Improvements in E-Commerce Business Although China’s retail market has been mixed in recent quarters due to uncertain consumer sentiment and decelerating economic

Shares of Alibaba ( BABA -9.10%) were taking a dive today after investors balked at the company's big spending plans in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). As a result, the stock was down 9.7% as of 11:24 a.m. ET.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s U.S.-listed stock fell nearly 7% on Monday after the online retailer said it plans to spend about $53 billion over the next three years on its cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence infrastructure. The spending plan amounts to nearly eight times its most recent quarterly profit of $6.7 billion.