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TSLA has also dropped 8% over the past month and 6% over three months, while Apple, Alphabet, Nvidia and Amazon remain positive for the year.
Microsoft has been one of the worst large-cap tech stocks of 2026. While Nvidia kept climbing and the broader market recovered from its early-year lows, Microsoft went the other direction. The stock has shed roughly a fifth of its value this year, even as Azure kept growing and the AI business kept ...
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s fiscal fourth quarter results will be a key test of the company's AI execution, with Azure growth, AI infrastructure spending and Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption expected to be the main focus when the software giant reports, according to Bank of America...
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The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]
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IBM stock collapses 25% after the company preannounced its Q2 earnings results.
After a terrible first half, MSFT stock shows fresh signs of life, and traders expect upside before its July 29 earnings report.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Friday, July 10, including SK Hynix (000660.KS) making its debut on the Nasdaq, Delta Air Lines (DAL) earnings, monthly sales results from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM), and the pending approval of Congress' housing affordability bill.

T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund portfolio manager Tony Wang examines the back-and-forth activity appearing in semiconductor stocks, especially as the bar remains high for memory chip makers and SK Hynix's (000660.KS) US IPO listing is seven-times oversubscribed.
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT) just gave back a chunk of its 2026 run, sliding 5% in a single week as semiconductor names corrected. The fund is still up about 21% year to date and roughly 39% over the past year, but holders should treat that pullback as the market beginning to question the ... VGT Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance in H2 2026
UiPath’s agentic automation push is raising the stakes for its next report, where investors will look for proof that new workflow tools are lifting ARR, retention, and margins.
The bank’s top equity strategist thinks artificial-intelligence spending will be the big story again for this coming second-quarter earnings season.

TECHnalysis Research President Bob O'Donnell joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination to break down Micron's (MU) strong earnings beat and what it could mean for a broader tech rally rebound.
(Bloomberg) -- Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings report on Wednesday afternoon is shaping up to be one of the most important in months as investors find themselves suddenly on edge over the sustainability of the AI rally.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100% Stock RallySpaceX Falls for Third Day, Erases $600 Billion in Marke
Micron Technology's stock has risen by almost 9x over the past twelve months, taking its market capitalization above $1.2 trillion - among the largest single-year gains in the company's four-decade trading history. The rally is driven by surging demand and a shortage of high-bandwidth memory that is used alongside AI accelerators in data centers. Hyperscalers, including Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG), and Meta (META), are projected to spend roughly $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year,
$1.3 trillion S&P 500 companies reported that level of capex for 2025, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. That figure includes $412 billion for just five large hyperscalers: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle.
The stock market is salivating over big increases in corporate earnings, but there’s a catch. Analysts expect S&P 500 companies’ earnings growth to top 20% for a second consecutive quarter in the current period, in part because of soaring profits by semiconductor makers and other AI-infrastructure companies. This combination has worked wonders for corporate earnings broadly.
As states like Ohio move to increase their regulation of data centers and reduce their subsidies for the businesses behind them, the costs of building and operating them could increase significantly.