Software Stocks Are Crashing, Here Are 4 Stocks to Buy

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The threat of AI has sent software stocks crashing across the board. However, I believe it is way overdone in a couple of high quality names.

In today's video, I will be covering 4 software stocks that I believe are worthy of a buy and the threat of AI is way over the top, as it relates to their business. One of those stocks I recently purchased, which was ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW).

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*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of March 1, 2026. The video was published on March 3, 2026.

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Mark Roussin, CPA has positions in Microsoft and ServiceNow. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Datadog, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Toast. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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