Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks lifted U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Wednesday and closed just shy of the record it set in early December.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a mega-cap stock that I think doesn’t get as much credit as it should. This company has basically kickstarted the AI wave with its early investments into OpenAI. Not only that,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies