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(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.

Today, June 11, 2026, investors weigh surging AI build-out costs against rapid cloud growth and resilient Wall Street optimism.

Oracle shares fell in the Thursday premarket after the company reported mixed earnings results for its fiscal fourth quarter after the Wednesday bell. Oracle also said that its capital expenditures for the current fiscal year would be around $70 billion, plus another $20 billion to $25 billion paid directly by customers. In its just ended fiscal 2026 year, Oracle’s capex was $56 billion, up from $21 billion in fiscal 2025.

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) is set to report its earnings on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Heading into the results, the stock has experienced notable pressure, dropping roughly 8% over the past five days as investors heavily scrutinize the company's ability to successfully monetize its generative AI tools.

Oracle reports fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon as it continues to disrupt its own legacy software business with cloud software and services. Wall Street analysts are expecting the company to report $1.96 in adjusted earnings per share, up from $1.70 the year before. With sales of its mature business software stalled, in 2019 Oracle began running the Microsoft cloud-pivot playbook.

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:SMH) closed Friday at $599, capping a stretch in which SMH has returned roughly 146% over the past year and tacked on nearly 20% in May alone. SMH is up about 66% year to date, and the rally has been driven less by NVIDIA than most holders assume. Because the fund ... SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

DocuSign (DOCU) reported a solid earnings beat for Q1 FY2027, delivering $830.2 million in revenue and $1.09 in non-GAAP earnings per share. The company generated $289 million in free cash flow at a 35% margin. Yet, despite these top-line metrics, the stock closed at $50.95 during regular trading and slid nearly 4% to approximately $49 in extended trading. This price implies just 11 times its expected FY2027 earnings of $4.44 per share, significantly lower than the historical software sector ave

Broadcom (AVGO) stock sinks further in Thursday trading despite topping estimates for fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue, while also outpacing forecasts on third quarter guidance. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company CIO Brent Schutte joins Yahoo Finance Senior Reporters Ines Ferré and Brooke DiPalma in assessing Broadcom's post-earnings stock reaction compared to other AI players.

Microsoft stock slides Tuesday after retaking its 200-day moving average. Shares are well below their all-time high of 555.45.

The world's most valuable technology companies with the exception of Alphabet added billions ‌of dollars in market value in May, ‌as upbeat earnings outlooks and strong demand for AI chips fuelled ​a rally in their shares. Apple, memory chipmakers Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the gains, adding $598 billion, $512 billion, $481 billion and $377 billion, respectively, in market value. Their ‌valuations rose to $4.58 ⁠trillion, $1.09 trillion, $1.10 trillion and $1.34 trillion, respectively.

Broadcom's quarterly results and earnings calls are worth following for AI growth stock investors.

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Today, May 28, 2026, investors piled into Snowflake after its Amazon pact and earnings beat, even as the Dow barely budged.

The data-center boom is still going strong for Marvell Technology The chip company reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue and sees higher revenue than expected in the current quarter. Marvell reported revenue of $2.42 billion, compared with Wall Street estimates of $2.41 billion, according to FactSet. Adjusted earnings for the quarter of 80 cents per share were in-line with analyst expectations.

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The real threat to the tech sector isn't a lack of AI ideas, but a classic economic shock. The overproduction of computing power.

Microsoft stock appeared to be testing support at its 21-day moving average after an earnings sell-off in April. Is Microsoft stock a buy or sell now? The desktop software maker said it earned $4.27 a share on sales of $83 billion during the March quarter.

AI stocks rally amid SpaceX, OpenAI IPO buzz as investors eye surging demand for compute capacity and monetization.

The ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) sits at an awkward crossroad heading into summer 2026. Shares trade near $19.08, down 5% year-to-date even as the public-side AI mega-caps it holds have ripped higher. That disconnect matters because XOVR is the rare ETF that pairs late-stage private growth (SpaceX is the publicly known anchor) with public ... XOVR ETF: Watch Hyperscaler AI Capex Before Summer 2026 Earnings Season

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The latest quarterly earnings from Big Tech companies have given investors ample reason to stay invested in the AI trade, helping lift equities despite the unprecedented disruption in ‌the oil markets that has clouded the economic growth outlook. Nvidia rounded out the results from the so-called ‌Magnificent Seven that includes Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta Platforms and Tesla. Revenue ​growth at the Magnificent Seven remains highly uneven, with Nvidia's blistering pace helping maintain its dominant lead.

In addition to the earnings release, Nvidia's CFO Colette Kress shared commentary that revealed four key developments in its business, beyond the company's first quarter earnings-per-share beat.

Investors are watching whether Nvidia can extend confidence in AI spending through 2027 and 2028.

Nvidia’s latest quarterly sales are projected to rise 79%. Investors have grown complacent about the growth.

Currently, option traders are betting that Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) market cap could rise or fall by $355 billion based on earnings. Nvidia’s current market cap is $5.3 trillion. The stock is up 18% so far this year, compared to the S&P 500, which is up 7%. Nvidia has signaled to Wall St. what investors should ... Nvidia Earnings Don’t Matter This Time