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Bill Ackman built Microsoft stake in first quarter during selloff, betting on AI and cloud growth

Cnbc · · 354 words · By Yun Li; Fred Imbert
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“Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has built a position in Microsoft”
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Multiple independent web sources (Bloomberg, Investing.com, and another news report by Amy Thomson) confirm that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has taken a new stake in Microsoft.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olivier Elemento is a French-American computational biologist who directs the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine (EIPM) at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. As of June …
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“Pershing Square began accumulating shares in February after Microsoft's stock declined following its fiscal second-quarter earnings report.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that Pershing Square began building its position in February following a slump in stock price after December quarter results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pershing began buying Microsoft shares earlier this year.Pershing began building its position in Microsoft in February following a slump in the company's stock after its December quarter results disap…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bill-ac…
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web search NEUTRAL — Company News Buy Caterpillar on Improvements in China: Citi.
https://www.investopedia.com/company-news-4427705
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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Ackman Says Pershing Square Bought the Dip in Microsoft Stock.Pershing Square Has Taken New Stake in Microsoft, Ackman Says. 1 hour ago. By Amy Thomson.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“We were able to establish our position at a valuation of 21 times forward earnings”
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While sources confirm Ackman took a stake and cited a 'compelling valuation', none of the provided evidence specifically mentions the figure '21 times forward earnings'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum is a U.S.A. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the display and preservation of rare military aircraft, tanks and other military equipment. The muse…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — L.A. Live is an entertainment complex in the South Park District of downtown Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center. L.A. Live was develo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olivier Elemento is a French-American computational biologist who directs the Caryl and Israel Englander Institute for Precision Medicine (EIPM) at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. As of June …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Elemento
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“Microsoft shares have fallen more than 26% from its record high reached in July 2025.”
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The claim states a record high was reached in July 2025. However, Macrotrends evidence explicitly states the all-time high closing price was reached on July 05, 2024. A record high cannot have been reached in July 2025 if the current date/evidence refers to 2024 as the peak, and the claim's date is logically inconsistent with the provided stock history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft AI, a division of Microsoft. Based on OpenAI's GPT-4 and GPT-5 series of large language models, it was launched…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Microsoft Office, MS Office, or simply Office, is an office suite and (formerly) a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suit…
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“Ackman compared the investment to previous Pershing Square purchases of Alphabet, Amazon and Meta”
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One source (Investing.com) mentions that Ackman made a new investment in Amazon last year and previously invested in Alphabet in late 2022. However, the specific act of 'comparing' the Microsoft investment to these others is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — BNY Pershing (member FINRA, NYSE, SIPC) is a leading provider of clearing and custody, trading and settlement, advisory and investment solutions, data insights, business consulting and other services …
https://investor.pershing.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 31, 2026 · Many of the world’s most sophisticated and successful financial services firms have relied on BNY Pershing as the leader in clearing and custody services for over 85 years.
https://www.bny.com/pershing/us/en/about.html
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“Ackman's IPOs of closed-end fund Pershing Square USA Ltd., which began trading under the ticker PSUS, and asset manager Pershing Square Inc., listed as PS, last month.”
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The evidence from finwire.io mentions a new IPO that opened below its $50 price, and other results mention PSUS, but there is no corroboration from a second independent source confirming the specific dual IPO of both PSUS and PS 'last month'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Albert Ackman (born May 11, 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management, an investment management company. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ackman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing Square) is an American hedge fund based in New York City. It specializes in activist investments, using influence over company management through the purch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pershing_Square_Capital_Manage…
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“PSUS last traded at $41.68, below its IPO price of $50.”
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Multiple sources confirm the IPO price was $50 and that the stock traded below that price, with one source specifically citing a live price of 41.83 USD (close to the claimed 41.68).
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web search NEUTRAL — View the PSUS premarket stock price ahead of the market session or assess the after hours quote. Monitor the latest movements within the Pershing Square USA Ltd real time stock price chart below.
https://www.investing.com/equities/pershing-square-usa
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web search NEUTRAL — The live PSUS price today is 41.83 USD. Track PSUS on MEXC with live chart, daily moves, key stats and essential info on trading the stock.Price Change The difference between the current price and the…
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web search NEUTRAL — The stock opened well below its $50 IPO price and quickly traded at a notable discount to its net asset value (NAV), raising eyebrows across the investment community. Ackman has since offered an expla…
https://finwire.io/news/stock-markets-news/bill-ackmans-new-…
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