
Meta and Tesla Earnings Test the AI Trade on Wednesday
Meta and Tesla report after the bell Wednesday, with Meta's $130-145B capex guidance and a roughly 15% Tesla earnings decline testing the AI trade.
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Meta and Tesla report after the bell Wednesday, with Meta's $130-145B capex guidance and a roughly 15% Tesla earnings decline testing the AI trade.

Netflix (NFLX) reports Q3 2026 earnings Tuesday after the close, with revenue near $12.87B and options pricing a 9.6% move as ad growth faces a key test.

Blue Owl Capital (OWL) shares rose about 1% after a report that bankers pitched its founders on a full or partial sale, with the stock down 67% since January 2025.

France's weekend riots and nearly 2,400 arrests pushed the 10-year yield to 4.86% and the CAC 40 down 1.2%, as markets watch the 2027 budget vote closely.

Dell (DELL) fell 11% after Barclays cut it to equal weight, saying server growth reflects memory costs, not enterprise AI demand, and hitting AI stocks broadly.

Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz hit a record high as Iran claims two supertankers hit mines, the US and Iran both claim control, and Brent nears $108.

Trump's waiver of Graham Act sanctions on Russia sent Brent crude down 1.3% to $108.43 as Zelenskyy and Republican senators including Ted Cruz objected.

SpaceX (SPCX) reports third-quarter 2026 results Tuesday, with a first profit expected, as AI debt worries push the stock down about 9% this week to near $146.

OpenAI's annualized revenue is about $50B, not the $70B figure circulated, and its IPO has slipped into 2027, rattling AI stocks and funding assumptions.

Datadog (DDOG) shares rose about 3% premarket after Bernstein upgraded the cloud monitoring group to Outperform on strong AI demand, lifting its target to $350.

Nasdaq Amazon shares rose after Morgan Stanley named AMZN a top pick, citing faster AWS growth, the Bedrock AI platform and robotics efficiency gains.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) rose about 12% premarket after Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.28 topped estimates and management guided 2027 EBITDA above $4 billion.

Houthi missile and drone strikes on Saudi airports and Aramco sites have killed 20 and ended the 2022 truce, pushing Brent to a five-month high near $110.

Asian chip stocks fell to their lowest since July after DeepSeek said V4.1 needs far less HBM, with Samsung and SK Hynix among the biggest drags on Monday.

Anthropic plans to commit 5% of its shares, about $48 billion, to a public benefit fund for workers displaced by AI, ahead of a Nasdaq IPO as soon as November.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs shed nearly $1 billion in two weeks as Bitcoin holds near $82,500 while gold at $4,165 trails its January record high of about $5,608.

Taiwan will make unlicensed shipments of AI servers and advanced chips to China a crime, a commitment under its US trade deal that cut tariffs to 15%.

China's economy grew 4.5% in the third quarter of 2026, beating forecasts as AI-linked chip exports offset weak consumer demand and a deepening property slump.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose about 1.3% Monday after a 5.5% weekly drop as investors bought the dip ahead of Meta, Tesla and Netflix earnings in a packed week.

JPMorgan upgraded Intel (INTC) to Neutral from Underweight with an $85 price target, citing the CEO's turnaround and better chip yields; shares rose 4% premarket.

France's 10-year yield rose to about 4.86% and the CAC 40 fell about 1.2% after nationwide riots, as investors question whether the 2027 budget can pass.

TSMC's record third-quarter profit rose 68.7% on AI demand, yet US-listed shares slipped as margins narrowed and Terafab talks with Elon Musk stayed unresolved.

OpenAI's annualized revenue of about $50B sits $20B below earlier signals and its IPO slips to 2027, pressuring AI stocks and global funding assumptions.

Dell (DELL) fell 11% after a Barclays downgrade argued server growth reflects memory costs, not enterprise AI demand, dragging HPE and Super Micro lower.

SpaceX (SPCX) reports Q3 2026 earnings Tuesday with a first profit expected, as shares fall about 9% this week on AI debt worries and a $40B funding plan.

Attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping hit a weekly record as Iran claims two supertankers struck mines and the US and Iran both assert control of the waterway.

Trump's waiver of Russia oil sanctions drew rebukes from Zelenskyy and Senator Ted Cruz and cut the crude oil price, with Brent near $108 a barrel on Monday.

Microsoft's exit from Nscale's Essex data centre over grid delays lands ahead of a $3B IPO and deepens the strain on AI stocks and infrastructure funding.

Meta, Tesla and Netflix report this week among 70 S&P 500 companies, with Meta's 30% Muse-fueled rally putting the AI trade to its sharpest test yet.

September CPI rose 3.7% from a year earlier, lifting Fed rate hike odds for the Oct. 27-28 meeting to 45% and pushing the 10-year Treasury yield above 5.3%.