Thursday’s earnings showed that rapid AI growth no longer guarantees a positive stock reaction. Amazon reported AWS’s fastest expansion in nearly five years, but its shares fell as capital spending drove free cash flow deeply negative. Intel’s quarterly profit beat was overwhelmed by a weak forecast. Sandisk also slipped despite strong earnings and an 8-for-1 stock split announcement. Reddit plunged on slowing search traffic, while Eli Lilly rallied as demand for its weight-loss drugs continued to surge. $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ $Intel(INTC)$ $Reddit(RDDT)$ $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ $Eli Lilly

The memory-chip rally just got another major boost. SK hynix delivered a blockbuster quarter, with revenue surging 328% year over year and operating profit jumping 632% to record highs. Investors cheered the results, sending the stock nearly 11% higher in South Korea and 13.3% higher in U.S. trading. $SK hynix(SKHY)$ The numbers reinforced a powerful theme on Wall Street: AI infrastructure spending is driving extraordinary demand for memory, while tighter supply is giving chipmakers more pricing power. $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ is set to report its fiscal first-quarter results after the U.S. market closes on October 29.Can it deliver a strong enough outlook to keep the rally going? What SK Hynix's Earnings Te

Google and Microsoft are spending billions to compete in AI, but Wall Street delivered two very different verdicts. Alphabet plunged more than 10% after hours, despite Google Cloud revenue doubling. Microsoft, meanwhile, rallied as Azure growth accelerated and cash flow beat expectations. Vertiv surged nearly 17% on booming data-center demand, while ServiceNow tumbled about 18% despite growing AI bookings. $Alphabet(GOOG)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ $Microsoft(MSFT)$ $Vertiv Holdings LLC(VRT)$ $ServiceNow(NOW)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ Down more than 1

Google's AI business is gaining momentum. Cloud demand is growing, Gemini is becoming a bigger part of Search, and Alphabet is investing heavily to stay ahead in the AI race. But strong growth doesn't always translate into a higher stock price. With Alphabet set to report third-quarter earnings on October 28 after the bell, investors want to know whether its AI investments are finally delivering the returns Wall Street expects. Can Google turn its AI momentum into another earnings-driven rally? Or is the good news already priced in? According to Bloomberg BEST consensus estimates, analysts expect Alphabet to report $111.24 billion in revenue, adjusted earnings of $3.32 per share, and adjusted net income of $38.22 billion. Alphabet has beaten revenue expectations in seven of its last eight

Wall Street is getting tougher on Big Tech's AI spending.Meta's earnings beat wasn't enough to prevent a roughly 7% sell-off, as investors questioned whether its massive AI investments would deliver meaningful returns. Now, Microsoft faces a similar test. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ $Microsoft(MSFT)$ reports fiscal Q1 2027 earnings after the bell on October 28. The company has beaten revenue and adjusted EPS estimates for eight straight quarters. But with expectations running high, another beat may not be enough to lift the stock. What Wall Street Expects According to Bloomberg consensus estimates, Microsoft is expected to report $90.63 billion in revenue, up 16.7% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $4

Meta gained after 26% revenue growth and an upbeat holiday-quarter forecast. IBM also advanced as software demand improved. Lam Research and AT&T sold off despite beating estimates, while Tesla slipped as weaker auto and energy results overshadowed a modest profit beat. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ initially rose more than 2% after hours Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and is building consumer AI products, smart glasses and virtual-reality hardware. Third-quarter revenue jumped 26% to $64.6 billion, comfortably above the roughly $63.3 billion consensus. Reported EPS was $3.83 after a $9.89 billion legal charge; excluding that item, earnings would have been $7.40 per share. Ad impressions increased 10%, while the average price per ad

SpaceX surged more than 8% after hours as revenue jumped 161% and its AI business overtook Starlink. Elon Musk also raised the possibility of a merger with Tesla, adding to the excitement. Netflix fell nearly 6% on weaker advertising guidance, while GM slid despite a $20 billion buyback plan. 3M stood out as a winner, gaining nearly 5% after raising its outlook. $SpaceX(SPCX)$ gained more than 8% in late after-hours trading SpaceX operates rocket-launch services, the Starlink satellite network and a fast-growing AI computing business. Third-quarter revenue surged 161% to $14.58 billion, easily beating Wall Street's $12.72 billion estimate. Adjusted EPS reached 45 cents, compared with expectations of 13 cents. Net income swung to $4.4 billion from

