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(Bloomberg) -- The momentum trade just gave investors a taste of the pronounced profit-and-loss swings they can expect if they fail to hedge or diversify, a warning that’s reinforced by growing inflation risks. Most Read from BloombergTrump Says US to Hold Off Iran Attack If Deal AgreedSaudi Prince Concerned Over Trump’s Iran Strike Plan: AxiosTrump Says Iran Talks to Begin Monday After Scrapping AttackSingapore's Gated Island for the Rich Is Marred by Decayed HomesAlibaba Adds to China AI Break

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs reshuffled its U.S. Conviction List in its August update, adding Microsoft and five other names while removing Broadcom and three others.

AMD will report its Q2 earnings Tuesday.

US equity investors are expected to focus on earnings, labor market data, and messaging from top Fed

Recent earnings reports by the so-called hyperscalers have driven expectations even higher for their collective AI spending plans. Goldman Sachs credit strategists estimate that approximately $400 billion in highly rated investment-grade bonds could be issued directly by hyperscalers globally in 2027. A group of investment-grade hyperscalers tracked by Barclays credit strategists includes Alphabet Amazon.com Meta Platforms Microsoft Oracle and SpaceX. The spread offered by these companies’ bonds over benchmark Treasurys has widened by almost a quarter percentage point over the past month through July 30, according to tracking by Barclays.

Microsoft's earnings report was a big win for bulls.

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said ‌on Monday it ‌was expanding its collaboration ​with Microsoft as part of its "Cloud First, Data ‌Centric" ⁠strategy, which uses Azure as ⁠its primary cloud computing platform. The ​company said ​it ​would integrate ‌Microsoft Fabric, Purview and Foundry to modernize its IT systems, improve cybersecurity ‌and reduce ​its ​reliance ​on legacy ‌technology. Financial terms ​of ​the deal were not disclosed.

Reports from tech giants drove big gains and losses, while the Fed-fueled bond selloff adds to market pressures.

Wall Street just drove a harsh line through the artificial intelligence trade. Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL)added nearly $1.5 trillion in combined market value during earnings week, according to CNBC. Microsoft gained more than $600 billion, while Amazon and Alphabet each ...

Microsoft Q4 showed that its multibillion-dollar AI strategy is already paying off, and the best days may still be ahead.

Meta Platforms reported its second-quarter earnings with one issue dominating investor attention: the soaring cost of its artificial-intelligence expansion. Meta is not alone. Amazon raised its expected 2026 capital spending to approximately $220 billion, while Microsoft expects to invest around ...

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Investors are coming around to the idea that Big Tech spending on AI can make sense—as long as there is a cloud-computing business involved.

WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $0.91 per diluted share, up $0.15 from the same period a year earlier, and reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance of $5.51 to $5.61 per share, assuming normal weather for the remainder of the year. President and Chief Executiv

Like SpaceX, five of the seven Magnificent Seven stocks sank below their IPO price during the first year after their IPO.

Sony (NYSE:SONY) reported record first-quarter sales and operating income for fiscal 2026, raised its full-year sales, operating income and net-income forecasts, and said it expects most of an estimated ¥80 billion in U.S. tariff refunds to benefit results during the current fiscal year. For the qu

Southern (NYSE:SO) reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $1.13 per share, up $0.21 from the prior-year period and $0.13 above the company’s estimate, as higher electricity usage, customer growth and construction-related earnings supported results. Chief Financial Officer David Poroch sa

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) reported second-quarter revenue and profitability above its guidance range, as the technology services company pointed to expanding demand for artificial intelligence programs, deeper relationships with major technology and financial-services customers, and progress in ph

<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended higher on Friday, with the Dow adding more than half a percent, the S&P 500 gaining seven-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing one percent.</p><p>:: Amazon</p><p>Amazon surged more than 15% after the tech giant posted its biggest quarterly revenue growth in over four years. Its results, along with a similar report from Microsoft this week, alleviated investor concerns about potential overspending on AI data centers.</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of Apple tumbled more than 7% after a disappointing forecast showed that the iPhone maker was struggling to secure enough components, as the AI-driven data center boom strains global supply chains.</p><p>Friday marked the end of a bumpy week for stocks that included a Fed policy meeting in which the central bank left rates unchanged - but with three dissenters pushing for a 25 basis point hike.</p><p>Dean Smith is chief strategist & portfolio manager at FolioBeyond.</p><p>"I think there was a decent case to be made that a hike is in order. Inflation, we had a slightly softer print on the most recent one, but inflation is now running well above Fed's 2% stated target. It's higher now than it was a year ago and it seems to be reaccelerating. [FLASH] So it was a close call probably, but I think, you know, if I had been on that voting committee, I would have voted for a rate hike as well."</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Other stocks on the move Friday included Monolithic Power Systems, which rose more than 8% after forecasting third-quarter revenue above estimates.</p><p>But shares of GoDaddy slid nearly 17% after the domain registrar narrowed its annual revenue forecast.</p></body>

Profit growth is finally catching up with market dominance

Amazon delivered blockbuster results across the board.

By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian July 31 (Reuters) - Wall Street climbed on Friday, lifted by Amazon as the tech heavyweight's strong quarterly report bolstered investor confidence in AI-related

Investing.com -- A packed week of Big Tech earnings produced significant moves in both directions, with memory stocks experiencing significant volatility.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $12.1 billion, or $6.11 per share, as higher upstream realizations, production volumes and refining margins lifted results. Adjusted earnings were $12 billion, or $6.06 per share, while cash flow from operations excluding working capital to

Amazon stock is racing toward its best trading day in more than a decade following its Q2 results. A strong performance from its cloud-computing division is helping ease fears that the tech giant could lose ground to rival offerings from Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet. "Amazon Web Services finally saw the long-awaited growth inflection, shooting to the top of the cloud wars as AI quarter-to-quarter revenue mimics Anthropic's meteoric rise," Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik wrote to clients Friday following Amazon's report.

Microsoft faces an August 11 Copilot lawsuit deadline, days after the biggest one-day market cap gain in US history.

One market level could validate Microsoft's renewed momentum

Wall Street sees stronger returns behind massive infrastructure spending

Over the past two days, four of the trillion-dollar tech giants have reported earnings. Each day, there's been one clear winner and one clear loser. Today, Amazon stock is winning while Apple is down.