IBM stock was heading for its largest same-day plunge in nearly 40 years on Tuesday after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets. In a letter to shareholders, CEO Arvind Krishna explained that the shortfall was largely driven by the company’s infrastructure business. “What played out was worse than our expectations,” Krishna wrote.
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Investing.com -- Citigroup reported second-quarter earnings and revenue ahead of Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, as robust trading activity and stronger investment banking fees drove a 45% jump in profit.
SLB said on Tuesday it has partnered with Liberty Energy to supply modular parts and power to data centers, as the oilfield services firms look to tap surging demand from the AI boom. Under the deal, SLB said it would design and supply modular and prefabricated components for data center projects, while Liberty will provide natural gas-fired power generation. The deal reflects a broader push by oilfield contractors to supply power equipment, turbines and data solutions.
UnitedHealth Group is due to post earnings Thursday morning, with the health insurance giant’s stock seen making a big move after the report.
FEATURE The artificial-intelligence trade appeared to be reignited Tuesday as investors digested a slew of bank earnings reports ahead of the consumer-price index inflation report for June. International Business Machines sank 23% after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets.
Investor focus is turning to Seagate Technology as the company prepares to report fourth-quarter results, with analysts expecting triple-digit earnings growth.
Royal Caribbean Cruises is scheduled to report its second-quarter earnings by the end of this month, and analysts anticipate a low double-digit improvement in its profitability.
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Big banks so far are reporting better-than-expected results for the second quarter: Citigroup: Profit rose 45%, with revenue up 14%. Goldman Sachs: Profit jumped 78%, and revenue surged 39%. JPMorgan: Profit soared 41%, with revenue up 28% (results were boosted by a big one-time gain on its Visa stake).
Merck & Co. is expected to announce its second-quarter earnings in August, and Wall Street forecasts a double-digit decline in its profits.
The story of the day looks like huge investment banking results across the biggest banks. JPMorgan Chase’s fees from investment banking, which includes advising companies and raising and selling debt and equity, rose 30%.
Bank trading desks are still booming – mostly thanks to stocks. Wall Street’s business of facilitating trades on behalf of clients has been fast-growing, and analysts were closely watching whether momentum would continue. Across the Street, fees from stock trades shot up, while fees related to bonds, commodities and other non-equity products also rose.
Talk about the inescapable force of gravity. Shares of Elon Musk's Space Exploration have fallen to nearly their IPO price.

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Netflix (NFLX) will report its second quarter earnings results on Thursday after the closing bell. Wedbush Securities senior vice president of equity research, Alicia Reese, shares her thoughts on the company and her earnings expectations.
Investing.com -- B. Riley is framing this week's second-quarter earnings reports from ASML and TSMC as "tone-setting" for the entire semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment sector, arguing that a $880 billion surge in AI infrastructure spending has arrived roughly 12 months ahead of the firm's prior forecasts.
Wall Street looked set for a mixed open as investors digested a 23% plunge in IBM shares, another jump in oil prices and the start of the second-quarter earnings season. Dow Jones futures were down 281 points, or 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower. Nasdaq futures were pointing...
IBM reported preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2 billion, well below analyst expectations, as large deals failed to close on time
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 14 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures fell on Tuesday in choppy trading as investors sifted through earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks, while IBM
A strong second-quarter report and solid outlook for non-lending revenues could mark an important turning point for SoFi Technologies.
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Dimon also cautioned that geopolitical tensions, large global fiscal deficits and elevated asset prices could trigger significant disruptions.
Wall Street futures were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as tech shares somewhat recovered from Monday's rout
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, is set to report earnings Thursday, with traders expecting a big move from the stock.
IBM said on Tuesday it expects second-quarter revenue of $17.2 billion, according to preliminary results. Analysts expect the company to report revenue of $17.86 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Shares of the company fell 14% in premarket trading.
July 14 (Reuters) - AI startup Reflection said on Tuesday it has signed a more than $1 billion deal to secure computing capacity from Nebius, including access to Nvidia's latest chips.