Big tech earnings outlook: Wall Street demands receipts on $700B AI spree
As the second-quarter earnings season of 2026 approaches its most critical stretch, the global equity market finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. For over two years, a relentless, AI-driven bull run has propelled mega-cap technology valuations to historically elevated levels. However, the
The $55B quarter: how trading, AI, and dealmaking drove record earnings for Big Banks
Wall Street's biggest banks are proving that even geopolitical uncertainty and volatile markets can be highly profitable when trading desks stay busy and artificial intelligence fuels an unprecedented wave of capital raising. The six largest US banks generated a combined $55
Nvidia, Micron lead 4 cash-rich stocks with rising profit forecasts
Some of Wall Street’s fastest-growing companies are turning expansion into something more tangible: cash. Nvidia, Micron Technology, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have each reported sharp increases in operating or free cash flow while management or analysts lifted profit forecasts.
Dow falls nearly 400 points as chip selloff deepens, Wall Street posts weekly loss
US stocks closed lower on Friday, capping a weak week for Wall Street as a deepening selloff in semiconductor stocks and renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending weighed on investor sentiment. The decline came despite a strong start to the
Evening digest: Moonshot causes AI selloff, Apple retakes top market cap crown
On Friday, Chinese AI startup Moonshot sparked a fresh selloff in global semiconductor stocks after unveiling its latest Kimi K3 model. Apple reclaimed its position as the world's most valuable publicly traded company briefly before Nvidia went back to the
Microsoft stock falls, analysts trim price targets ahead of Q4 earnings
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares fell 1.5% on Friday, extending a difficult year for the software giant as investors continued to weigh heavy artificial intelligence spending against the company's long-term growth prospects. The stock has declined more than 20% in 2026 and
Why Wall Street is looking ahead to this major event for AMD stock
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) shares fell 1.19% on Friday even as investors looked ahead to the chipmaker's Advancing AI 2026 event next week in San Francisco. Analysts expect the company to unveil new artificial intelligence products, customer wins, and long-term
Meta could soon lease computing power to Anthropic
Meta Platforms (META) shares are in the spotlight on July 17th following reports that the tech giant is in preliminary discussions to lease out its computing infrastructure to AI research lab Anthropic. The blockbuster deal rumoured to be worth up to
Alphabet stocks falls 2%: why is Wall Street still bullish on the stock
Alphabet shares fell on Friday, extending losses from the previous session after a report suggested Google’s flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro artificial intelligence model is running behind schedule. Alphabet GOOGL stock declined about 2% on Friday after falling roughly 4% on Thursday