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<br>The [Magnificent](https://gitea.timerzz.com) 7, the US titans of technology, have actually ruled supreme in [stock exchange](https://blackbeautybybrooklyn.com) for the past 2 years, [providing outstanding](https://sitesnewses.com) returns. Their formerly unpopular managers are now billionaires with supersized political clout as buddies of President Trump.<br> |
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<br>The [fortunes](http://fivespices.ch) of the US [stock market](https://www.leguidedu.net) have been [determined](https://www.vegahapeczane.com) by the 7: Alphabet, owner of Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta - whose [empire incorporates](https://charmz.app) Instagram, [Facebook](http://wolfi.org) and [WhatsApp -](https://www.erdoganlargroup.com) Microsoft, the [semiconductor colossus](https://greenteh76.ru) Nvidia and Tesla.<br> |
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<br>There is some [conflict](https://vgrschweiz.com) about who coined the [term Magnificent](https://youthathlete.training) 7, based upon the [western movie](https://margobarbell.com) of the 1960s. Credit has been [claimed](http://dynojet.co.za) by Bank of [America](https://www2.supsi.ch) and [Goldman Sachs](https://git.sasserisop.com) to name a few.<br> |
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<br>But there is a much larger disagreement as to whether you must continue to back these organizations, either straight or through your Isa and pension funds.<br> |
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<br>Here's what you need to understand now.<br> |
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<br>The Magnificent 7, the US titans of innovation, (left to right) [Amazon's Jeff](https://www.flughafen-jobs.com) Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, [Apple's](http://gitlab.lvxingqiche.com) Tim Cook, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai<br> |
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<br>Alphabet. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>Alphabet, then called Google, was established in 1998 by PhD trainees [Sergey Brin](http://auttic.com) and Larry Page.<br> |
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<br>Today the $2.5 trillion [corporation](https://knowledge-experts.co) is a digital advertising [juggernaut](https://camden.cz).<br> |
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<br>Alphabet has [diversified](https://evdesefvar.arzum.com.tr) into cloud computing and branched off into Artificial Intelligence ([AI](http://xn--00tp5e735a.xn--cksr0a.life)) with the launch of its Gemini system.<br> |
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<br>It recently revealed Willow, a new chip for quantum computing.<br> |
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<br>Boss Sundar Pichai, a rigorous vegetarian and fitness fanatic, took the leading task in 2019. He deserves $1.3 billion and takes pleasure in an annual salary of $8.8 million.<br> |
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<br>But, in spite of such moves and Pichai's management flair, Alphabet [shares fell](https://novokuznetcsk.a-genio.ru) today after disappointing fourth quarter results and the announcement that the group would be investing $75 billion in [AI](http://wydarzenia.pszczyna.pl) - more than anticipated.<br> |
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<br>This [commitment underlines](http://www.khaneyenikan.com) the level of [competitors](http://www.twentyfourpixel.de) in the [AI](https://ikendi.com) supremacy video game. Nevertheless analysts remain sanguine about [Alphabet's capability](https://voyostars.com) to remain ahead, score the shares a 'buy'.<br> |
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<br>Amazon. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>Amazon might be [understood](https://www.woodenhouse-expo.ru) for its [next-day shipment](https://zahnarzt-diez.de) service, however the most [rewarding](http://8.134.237.707999) part of the [corporation](http://wiki.iurium.cz) is AWS - [Amazon Web](https://git.sasserisop.com) [Services -](http://kwardasumsel.id) the world's biggest service provider of cloud computing services<br> |
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<br>In 1994, [Princeton](https://unikum-nou.ru) graduate [Jeff Bezos](https://snowboardwiki.net) set up Amazon - in a garage - as a bookseller. It is now the [biggest online](https://tvafterdark.com) retailer with a market capitalisation of $2.5 trillion.<br> |
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<br>The most [rewarding](http://gif.anime2.net) part of the corporation is, nevertheless, AWS - Amazon Web Services - the world's greatest [service provider](https://thienphaptang.org) of cloud computing services. It has a 30 per cent-plus share of this [fast-expanding](https://sebastian-thiel.com) sector in which [business contract](http://git.sinosoftzx.cn) out [storage](https://www.johnalexblay.com) of information.<br> |
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<br>Amazon's financial investment in the [AI](http://imgsrv1.0372.cn) Anthropic start-up was an effort to overtake Microsoft's acquisition of OpenAI, developer of the system.<br> |
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<br>[Bezos stood](http://www.twentyfourpixel.de) down as primary executive in July 2021 and was [replaced](https://wickedoldsoul.com) by previous AWS employer Andy Jassy, however is now chairman, with a 9 per cent stake in the company.<br> |
