Can AI investment be honored? Who is more worth looking forward to in the financial reports of the four major technology giants?

US technology giants ushered in a period of intensive earnings release. After Google's financial report last week, investors' worries about high capital expenditure and free cash flow pressure heated up. Whether technology giants can prove the liquidity and capital expenditure efficiency of AI business will become the key to this round of financial report. Microsoft and Meta will announce their earnings after the market bell on July 29, and Apple and Amazon will release their latest results after the market bell on July 30. Of these companies, whose performance do you expect the most?

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07-30 20:23

YXT Enables King of Kings to Transform Organizational Experience into Intelligent Productivity with AI

King of Kings, a renowned Chinese food brand specializing in traditional cured meat products with 86 years of heritage and part of Yuexiu Group, recently partnered with YXT.com Group Holding Limited ( $YXT.COM GROUP HOLDING LIMITED(YXT)$ ) to integrate AI capabilities into its talent development system, exploring a new path from talent development toward organizational capability building. For enterprises with long-standing heritage and accumulated experience, business growth can often be achieved through market expansion and product innovation, while organizational capability requires continuous investment and long-term development. How to preserve corporate culture, replicate management experience, develop future leaders, and transform individual
YXT Enables King of Kings to Transform Organizational Experience into Intelligent Productivity with AI
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07-29 22:26

Can Big Tech prove AI spending is an investment, not a habit?

Tonight is the most loaded single session of the 2026 earnings season. At 2pm ET the Fed announces. At 2:30pm Warsh speaks. After the close, Microsoft and Meta report. These are not independent events. They form a chain: the Fed sets the discount rate applied to every future dollar of AI spending, and then Microsoft and Meta immediately show whether those future dollars are materialising fast enough to justify the capex. If the Fed holds and sounds balanced, and both MSFT and META beat, the AI trade gets its first clean confirmation in months. If any one of the three goes wrong, the dominoes fall in sequence. Test One — The Fed at 2pm ET The base case is a hold at 3.50 to 3.75%. CME FedWatch currently assigns 64% probability to no change. But this is the second-most uncertain FOMC meeting
Can Big Tech prove AI spending is an investment, not a habit?
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07-29 16:38

Amazon Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: AWS Acceleration, AI Monetization, and Strategic Option Setups

$Amazon.com(AMZN)$ is set to report its fiscal Q2 2026 earnings on Thursday, July 30, 2026, after the market closes (5:00 PM ET). Heading into the print, shares are trading around $231–$232. While Amazon has beaten earnings expectations in seven of the past eight quarters, recent market sensitivity around big-tech AI capital expenditures has driven heightened volatility across the hyperscaler group. Key Metrics to Watch Can Amazon's Massive AI Investments Be "Honored" (Monetized)? Yes. Unlike speculative software plays, Amazon’s AI spend is showing concrete structural returns across three key pillars: Custom Silicon Momentum: Amazon’s in-house AI chips (Trainium and Inferentia) reduce dependency on third-party GPU bottlenecks. Management noted cus
Amazon Q2 2026 Earnings Preview: AWS Acceleration, AI Monetization, and Strategic Option Setups
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07-29 11:20

Why Microsoft Has the Strongest Earnings Setup Among the Four Technology Giants

$Microsoft(MSFT)$, $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$, $Apple(AAPL)$ and $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ enter earnings week with the same central challenge: demonstrating that enormous AI investments are producing revenue quickly enough to justify their cost. Of the four, Microsoft appears to have the strongest evidence-backed setup because it combines direct AI monetization, accelerating cloud demand and diversified recurring revenue. Meta is a close second because AI is already improving advertising returns, while Apple has the lowest capital burden and Amazon faces the greatest near-term free-cash-flow pressure. Microsoft’s fiscal thir
Why Microsoft Has the Strongest Earnings Setup Among the Four Technology Giants
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07-29 18:54

Fed + Microsoft + Meta Tonight: Two Tests That Could Reset the AI Trade

Tonight brings two major market tests at the same time. The Federal Reserve will announce its rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by the press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET. After the U.S. market closes, $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and $Meta Platforms(META)$ will report earnings. (联邦储备系统) One event will shape the valuation investors are willing to pay for growth stocks. The other will determine whether Big Tech’s enormous AI spending can still support those valuations. Put simply: The Fed sets the valuation ceiling. Microsoft and Meta test the AI earnings floor. Test No. 1: The Fed decision The Fed entered this meeting with its benchmark rate at 3.50%–3.75%. Holding rates steady remains the base case among economi
Fed + Microsoft + Meta Tonight: Two Tests That Could Reset the AI Trade
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07-28 20:28
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07-28 18:16