AI cloud stocks whipsawed violently overnight, and now three names are staging jaw-dropping single-day recoveries for very different reasons. Whether the catalysts behind each move hold up under scrutiny is another story entirely.
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Vertiv (VRT) stock is rebounding after the company reported quarterly earnings. Vertiv CEO Giordano "Gio" Albertazzi sits down with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman to discuss Vertiv's demand from AI hyperscalers, data center backlash, and more.

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.
Scott Melker discusses the Federal Reserve's latest decision to hold interest rates steady, Meta (META) and Microsoft's (MSFT) increasing AI expenses, but only one stock is getting punished. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC-USD) continues to hover around $64,000, Melker explains why the cryptocurrency's resilience is a bullish sign despite the broader market uncertainty. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.
The Dow is up on the day despite 21 of its components trading lower. The nine components in the green were doing the heavy lifting, driving the blue chip index's 0.3%, or 151 point, rise. One of the Dow's heaviest-weighted components saw gains that helped offset the majority of underlying stocks falling.
The hyperscalers are trapped in a race where pulling back costs more than pressing forward, and one chipmaker sits at the exact point where their fear turns into revenue.

Meta Platforms (META) stock is down by over 9% on Thursday since the tech giant released quarterly results that missed adjusted earnings estimates while raising the lower end of its full-year capital expenditures. Jefferies senior analyst Brent Thill highlights Meta's various revenue segments and why the Big Tech name needs to look beyond just its core advertising business.
Meta just posted staggering revenue growth while watching its stock crater 10%, and the reason why reveals a fundamental tension at the heart of Zuckerberg's empire that investors can no longer ignore.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) are both spending aggressively to secure leadership in artificial intelligence, yet their latest earnings reports have produced starkly different reactions. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) jumped 15% on Thursday after the tech giant reported better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results and issued a better-than-expected outlook for the first quarter of 2027. Meanwhile, Meta […]
By Karen Brettell July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results eased investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while 30-year Treasury

Microsoft (MSFT) stock is jumping after the company reported surging cloud growth. Morning Brief host Julie Hyman chats with Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley about the results.

Chip stocks are rebounding on Thursday, with the exception of Qualcomm (QCOM), which provided profit guidance that disappointed Wall Street. BD8 Capital Partners CEO and CIO Barbara Doran and Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley chat with Morning Brief host Julie Hyman about Qualcomm and the larger chip sector.
Intel’s stock remains strong today despite a report from The Information indicating that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is developing an "EMIB-like" advanced packaging technology, potentially challenging a key advantage for Intel’s Foundry business. However, the prospect of TSMC neutralizing this advantage hasn’t dented Intel’s share price, as the broader tech market is buoyed by massive AI spending commitments from companies like Microsoft and Meta. Here is why Intel’s stock is h
Meta Platforms stock cratered Thursday after a quarterly report that beat on revenue but raised serious questions about where billions in AI spending actually leads, and Wall Street's response was swift and brutal.
Wall Street cheered one tech giant's AI spending this week and punished another's, even though both reported strong revenue growth and both are betting their futures on artificial intelligence. The reason behind that split verdict reveals something important about where the AI investment cycle is heading.
July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results soothed investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while investors parsed fresh
Stocks kicked off Thursday’s trading session higher, reemerging from the carnage of Wednesday’s selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Rosenberg Research’s Dave Rosenberg described the moves as “a weak stock-market bound on shaky ground,” nodding to the major averages’ “precarious technical positions,” yesterday’s rise in bond yields, and oil price spikes.
Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are up 9% in early Thursday trading, changing hands at $427 after the software giant delivered a fiscal fourth-quarter blowout and crossed a symbolic Azure milestone. The pop lifts the stock off Wednesday’s $390.54 close and pushes it back toward levels last seen in the spring. As of yesterday’s close, Microsoft ... Microsoft Surges 9% as Azure Tops $100B and Q4 Beat Lifts Most Price Targets
Wall Street's AI infrastructure trade just crossed a threshold that stunned even the analysts tracking it, but buried inside the bull case is a structural trap that could quietly wipe out entire categories of SaaS businesses overnight.
Piper Sandler's chief market technician is sounding the alarm on Big Tech and pointing investors toward two sectors quietly stealing market leadership from the companies that have dominated Wall Street for years.
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Microsoft surged on Thursday following a blowout quarter.
Wall Street keeps reaching for the dot-com playbook every time an AI stock surges, but Fox Business host Charles Payne thinks that reflex is costing investors something far more valuable than peace of mind.