Meta Platforms reports Q3 earnings after the U.S. market closes on October 21. Wall Street expects revenue of about $63.3 billion and adjusted EPS of roughly $9.14. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ The bigger question this quarter is not whether Meta can keep growing. It’s whether all that AI spending is finally starting to pay off. Meta’s core ad business is still doing the heavy lifting. Better recommendation systems and AI-powered ad tools have helped improve targeting and conversion, giving the company more room to keep investing aggressively in infrastructure. But this quarter, investors will also be watching Muse. The app has gained traction quickly, and downloads have accelerated. The next test is whether Meta can turn that early momentum into

$Netflix(NFLX)$ reports Q3 earnings after the U.S. market closes on October 20.Wall Street expects revenue of about $12.87 billion, up roughly 11.8% year over year, with EPS around $0.83. Are people spending less time on Netflix? Recent data points to softer engagement in the U.S. User churn has moved higher, app downloads in the U.S. and Canada have weakened, and average monthly viewing time has fallen from where it was a few years ago. That matters because Netflix is no longer just competing with Disney or HBO. It is also fighting for attention against YouTube, TikTok and other platforms that keep users watching for hours. At the same time, Netflix is trying to build new growth engines. Its ad-supported business is expanding, but

TSMC delivered a clear beat-and-raise quarter but fell with the broader chip sector. Charles Schwab also declined as a small net-interest-margin miss overshadowed record asset gathering. After the bell, rising costs hit J.B. Hunt, while Interactive Brokers’ dividend increase failed to produce a rally. $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ lost 1.8% TSMC is the world’s largest contract chipmaker and manufactures advanced processors for Nvidia, Apple and other technology companies. Third-quarter revenue jumped 41% to $46.72 billion, beating the $45.67 billion consensus. EPS of $4.60 per ADR topped the $4.46 estimate, while net income surged 69% to a record NT$763.1 billion. Advanced nodes accounted for 79% of wafer revenue, including an 8% contri

BlackRock managed a small gain after attracting $205 billion of new money. ASML and Morgan Stanley both exceeded profit expectations but declined with technology and financial stocks. Bank of America suffered the sharpest drop after a regulatory penalty compounded an underlying earnings miss. $BlackRock(BLK)$ Record inflows provide rare shelter BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager and the owner of the iShares ETF franchise. Third-quarter revenue rose 19% to $7.75 billion, beating the roughly $7.5 billion consensus. Adjusted EPS jumped 38% to $15.93, well above the $14.13 estimate. Clients added $205 billion during the quarter, including $134.5 billion into iShares ETFs and $78.2 billion into fixed-income products. Assets under management

Wall Street earnings season opened with a surprisingly wide gap between the big banks.Goldman Sachs delivered a blowout quarter as volatile markets drove a surge in equity trading. JPMorgan posted a rare earnings miss, while Wells Fargo topped profit expectations but fell short on revenue and net interest income. Citi beat on both the top and bottom lines, yet its shares still sold off sharply. $Goldman Sachs(GS)$ -0.23% Goldman Sachs is a leading Wall Street investment bank focused on trading, dealmaking and asset management. Third-quarter net revenue rose 23% to $18.68 billion, while EPS came in at $17.01, far above the $13.02 analysts expected. Equities trading was the standout. Revenue from the business jumped 72% to $6.44 billion as clients rep

TSMC reports third-quarter earnings on October 15.The numbers already look strong. TSMC’s Q3 revenue rose about 50% year over year to NT$1.49 trillion, beating market expectations. Reuters estimates net profit could jump roughly 65% to NT$746.3 billion, which would mark a sixth straight quarter of record earnings. $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ AI demand remains the main driver. TSMC continues to benefit from advanced-chip demand from Nvidia, Apple and other major customers, while CoWoS and leading-edge capacity remain tight. Reuters also noted that Morgan Stanley expects TSMC could raise its 2026 revenue-growth outlook into the low-to-mid 40% range. But sentiment around AI stocks has become more fragile. Even strong earnings from major

