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The pace of earnings reports is heating up. Notable stocks on deck to release second-quarter earnings next week include Apple AAPL-1.30%, Amazon.com AMZN-4.57%, Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG-0.59%, Meta Platforms META-3.36%, Microsoft MSFT-2.24%, PayPal Holdings PYPL+0.88%, Qualcomm QCOM-2.57% and Starbucks SBUX-0.74%.
Shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) suffered their biggest one-day decline since May 2025 after the company surprised investors with another massive increase in artificial intelligence spending.
Tawian Semiconductor's customer base is more diversified. Nvidia's growth rate is superior.
U.S. regulators will begin developing new requirements for automakers to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles. The new rule-making process, outlined in a regulatory filing and first reported by Bloomberg, follows a series of incidents, including fatal ones, in which people have become stuck inside cars with flush, electronically operated door handles like those found on Tesla vehicles.
Sandisk is emerging as an AI memory standout with surging revenues, improving profitability and strong growth expectations beyond NVIDIA's recent gains.
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Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are in free fall on Thursday. The company reported earnings, and investors didn't like what they heard.
A senior official in President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security appears to have found one Democratic strategy worth backing: copying the party's stock trades.
Alphabet's AI spending is translating into growth. Investors still aren't loving the price tag.
Over the past year, Meta has funded the construction of at least a dozen natural gas power plants, including one project alone that will burn enough natural gas to generate as much electricity as the entire state of South Dakota uses.
Semiconductor exchange-traded funds have gained more than 25% this year. Intel Corporation's (INTC) second-quarter earnings report after today's close could test whether that rally continues.
Those who are familiar with Vanguard's ETF lineup are likely well-acquainted with the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO). After all, this fund — which provides low-cost exposure to the S&P 500 — is currently the largest fund in terms of AUM.
Apple Maps will be integrated into some upcoming Ford electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday (July 23). The integration of Apple Maps into Ford's upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV Platform) will be done through Apple's new MapKit for Automotive SDK, which enables automakers to embed and customize Apple Maps, Apple said in a press release.
An S&P 500 ETF is likely to lose value when the market tanks. That doesn't mean it's not a good long-term investment.
Some of Berkshire's top stocks have been in the equities portfolio for decades. Warren Buffett is responsible for many of Berkshire's core positions, but new CEO Greg Abel has begun making his mark on the portfolio.
This summer, Amazon moved Prime Day to June 23-26, leaving July without its usual commercial centerpiece for the first time outside the pandemic-disrupted 2021 event. The shift created an apparent hole in merchants' calendars.
Alphabet's Google (GOOG) said its investment portfolio now includes $94.1 billion in shares of SpaceX (SPCX), a space-and-AI company, following SpaceX's blockbu
Nvidia currently displays a noticeably stronger upward trajectory in overall revenue compared to Marvell Technology. Both companies generated consistent quarter-over-quarter revenue increases over the last eight periods, though Nvidia experienced much larger absolute gains.
The bull case for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) has rarely looked stronger on paper.
Market experts said NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) remains a core AI semiconductor holding, while peers such as Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) , Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) , Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) and Sandisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) continue to trade around hyperscaler spending, memory demand and AI infrastructure momentum.
Dan Ives, Yorkville, Ives & Co., joins 'Power Lunch' to talk selling in Big Tech companies following earnings.
Building a great product is one thing. Getting a company like Nvidia to put its name behind it is something else entirely.
Apple appears to be preparing a virtual shopping assistant for its App Store. Although no official announcement has been made, a report Wednesday (July 22) from the website Apple Insider pointed to a passage in the company's App Store privacy policy suggesting that a new feature—similar to the Apple Support Assistant—could be implemented soon.
Options traders are seeking clues on whether more volatility may be ahead.
A market correction or even a crash in the coming year won't be a big surprise. But the market has always recovered from crashes.
S&P 500 ETFs like the one from Vanguard have a strong history of outperforming active funds. Dollar-cost averaging into the ETF over a long period of time is a great way to create long-term wealth.
Shares of Tesla have tumbled around 15% on a disappointing quarter, and SpaceX has fallen 50% from its highs.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has quietly ended one of Wall Street's most dependable capital-return programs. For more than eight years, Alphabet repurchased shares every quarter, a streak dating to Q4 2017.
Rising Treasury yields are weighing on equities as the S&P 500 breaks key technical levels, while charts suggest the 10-year yield could climb back toward 5%.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares are down sharply after the company's earnings update, putting the stock on track for its worst session in more than a year.
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) shares fell about 4% in trading on Thursday after a report said a US Senate panel is investigating whether the company allowed China to exert undue influence over its online marketplace. According to Bloomberg, Republican staff members on the Senate Small Business Committee have been examining potential “Amazon negligence related to Chinese influence” and have uncovered “compelling evidence,” citing committee correspondence and interviews.
When Meta releases its Q2 results, many investors will be focused on whether or not its revenue topped $60 billion. I think the more important question is whether CEO Mark Zuckerberg can convince investors that his massive AI spending is creating a better business.
Hatem Dhiab shares his biggest takeaways from Tesla's (TSLA) earnings, including concerns over CapEx climbing toward $25 billion for 2026. He argues that some investors are shifting their attention to SpaceX (SPCX), another Elon Musk-led company with a stock struggling to find its footing.
