Top Stocks to Watch This Week: Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta and Visa Face Pivotal Earnings
TLDR
- The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, GDP data, and PCE inflation figures all land this week
- Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta all report earnings with AI spending under the microscope
- Alphabet and Tesla’s recent results showed that beating estimates is no longer enough for investors
- Visa’s results will offer a read on consumer spending health
- Markets are watching for evidence that AI investments are generating real profit growth
This week could be one of the busiest and most watched of the summer for Wall Street. Investors face a packed calendar that includes the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision, second-quarter GDP data, and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the PCE reading.
On top of that, four of the biggest names in tech all report earnings this week: Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta Platforms. Payments giant Visa also reports.
Markets have grown increasingly sensitive to how companies are spending on artificial intelligence. Last week’s reactions to Alphabet and Tesla made that clear. Beating estimates was not enough. Investors wanted proof that AI spending was paying off. It wasn’t, and both stocks fell.
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