be why the shares are rated a 'hold' instead of a 'buy'.
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Investors can not feel too hard done by. Since 2014, the share price has increased 24 times to $374. Critics, however, stress that the wheels are coming off.
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