Google's parent company, Alphabet, grew its head count by 11,830 between June 2025 and June 2026. The tech giant reported blockbuster second-quarter earnings, revealing revenue of $119.8 billion.
Are momentum stocks on the verge of a major recovery? Consider this: the iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (CBOE:MTUM) fell from $345.22 on June 22 to $302.09 on Friday, July 17, and has rebounded since.
Yemen's Houthi militants reportedly attacked oil tankers near the coast of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been using the Red Sea to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
Canaccord analysts noted they hoped to see momentum around a merger between Tesla and SpaceX. In Tesla's earnings call, Musk deflected a question about a possible tie-up following months of speculation: “We can't talk about, you know, combining companies and that kind of thing on an earnings call—it has got to be done with the appropriate process.
Tony Zipparro and Ben Connard break down their biggest takeaways from Alphabet's (GOOGL) earnings, including the Mag 7 firm's decision to raise CapEx to $195 billion from $180-$190 billion. They also explore the key drivers that could fuel Alphabet's future growth, like Google cloud, which showed an 82% revenue increase year-over-year.
The S&P 500 falls as $100 oil and a 4.70% 10-year yield lift the VIX, reviving Fed hike fears and broad stock market selling.
Goldman Sachs was the lead underwriter for the SpaceX IPO and was involved in several high-profile restructuring deals in the second quarter. It reported a 55% increase in investment banking fees and sees this as the beginning of the AI cycle.
The U.S. energy sector has outperformed in 2026, driven primarily by geopolitical-related supply fears, elevated oil prices, and rising demand from the AI infrastructure buildout. While broad energy funds have also surged, investors can potentially enhance exposure by targeting specific segments of the energy market.
Alphabet had a great earnings report and increased its capex budget for 2026, but the stock fell. Investors are nervous that big tech companies are overspending to build AI infrastructure.
Energy is back in focus midday Thursday. WTI crude oil is up 6% over the past 24 hours to $91.94 per barrel, and Barron's reported that WTI briefly hit $100 per barrel earlier today, its first time above $100 in nearly two months, before settling near $91.94.
Optimus moved into production this quarter at Tesla's Fremont, California, factory, where the humanoid robot learns from what it sees instead of code written to instruct it. “You've probably seen lots of impressive demonstrations of robots on the internet,” CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday (July 22) on the company's second-quarter earnings call.
A Facebook video posted from Zuckerberg's account took aim at narratives that portray artificial intelligence as a danger to society.
The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral consumers towards its own services and apps to the detriment of competitors.
GM appears better positioned after Q2, backed by stronger fundamentals, disciplined pricing, cash flow and a far lower valuation than Tesla.
Google's parent company Alphabet raised the top end of its CapEx plan for this year to $205 billion, but discipline on spending is becoming a concern. Eric Sheridan, Goldman Sachs co-business unit leader of its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group in global investment research, says Alphabet is well positioned to benefit from the growing demand for AI across both consumer and enterprise markets.
The ETF uses complex option strategies tied to Tesla's stock performance. Tesla's sharp stock decline today had a disproportionate impact on this ETF today.
Alphabet Q2 earnings beat on strong Cloud growth, but a higher capex outlook weighed on sentiment. Here are some Alphabet-heavy ETFs to watch.
Two of the market's most-watched companies reported blowout quarters on the same night, and both sold off anyway.
@ProsperTradingAcademy's Charles Moon talks all about tech for his Big 3 picks Thursday. He sees opportunity in Alphabet (GOOGL) as the stock sells off after earnings, compares SK Hynix's (SKHY) setup to the Mag 7 giant's earnings reaction, and sees IREN (IREN) as a high-risk, high-reward opportunity.
VOO tracks the S&P 500 with a rock-bottom 0.03% expense ratio. Market-cap weighting gives meaningful exposure to mega-cap AI leaders.
Tesla delivered strong Q2 vehicle growth and increased FSD subscriptions, but profitability suffered from lower average selling prices and higher expenses. TSLA's optionality in FSD, Cybercab, Semi, and Optimus offers compelling long-term growth potential, yet these ventures remain highly capital-intensive and uncertain in timing and scale. Despite robust prospects, TSLA's current valuation—200x earnings and 90x forward EBITDA—remains excessive relative to achievable near-term fundamentals and o
Shares of Alphabet and Tesla took a beating Thursday after the tech giants said they would ramp up their already breakneck pace of artificial intelligence spending – which rattled investors who are increasingly wary of companies' runaway AI spending. Tesla shares fell 10% and Alphabet dropped over 5%.
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France opposes the use of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistance software on roads in the European Union in its current form over safety concerns, its transportation minister said.
The Nasdaq dropped 2.6% as mega-cap tech earnings arrived with a reality check. Rising oil prices and ballooning AI capex are weighing on market sentiment.
Anthropic and Meta recently premiered dueling ads, both of which reference AI worries and offer hope. Meta's ad is almost entirely upbeat, with images of rainbows, butterflies, and smiling children.
Tesla stops short of confirming a SpaceX merger, but Musk highlights deepening ties across AI, chips, robotics and Starlink connectivity.