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Meta missed earnings, Apple beat and still sold off, and Amazon rallied on its strongest cloud growth in years. Three very different post-earnings stories now point to three very different decisions for investors sitting on the sidelines.
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Capital Power (TSE:CPX) said its second-quarter results reflected higher generation, contributions from its expanded PJM platform and continued commercial optimization, while management raised its estimate of annual adjusted EBITDA upside embedded in its existing portfolio to approximately C$1.25 bi
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Amazon.com’s strong earnings are providing a boost to battered AI hyperscaler bonds. Amazon shares jumped 15% Friday after the company reported accelerating cloud-computing sales. The momentum carried over to its bonds: the extra yield, or spread, investors demand to hold its 6.
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) said it delivered second-quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $0.65 per share and reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance, with management saying results are trending in the upper half of the company’s range despite milder weather during the first half of the year. President

Apple (AAPL) stock continues to drop on Friday while shares of Amazon (AMZN) surge since the two tech giants posted earnings results yesterday. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley and Trustless Media Founder Zack Guzman take a closer look at the key figures that Apple reported in its earnings release.
At $585.61, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) sits at a crossroads. The stock just snapped a six-quarter EPS beat streak and reset investor expectations around AI spending, making conviction in either direction premature at this price. Meta owns the largest social advertising network on the planet, monetizing 3.60 billion daily active users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and ... What Meta Now Has to Prove Following Its Earnings Release
IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) raised the lower end of its 2026 earnings guidance after reporting higher second-quarter profit, supported by January rate changes, customer growth and an early ramp in revenue from large industrial customers. The utility holding company reported second-quarter diluted earnings p
July 31 (Reuters) - European shares hit a record high on Friday, powered by improving investor appetite for tech shares globally, while corporate earnings buoyed markets through a week of central bank
Morningstar maintained an $850 fair value estimate for META, implying a 58% upside from current levels.
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $305 million, within its prior guidance range, as strength in Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and imaging patents was partly offset by deal timing and foundational audio revenue. Non-GAAP earnings per share were $0.69, slightly a
CoreWeave (CRWV) is expected to report Q2 revenue at the "high end" of its $2.45 billion to $2.60 bi
Visa crossed $4 trillion in global payments volume the same quarter PayPal brought in a new CEO to salvage branded checkout, and the two earnings reports could not paint a more different picture of where fintech power is actually concentrating.

Meta (META) stock continues to plunge after the company reported its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley and BD8 Capital Partners CEO and CIO Barbara Doran chat with Morning Brief host Julie Hyman about the results, the stock reaction, and their outlook for Meta.

Meta stock takes another plunge.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue growth of 28% as the company said artificial intelligence initiatives improved content recommendations, advertising performance and product development, while it continued to accelerate spending on data centers and other AI infrastruc
Investors will assess whether Meta's advertising growth and AI-driven engagement can justify its expanding infrastructure investment.
Meta stock was lower Wednesday morning, setting up a 10th straight losing day for the social media giant.
Here is what investors will be looking for when Meta Platforms reports its earnings after markets close today: One big question is whether Meta will increase its capital expenditure estimate for the year, like Alphabet did last week.
Traders are expecting big swings from tech earnings on Wednesday, with options pricing in major after-market risks and short sellers lining up to bet against one of the market’s biggest stocks. Microsoft shares, which have fallen more than 15% from their early June peak and remain nearly 25% lower over the past year, are likely to move more than 6.6% in either direction after tonight’s June-quarter earnings, well ahead of its three-year average of around 4.8%. Short sellers, meanwhile, are crowding into the stock, with bets against the tech and cloud giant representing around 92 million shares, or 1.27% of its outstanding float, according to data from S3 Partners.
Meta shares have fallen for nine straight sessions.
Meta stock has declined for nine consecutive sessions, falling about 13% cumulatively.
Meta's ad machine is printing money and analyst targets point to nearly 30% upside, yet something in the options market and recent earnings history suggests the smartest trade right now is doing nothing at all.
Meta Platforms is set to publish its second-quarter results late Wednesday. For Meta stock, all eyes will be on the tech giant's capital expenditures and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's strategy for that AI spending. "In the wake of (Google's results), the market will be expecting Meta to raise its 2026 capital expenditures outlook from (the prior) $125 billion-$145 billion, and is also expecting Meta to preview a 'significant' increase in capex spend for 2027," Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney said in a client note Sunday.