{"id":8531,"date":"2025-01-30T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T20:12:42","slug":"us-stocks-struggle-as-investors-weigh-big-tech-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/?p=8531","title":{"rendered":"US Stocks Struggle as Investors Weigh Big Tech Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US stocks<\/strong> made little progress on Thursday<\/strong> as investors assessed megacap tech earnings<\/strong> and awaited Apple’s (AAPL)<\/strong> quarterly results for insights into Big Tech’s outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones (^DJI)<\/strong> both gained 0.3%<\/strong>, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC)<\/strong> hovered near the flatline, weighed down by 3% and 6% drops<\/strong> in Nvidia (NVDA)<\/strong> and Microsoft (MSFT)<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech Earnings Under Scrutiny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady<\/strong>, market attention has shifted to earnings reports\u2014particularly from the Magnificent Seven<\/strong>, which have been key drivers of stock market gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Tesla (TSLA):<\/strong> Shares edged higher despite an earnings miss, as investors focused on its pledge for growth in 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Meta (META):<\/strong> Stock rose after strong quarterly earnings<\/strong> but failed to lift broader sentiment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Microsoft (MSFT):<\/strong> Shares dropped 6%<\/strong> as cloud revenue disappointed<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nvidia (NVDA):<\/strong> Fell 3%<\/strong>, as investors continued to react to DeepSeek’s low-cost AI model<\/strong>, which challenges assumptions about Big Tech’s AI spending.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Apple and Intel Earnings on Deck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Investor focus now turns to Apple (AAPL)<\/strong>, whose shares have been under pressure from multiple analyst downgrades<\/strong>. The iPhone maker will report earnings after the bell, with markets watching for signs that iPhone sales<\/strong> are holding up better than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chipmaker Intel (INTC)<\/strong> is also set to report, with investors monitoring its outlook amid ongoing AI-driven semiconductor demand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mastercard Surges, Visa to Follow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Mastercard (MA)<\/strong> stock hit an all-time high<\/strong> after posting stronger-than-expected profits. Peer Visa (V)<\/strong> will report later in the day, with expectations of similar strength in the payments sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    US GDP Growth Slows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The latest GDP report<\/strong> from the Bureau of Economic Analysis<\/strong> showed that the US economy grew at an annualized 2.3%<\/strong> pace in Q4<\/strong>, falling short of the 2.6% estimate<\/strong> from economists surveyed by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    American Airlines CEO Responds to Tragedy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    American Airlines (AAL) CEO Robert Isom<\/strong> expressed condolences following a tragic collision between an American passenger jet<\/strong> and a US Army helicopter<\/strong> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely heartbroken for the family and loved ones of the passengers and crew members and also for those that were on the military aircraft,\u201d Isom said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    US stocks made little progress on Thursday as investors assessed megacap tech earnings and awaited Apple’s (AAPL) quarterly results for insights into Big Tech’s outlook. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones (^DJI) both gained 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) hovered near the flatline, weighed down by 3% and 6% drops in Nvidia (NVDA) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10772,"featured_media":8532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1005,257,1001,1004,513,446,276,1002,134,512,1003,466,523,560],"class_list":{"0":"post-8531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance","8":"tag-ai-investments","9":"tag-apple","10":"tag-big-tech-earnings","11":"tag-deepseek","13":"tag-gdp-growth","14":"tag-interest-rates","15":"tag-meta","16":"tag-microsoft","17":"tag-nasdaq","18":"tag-nvidia","19":"tag-sp-500","20":"tag-tesla","21":"tag-us-stocks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8533,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531\/revisions\/8533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetimesfinancial.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}