Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been a terrible investment in 2026.
The stock has declined 21% year to date, and it has been a straight line down since 2026 began
To add injury to insult, Microsoft stock is now down around 30% from its all-time high set last October. It has been a nearly year-long run of Microsoft disappointment, but is now the time to buy the stock? A few days ago, Microsoft hit a 52-week low, but it has rallied a bit since then.
Still, it looks primed to deliver incredible upside, as it’s a strong player in the artificial intelligence (AI) space and is taking a balanced approach to the major economic shift. Microsoft is a screaming deal Microsoft is approaching AI from several different angles. First, it is developing Copilot, its AI tool to assist users of its other software products.