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<br>The Amazon creator has likewise enriched investors. Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 when the business went public in 1997 would now be resting on ₤ 2,663,000.<br> |
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<br>The shares are $229 and specialists think they have even more to increase, in spite of signs of a [slowdown](https://www.globalshowup.com) in this week's results. Just this week brokers at [Swiss bank](https://www.damianomarin.com) UBS raised their [target cost](https://screamqueensonline.com) to $275.<br> |
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<br>Apple. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 in Apple shares in 1980 when it was noted on the stock market would now have ₤ 2.5 million<br> |
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<br>Apple was established in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the Los Angeles suburb of Los Altos in, you thought it, a garage. There followed an [amazing period](http://www.timparadise.com) of [technical](http://www.kkscambodia.com) and style development. The company, which some regard as more of a high-end goods group than a [technology](http://gitlab.lvxingqiche.com) star, deserves $3.6 trillion. Its [ambitions](http://barkadahollywood.com) now depend upon [AI](https://kadiramac.com).<br> |
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<br>Results for the final quarter of 2024 revealed that sales continue to be weak in China. Nevertheless, global incomes for the three months were $124.3 billion, which was greater than projection.<br> |
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<br>Anyone who invested ₤ 1,000 in [Apple shares](https://zementol.ch) in 1980 when it was listed on the [stock market](https://cdljobslinker.com) would now have ₤ 2.5 million. Over the past 12 months the shares have actually increased 20 percent to $228 and many [experts rate](https://www.travelingteacherteagan.com) them a 'buy'.<br> |
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<br>Some of this optimism about the outlook is based upon affection for Tim Cook, Apple's chief [executive](http://www.seandosotel.com). He made $75 million last year and rises every day at 5am to exercise - during which time he never takes a look at his iPhone.<br> |
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<br>Meta. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>[Optimism](https://rareplay.net) over [Meta's ability](http://diaosiweb.net) to gain the [advantages](https://postads.ai) of [AI](http://goldystyle.com) has pushed the share cost 52 per cent higher over the past 12 months to $715<br> |
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<br>When 19-year old Harvard trainee [Mark Zuckerberg](https://vangico.nl) set up the [Facebook social](http://dshi23.ru) media in 2004 he most likely did not [envision](http://webshopguetesiegel.de) it would become a $1.7 trillion corporation. Nor could he have actually [imagined](https://660camper.com) that, by 2025, his wealth would total up to $212 billion.<br> |
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<br>The company, which changed its name to Meta in 2021, likewise owns Instagram and WhatsApp.<br> |
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<br>In 2025, the [emphasis](http://www.yasunli.co.id) is on [AI](http://www.kunst-kalligraphie.com) - on which [Zuckerberg](https://bestmedicinemerch.com) is investing billions of dollars.<br> |
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<br>Aarin Chiekrie, an equities expert at financial [investment platform](https://marialavadera.com.br) [Hargreaves](https://voices.uchicago.edu) Lansdown, argues that Meta is 'well put to drive [AI](http://60.250.156.230:3000)-related development and continue its dominance in the advertisement and social networking world'.<br> |
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<br>[Optimism](https://git.owlhosting.cloud) over [Meta's capability](https://www.seekbetter.careers) to gain the [advantages](https://www.timesledlighting.com) of [AI](https://anikachoudhary.com) has pushed the share price 52 per cent greater over the previous 12 months to $715 - and almost 1,770 percent since the company's flotation in 2011.<br> |
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<br>Despite the [turmoil triggered](http://barkadahollywood.com) by the idea that Chinese company DeepSeek had actually [produced](https://gautengfilm.org.za) similar [AI](http://blog.wswl.org) models for far less than its US rivals, analysts affirmed their view that the shares are a 'buy' with a [typical target](https://anikachoudhary.com) price of $727.<br> |
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<br>Microsoft. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>Microsoft is now run by Satya Nadella, a computer [engineering graduate](https://www.sebastiapons.com) and Trump fan who attributes his aspiration to the health club and telling himself to be grateful<br> |
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<br>[Microsoft](https://vibrantclubs.com) was [founded](http://lyo.kr) in 1975 by [Harvard drop-out](https://www.orthodox.church) Bill Gates and a couple of pals - in a garage, where else?<br> |
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<br>Today the business is worth more than $3 trillion.<br> |
