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Microsoft will report its fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 earnings after the U.S. market closes on Wednesday, July 29. The earnings call will begin at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time, or 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, according to Microsoft’s official announcement.Microsoft enters the report with strong Azure growth, rising Copilot adoption and a large commercial backlog. However, the market’s main question has changed. Investors already know that demand for cloud computing and AI infrastructure is strong. They now

Meta Platforms will report its second-quarter 2026 earnings after the U.S. market closes on Wednesday, July 29. The earnings call is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, or 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The headline numbers are expected to remain strong. However, Meta’s Q2 2026 earnings report is no longer only about Facebook and Instagram advertising growth.Wall Street will also be looking for evidence that Meta’s rapidly expanding AI infrastructure budget can create new revenue, improve its adverti

Overview On July 27, the military conflict between the United States and Iran that had run for nearly two weeks paused, and global markets reacted sharply. Per CNN, Brent crude closed at $85.87 a barrel that day, down 11.3%, its largest drop since April 8, while US crude fell about 7% to $82.61. Stocks rose in tandem, and Bitcoin briefly reclaimed $65,000. The market watches this conflict because it drives the pricing logic of three asset classes at once: oil sets inflation expectations, inflati

Overview On July 28, Bitcoin pulled back on the opening day of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Per TradingKey's market data, Bitcoin traded near $63,316 early in the US session, down about 2.49% over 24 hours and about 4.61% over seven days. The pre-decision volatility is not the result of a sudden piece of bad news but of the market positioning in advance for a binary outcome. The Fed releases its rate decision on July 29, and per the CME FedWatch tool, the probability of no c

Executive Summary:Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOGL fell as much as 7% on July 23 despite revenue growing 24% to $119.8 billion, well above the $116.9 billion consensusAdjusted EPS came in at $9.11 against a $2.88 estimate, though roughly $99 billion of that figure came from paper gains on Anthropic and SpaceX stakes, not operationsGoogle Cloud revenue surged 82%, with operating income roughly tripling year over year, and its backlog nearly doubled to as much as $514 billionFull-year 2026 capex guidance was

Executive Summary:Apple NASDAQ:AAPL hit an all-time high of $334.99 on July 17, 2026, its 15th intraday record of the year, lifting market value to nearly $5 trillionThe stock is up 20% year to date, adding more than half a trillion dollars in market value in July aloneHSBC upgraded Apple from Hold to Buy on July 17, raising its target from $260 to $366, calling the company at "an operational turning point"Citi separately raised its target to $365, citing record $31 billion Services revenue, whi

Executive Summary:Reddit NYSE:RDDT fell 9.18% on July 23 after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is reconsidering its AI content licensing deal with GoogleShares are trading near $170, having broken below the 50-day EMA ($186.05) and 200-day EMA ($175.92), with a daily low of $166.1314-day RSI sits near 31, close to oversold, while support levels stack at $166.10, $152.62, and $139.88Wall Street's price target range is unusually wide, from $110 to $300, averaging around $221, even as

Overview After ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) surged 466% on its July 27 STAR Market debut to become China's most valuable listed company, a more fundamental question moves to the front: whether China's largest DRAM maker can genuinely challenge the memory triopoly of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron. The market's excitement rests on two facts, namely Q1 2026 revenue up 719% year over year and an AI-driven memory super-cycle. But a capital-market valuation and industrial competitive reality are

Overview On July 27, China's largest DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) listed on the Shanghai STAR Market and closed up 466% from its 8.66 yuan offer price at 49.00 yuan, giving it a market value of about 3.28 trillion yuan (about $488 billion) and making it the most valuable listed company on China's A-share market, surpassing Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. This is no ordinary first-day pop. Three forces converged on a single day: the AI data center memory-inflation cycle

US Stock Earnings This Week: Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon Face the AI Spending Test as the Fed DecidesFour of the largest U.S. technology companies will report earnings within two days this week. Microsoft and Meta report after the market closes on Wednesday, July 29. Apple and Amazon follow after Thursday’s close. The Federal Reserve will also announce its interest-rate decision on Wednesday afternoon. That combination makes this one of the most important weeks of the second-quarter earnin