Key Takeaways Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Microsoft from "outperform" to "perform" on Tuesday.That's rare on Wall Street, with nearly all of the analysts currently tracking the software giant holding "buy" or equivalent ratings.

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Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan downgraded shares of Microsoft to Perform from Outperform without a price target on Tuesday, citing concerns about AI spendin. Microsoft is one m

Microsoft stock lately has underperformed the market. Did it invest too much in artificial intelligence with little to show for it?