Behemoths such as Apple and Amazon.com have fueled much of the rebound in U.S. stocks from their March lows. But investors have started shifting out of big tech and into materials and industrials over the past few weeks. The Russell 2000 has outperformed the Nasdaq 100. Valuations for mega tech remain elevated, and bubble calls remain.
Four tech juggernauts report earnings on Thursday: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon.com and Facebook. The results so far haven’t been encouraging. Netflix tumbled after missing subscriber estimates, Intel slumped on a tepid outlook, and SAP shares collapsed amid a forecast cut. But Microsoft offered some hope, beating estimates on booming demand for cloud services.
Will across the board earnings beats be enough to halt a sector rotation? Will strong results push valuations back to unsustainable levels? Will misses ripple through global equities and trigger a selloff? Will investors just shrug off earnings and pile back into tech amid the gloom over rising virus cases? Is tech increasingly being separated into winners and losers?
Four tech juggernauts report earnings on Thursday: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon.com and Facebook. The results so far haven’t been encouraging. Netflix tumbled after missing subscriber estimates, Intel slumped on a tepid outlook, and SAP shares collapsed amid a forecast cut. But Microsoft offered some hope, beating estimates on booming demand for cloud services.
Will across the board earnings beats be enough to halt a sector rotation? Will strong results push valuations back to unsustainable levels? Will misses ripple through global equities and trigger a selloff? Will investors just shrug off earnings and pile back into tech amid the gloom over rising virus cases? Is tech increasingly being separated into winners and losers?