After Midterms, Microsoft Seen as Safer AI Bet

After Democrats won both chambers in the 2026 midterms, AI stocks turned volatile. The Motley Fool argues tougher scrutiny of data-center power use and local infrastructure could raise risks for Nvidia and Palantir, making hyperscaler Microsoft the safer AI bet. It cites drops of 9.26% for Nvidia, 9.73% for Palantir and 3.58% for Microsoft.

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