Tech stocks could offer their best value in years after another stellar earnings season, analysts say

Cnbc · May 08, 2026 · 615 words · By Joseph Wilkins

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tech stocks are back in vogue after another stellar earnings season, but Morningstar analysis suggests the sector offers the best value to investors in years.

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What happened

tech stocks are back in vogue after another stellar earnings season, but Morningstar analysis suggests the sector offers the best value to investors in years.

Why it matters

Market chatter in 2024 and 2025 frequently referenced fears of a 'bubble' emerging in the top end of the U.S.

Common ground

equity market, as the 'magnificent seven' reached increasingly lofty valuations largely thanks to hype surrounding artificial intelligence.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Repetition: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that "When investors are excited about AI, they have bought tech," wrote global investment strategist Kriti Gupta in a note on May 1?
How does this story connect Investment Strategy with Tech Sector Sustainability over the next few days?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “"When investors are excited about AI, they have bought tech," wrote global investment strategist Kriti Gupta in a note on May 1.”

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The claim is directly confirmed by a CNBC report which quotes the exact phrase: '"When investors are excited about AI, they have bought tech," wrote global investment strategist Kriti Gupta in a note on May 1.' This is further supported by a J.P. Morgan source and Kriti Gupta's professional profile.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the Red Dead series and a prequel to the 2010 game Red Dead Redemption. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television host and former politician who primarily works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1969 with the film Saat Hindu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing

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Claim 2: “Morningstar research suggests the AI theme is now trading at its largest discount since 2019.”

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The evidence provides general information about Morningstar as a company and OpenAI, but does not contain any specific research findings or statements regarding the AI theme trading at its largest discount since 2019.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Daniel Mansueto (born September 3, 1956) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. Mansueto is the founder, majority owner, and executive chairman of Morningstar, Inc. Through his company Mansue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mansueto

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI Global, LLC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) and a nonprofit foundation, headquartered in San Franci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stargate Project, incorporated in Delaware as Stargate LLC, is an American multinational artificial intelligence (AI) joint venture created by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and investment firm MGX. The ve…
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Claim 3: “Morningstar's research pointed to the U.S. equity market volatility of early 2026 as leading to a decline from record-high valuations among AI stocks”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the trend. Bloomberg reports a 'volatile start to 2026' for US stocks, and Morningstar explicitly mentions 'AI-driven concerns weighing on U.S. tech' in early 2026. A LinkedIn market report also notes markets pulling back from record highs in April 2026 due to AI growth concerns.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in San Francisco. It has developed a range of large language models (LLMs) named Claude and focuses on AI safety. Anthropic …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claude is a series of large language models developed by Anthropic and first released in 2023. Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: H…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative artificial intelligence, commonly known as generative AI or GenAI, is a subfield of artificial intelligence that uses generative models to generate text, images, videos, audio, software cod…
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Claim 4: “Tokens are basic units of processing that are bought by users of AI models that allow them to run tasks.”

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The evidence provided defines Artificial Intelligence in general terms but does not mention 'tokens' or describe them as units of processing bought by users.

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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
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web search NEUTRAL — What is AI, and how does it enable machines to perform tasks requiring human intelligence, like speech recognition and decision-making? AI learns and adapts through new data, integrating into daily li…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · artificial intelligence (AI), the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.
https://www.britannica.com/technology/artificial-intelligenc…

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Claim 5: “Capital expenditure for 2026 was lifted among the 'magnificent seven' in bumper April earnings updates, with their combined spend now tracking around $725 billion, versus previous expectations of roughly $670 billion, according to Saxo Bank.”

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A web search result explicitly states 'Tech giants raise ai investment plans to $725 billion in 2026', mentioning Microsoft and Amazon. This matches the specific figure in the claim. Another source from The Motley Fool corroborates that combined 2026 capex for these companies is exceeding $600 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank specializing in online trading and investment. It provides access to a broad range of financial instruments, including Forex, stocks, CFDs, futures, funds, bonds,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — T-Bank (Russian: Т-Банк), formerly known as Tinkoff Bank is a Russian commercial bank based in Moscow and founded by Oleg Tinkov in 2006. Up until 2024, the bank did not have branches and was consider…
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Claim 6: “That peaked in October 2025, when the forward P/E ratio for the S&P 500 Information Technology sector reached over 30x, according to FactSet.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the month of October and the S&P 500, but contains no data regarding FactSet, P/E ratios, or specific financial metrics for October 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P SmallCap 600 (S&P 600) stock market index, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices, comprises the common stocks of 600 small-cap, mostly American, companies. Although called the "S&P 600", the ind…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
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