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Four megacaps and some high flyers and oil companies highlight the weekly US earning calendar

Four megacaps and some high flyers and oil companies highlight the weekly US earning calendar. The market just posted a down week because Alphabet delivered perfectly solid results and got shelled anyway — capex guidance marched toward $200

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Four megacaps and some high flyers and oil companies highlight the weekly US earning calendar. The market just posted a down week because Alphabet delivered perfectly solid results and got shelled anyway — capex guidance marched toward $200

Four megacaps and some high flyers and oil companies highlight the weekly US earning calendar

Lead Four megacaps and some high flyers and oil companies highlight the weekly US earning calendar. The market just posted a down week because Alphabet delivered perfectly solid results and got shelled anyway — capex guidance marched toward $200

Context The market just posted a down week because Alphabet delivered perfectly solid results and got shelled anyway — capex guidance marched toward $200 billion and free cash flow went negative for the first time in its life as a public company. Tesla slid alongside it. The message from the tape was unmistakable: the era of applauding AI spending for its own sake is over. "We're spending more" is no longer a bull case; it's an interrogation prompt. Now, into that mood, walk Microsoft and Meta on Wednesday, Apple and Amazon on Thursday, a Fed decision Wednesday afternoon with Brent north of $90 for th…

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