Investing.com -- Alphabet reports its second-quarter 2026 results after the bell on Wednesday, and for this cycle, Wall Street has made clear that the numbers themselves are almost beside the point.
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This is a big day for the market, with Google owner Alphabet and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla both set to report after the closing bell to kick off earnings season for Big Tech. Alphabet's earnings could be a make-or-break moment for the artificial-intelligence trade, which has faltered in recent weeks amid concerns about the rise of cheaper Chinese chatbots.
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July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday, pressured by weakness in chip stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the first batch of Big Tech earnings that could decide
↗️ Super Micro Computer (SMCI): Shares surged in premarket trading after the AI server maker projected fourth-quarter gross margins roughly double those it had originally targeted. Rivals Dell Technologies (DELL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) also rallied.
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Alphabet will report second quarter earnings after the stock market closes Wednesday. Analysts expect capex for the quarter to be $45.1 billion, a 101% increase from a year earlier.
U.S. futures declined amid rising oil prices as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies ahead of the peak earnings season.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
Google reports Q2 earnings today. Here's what Wall Street expects from Alphabet's cloud growth, AI spending, and ad business.
Google, part of Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL), joined BlackRock, Carhartt, and Ford to launch the Alliance for America's Skilled Trades. The alliance aims to expand access to skilled trades training and scale apprenticeships and partnerships across 30 U.S. states. The initiative seeks to address workforce shortages in critical trades across the country. Alphabet, trading at around $347.15 per share, is adding a new dimension to its presence in the U.S. economy by backing this skilled trades...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7% while the S&P 500 rose 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3%. Semiconductor stocks logged their best day in a month. Overall, traders “shrugged off the news from the War in favor of buying the chip makers again, presumably on the hope that the AI hyperscalers, when they report second-quarter earnings over the next few days, will also report large capital spending plans,” wrote Macquarie Strategist Thierry Wizman.
The billionaire investor has typically been hesitant when it comes to buying tech stocks.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped over 5%, its best single-day gain in a month, as bargain buyers piled onto semiconductor stocks.

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a closer look at the top stories for investors to watch on Wednesday, Jul. 22, including Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) quarterly earnings results.
The conglomerate has dramatically increased its stake in a tech company Warren Buffett took a liking to toward the end of his tenure as CEO.
Morgan Stanley's latest roundtable reveals a structural gap between the U.S. and Europe in AI investment that no single policy fix can close, and the timeline for when this imbalance reshapes global labor markets is far longer than most analysts expect.