Big Tech Earnings Live: Meta and Tesla Shares Surge on Strong Results; Microsoft Drops Despite Beating Estimates
January 28, 2026 05:34 PM EST
Backlog Concentration, Cloud Growth Weigh on Microsoft
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Jefferies analyst Brent Thill said the decline in Microsoft stock is likely due to Azure’s cloud platform revenue growth slowing and coming close to just in line with estimates,
US Fed holds interest rates and defends independence
Two Fed officials voted in favour of an interest rate cut – Stephen Miran, who is on leave from his post at the White House where he leads Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, and Christopher Waller, a Trump appointee whose name has been floated as contender to succeed Powell.
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Read MoreSocial Security Makes Big Change That Could Disrupt Service for Millions
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There are millions of Americans today who rely heavily on Social Security to make ends meet. And it’s not just seniors who get benefits from the program. As such, you’d think the Social Security Administration (SSA) would be adding to its staff.
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Read MoreS&P 500 briefly surpasses 7,000, then closes little changed as Fed keeps rates steady: Live updates
A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.
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The S&P 500 reached a milestone level on Wednesday,
Nasdaq 100 Forecast: Tech Stocks Slide as AI Investment Fears Hit US Indices
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Read MoreThe Burst
This Tiny AI Stock May Triple by 2030, Almost No One’s Watching
SoundHound AI isn’t the biggest name in artificial intelligence right now, not when companies like Nvidia and Microsoft are grabbing all the headlines.
But SoundHound may very well turn out to be one of the most surprisingly valuable small-cap AI stocks by the time 2030 rolls around. There’s a real story unfolding here and it’s starting to show up in the numbers.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Can This Stock Double Your Money by 2030?
Over the last five years, Altria’s share price climbed by just over 50%, but that’s only part of the story. When you factor in dividends, a payout the company has raised for 55 consecutive years, total returns swell to over 120%.
That streak includes 59 separate payout bumps, and with today’s yield hovering around 6.36%,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Champion Trader Spots Hidden Giant Enterprise Software Market
When a champion trader who generated 941.1% returns in 2020 spotlights a stock in an uptrend, it’s worth paying attention.
That’s precisely what happened when Oliver Kell shed light on ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), a company that continues to dominate the enterprise cloud computing industry by automating and managing digital workflows.
In addition to the technical chart looking good,
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