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Microsoft Earnings Are Imminent; These Most Accurate Analysts Revise Forecasts Ahead Of Earnings Call

Microsoft Corporation MSFT will release earnings results for its second quarter, after the closing bell on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Analysts expect the Redmond, Washington-based company to report quarterly earnings at $3.12 per share, up from $2.93 per share in the year-ago period. Microsoft projects to report revenue of $68.80 billion for the recent quarter, ...

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Options Corner: Ambiguity Ahead Of AMD's Q4 Earnings Sweetens A 'Condor' Trade

Although China’s DeepSeek model threatens to disrupt the current paradigm in artificial intelligence, it’s just one concern impacting semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD. Ahead of the company’s critical fourth-quarter earnings report, investors may find more comfort considering a directionally neutral strategy in the form of an iron condor. Fundamentally, Advanced Micro incurs mixed ...

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AI Model Race Heats Up: BABA, NVDA, MSFT, META, GOOGL in Focus

Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek rattled the AI industry with the announcement of its low-cost AI models, prompting a huge sell-off in shares of U.S. tech giants, including NVIDIA NVDA, Broadcom, Amphenol, AMD, Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOGL and Oracle. Microsoft through its OpenAI investment and GOOGL via Gemini models are direct competitors of DeepSeek ...

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US Surpasses China As Nvidia Supplier ASML's Largest Market For Chipmaking Gear In Q4: Stock Rises Over 5% In Wednesday Premarket

Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding NV ASML beat the fourth quarter earnings estimates and posted record net sales on an annual and sequential basis, on Wednesday. The company also reduced its Chinese market share in Q4. What Happened: Apart from reporting a strong set of earnings, ASML’s market share data showed that the U.S. ...

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Should Investors Load Up on Apple Stock Before Jan. 30?

We have entered the heart of the earnings season for the fourth quarter of 2024. Tesla, Meta Platforms, and other big technology companies will be updating investors with their financial results this week. One stock I will be watching closely is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The smartphone leader has seen slowing growth in the last few ...

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What Happened to AI Stocks? Buy These Instead

The AI sector was rocked this week by a groundbreaking development from China’s DeepSeek, which unveiled a powerful large-language model (LLM), R1, that rivals its US counterparts—but potentially at a fraction of the cost. This disruptive move is forcing investors to reevaluate the market’s AI leaders, like Nvidia (NVDA), which saw its stock slide alongside ...

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EPIX Investors Have Opportunity to Lead ESSA Pharma Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit with the Schall Law Firm

The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against ESSA Pharma Inc. (“ESSA” or “the Company”) EPIX for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors who purchased the ...