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Wells Fargo report on Oct. 13, followed by Morgan Stanley and Bank of America on Oct. 14. Higher rates can be good for banks — They can lift loan yields and support net interest income. But they also raise funding costs, slow borrowing and put more pressure on consumers and businesses. Earning Highlight First, net interest income. Can higher loan yields still outweigh rising deposit and funding costs? Second, investment banking and trading.M&A and IPO activity has been improving, but the recovery is uneven. JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley have sounded relatively upbeat, while Bank of America has warned of softer investment-banking fees. Third, credit quality.Investors will be watching credit-card delinquencies, loan-loss provisions and consumer loan g

Micron reports fiscal Q4 earnings after the market closes on September 30.According to Bloomberg BEST, consensus is calling for about $51.4 billion in revenue and $31.73 in adjusted EPS. So the bar is already high. $Micron Technology(MU)$ What to Expect The good news is that memory pricing is still moving in Micron’s favor. DDR5 contract prices are up about 24% since May, while NAND prices have risen around 10%. AI demand remains strong, especially for HBM, as servers require more memory per system. Bloomberg Intelligence sees room for Q4 revenue to come in roughly 5% above consensus, with next-quarter guidance potentially 5%–10% above current estimates. But the bigger question is no longer whether memory prices are rising. It is how long this cycle

Dell surged after raising its full-year outlook on booming AI server demand, while Palo Alto Networks gained on strong security growth. MongoDB, meanwhile, beat estimates and raised guidance but still sold off sharply as investors looked for faster growth from its Atlas cloud business. $Dell Technologies Inc.(DELL)$ +10% after hours Dell sells PCs, storage systems and servers used by enterprises and cloud providers. Fiscal second-quarter revenue jumped 58% to a record $47 billion, topping Wall Street’s estimate of about $44.9 billion. Adjusted earnings came in at $7.04 per share, well above the $4.91 expected. AI server revenue doubled to $16.4 billion, while new AI orders reached $60.9 billion. Dell ended the quarter with a record $95 billion AI

Software stocks are having a strong earnings season. Atlassian jumped 35.31% after results. Doximity gained 32.62%. Palantir rose 29.45%. And the rally is broader than just AI. A number of software companies are being rewarded for the same three things: stronger growth, better profitability and more bullish guidance. First, investors are paying up for visible growth again. $Atlassian Corporation PLC(TEAM)$ reported revenue growth of 28%, with cloud revenue up 31% and RPO up 44%. The company also raised its outlook. $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$ was another standout. Revenue surged 93%, while U.S. commercial revenue jumped 149%. Management also raised its full-year forecast. That combination — strong

Broadcom reports fiscal Q3 earnings after the market closes on September 2.Wall Street expects about $29.4 billion in revenue and $3.23 in adjusted EPS. $Broadcom(AVGO)$ The bigger story is custom AI chips. OpenAI has been working with Broadcom on a custom inference chip called Jalapeño. Early tests reportedly showed better power efficiency and faster response times than Nvidia’s GB300. That does not mean Broadcom is about to replace Nvidia.It is still early. The chip is focused on inference, has not been tested against Rubin, and large-scale production is not expected until late next year. But the trend matters: More AI companies want chips built around their own models and costs — and Broadcom could be one of the biggest winners. What to expect？

Wednesday delivered one of the busiest tech earnings nights of the season. Nvidia crushed expectations again, Salesforce and CrowdStrike surged on stronger AI demand, while Abercrombie jumped more than 35% after raising its outlook. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$+4% after hours Nvidia makes the GPUs and computing systems that power most advanced AI data centers. Fiscal Q2 revenue reached $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year, beating Wall Street’s roughly $92.3 billion estimate. Adjusted EPS came in at $2.22, ahead of the $2.09 consensus. Data Center revenue surged 117% to $89 billion. The outlook was also strong. Nvidia expects Q3 revenue of about $108 billion, above estimates near $104–$105 billion. Vera Rubin is now ramping into full production