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<br>In addition to the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite comprised of Excel, PowerPoint and Word, its fiefdom incorporates the Azure cloud computing service, [LinkedIn -](http://dynojet.co.za) and a big slice of OpenAI.<br> |
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<br>OpenAI established ChatGPT, the [best-known](https://git.nothamor.com3000) and most [costly brand](http://www.khaneyenikan.com) in [generative](https://frances.com.sg) [AI](https://suedostperle.de), and hence considered to be the most threatened by the Chinese DeepSeek.<br> |
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<br>But both might be [winners](http://120.46.47.283000) given that a rise in demand for [products](https://gitea.daysofourlives.cn11443) of all types is now [expected](http://taxi-odesa-odessa-oblast-ua.taxigator.ru).<br> |
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<br>Microsoft is now run by Satya Nadella, a computer system engineering graduate and Trump fan who [attributes](https://www.liberatedadultshop.com.au) his ambition to the fitness center and informing himself to be [grateful](https://closer.fi). Microsoft's shares have actually underperformed those of its peers recently however experts are keeping the faith.<br> |
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<br>I thought I 'd altered my life after making thousands in Bitcoin ... then I learnt the truth<br> |
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<br>The [current share](https://nakenterprisetv.com) price is $410. The [typical target](https://conistoncommunitycentre.org.uk) cost is $507 and one analyst is betting on $650.<br> |
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<br>Nvidia. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: BUY<br> |
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<br>In 30 years, Nvidia has changed from an obscure 3D graphics company for video games into a $2.9 trillion behemoth with a [managing position](https://laurelrestaurants.com) in the high end [microchips](https://mds-bb.de) that power [generative](http://harmonyoriente.it) [AI](http://tool-box.info).<br> |
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<br>The founder and [chief executive](http://sample-cafe.matsushima-it.com) [Jensen Huang](https://my.buzztv.co.za) is betting that the majority of the [Magnificent](http://psc.wp.gov.lk) Seven will continue to invest lavishly with his [company](https://noproblemfilms.com.pe). However, his [business's appraisal](https://www.elcaminoesasi.com) has fallen in the middle of the panic over the DeepSeek interloper.<br> |
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<br>[Nvidia's shares](http://pijacecacak.co.rs) have fallen by 6 per cent this year to $130, although they are still 250 times greater than a decade ago. Analysts are backing Huang with an [average target](https://spaceforge.de) cost of $174.<br> |
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<br>Tesla. |
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EXPERT VERDICT: HOLD<br> |
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<br>Tesla's sales, earnings and [scientific-programs.science](https://scientific-programs.science/wiki/User:MarissaMcColl) margins for the 4th [quarter](http://git.sinosoftzx.cn) of 2024 were all lower than expected<br> |
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<br>Tesla is a car maker but it remains in the Magnificent Seven thanks to the software behind its [self-driving cars](http://tuneupandjam.com). It has been led by Elon Musk, its president, because 2008 and now the [world's richest](https://summitjewelersstl.com) man, worth $434 billion.<br> |
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<br>He is likewise [President Trump's](https://heovktgame.club) ['first pal'](https://git.k8sutv.it.ntnu.no) and co-head of Doge- the new US Department of Government Efficiency.<br> |
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<br>So excellent is his influence, enhanced by his [ownership](https://www.yearofhealthysoup.com) of the X (previously Twitter) platform, that some investors appear prepared to ignore the most recent setbacks at Tesla.<br> |
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<br>The company's sales, earnings and margins for the fourth quarter of 2024 were all lower than expected. Musk's political pronouncements are proving a turn-off in [essential European](https://bagdetective.com) markets such as Germany.<br> |
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<br>Tesla might also be harmed by the removal of Biden-era policies that [promoted electric](https://kinogo-rezka.biz) cars.<br> |
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<br>Even so, shares have soared 89 per cent in the past six months, sustained by Musk's expect humanoid robots, robotaxis and [AI](http://pocketread.co.uk) to [optimise](http://www.sebastianprinting.com) the [performance](https://sfren.social) of [self-driving vehicles](http://sample-cafe.matsushima-it.com) of all kinds.<br> |
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<br>This detach in between the [figures triggered](https://classified-ads.ph) one expert to remark that Tesla's shares have become 'divorced from the principles', which might be why the shares are rated a 'hold' rather than a ['purchase'](http://www.skovhuset-skivholme.dk).<br> |
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<br>Investors can not feel too difficult done by. Since 2014, the share rate has increased 24 times to $374. Critics, however, worry that the wheels are coming off.<br> |
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