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Wall Street analysts see the drop in Microsoft’s stock price after the company’s earnings report as a buying opportunity. The company’s shares fell 1% after a better-than-expected overall performance in the fourth quarter was overshadowed by disappointing cloud revenue. Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud division earned $28.52 billion in revenue last quarter, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected $28.68 billion. Despite MSFT’s year-to-date surge in Microsoft shares, analysts at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan argued that the weakness created an entry point for investors. They also noted that the company’s cloud growth has reaccelerated and its artificial intelligence offerings remain promising.…

A “Now Hiring” sign hangs at a FedEx store on Broadway in New York City on June 7, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesPayroll company ADP reported Wednesday that private job growth slowed further in July, pushing wage growth to its lowest level in three years.Business payrolls added just 122,000 jobs this month, the lowest since January and below a revised 155,000 in June. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected a gain of 150,000.ADP also reported that wages for those who stayed in their jobs increased 4.8% from a year ago, the smallest increase since July 2021 and…

A look at companies to watch before the market opens: DuPont — Shares rose 5% after better-than-expected second-quarter results. The chemical maker earned 97 cents a share, excluding some items, on revenue of $3.17 billion. LSEG said analysts had expected earnings of 85 cents a share and revenue of $3.05 billion. DuPont also raised its full-year profit and revenue outlook. Intel — Shares rose more than 2% after a Bloomberg report said the chipmaker plans to announce thousands of job cuts as early as this week. Microsoft — Shares fell 3% after the Xbox maker reported disappointing cloud-computing results. The…

NVIDIA is expected to experience more significant price fluctuations than Bitcoin and Ether. The expected volatility of NVDA 30-day options, a measure of expected four-week price movement, recently jumped from 48% to 71% annualized, according to Fintel. Deribit’s Bitcoin DVOL index, a measure of 30-day expected volatility, fell from 68% to 49%, according to charting platform TradingView. The ETH DVOL index fell from 70% to 55%. AI indicator NVDA has emerged as a barometer of sentiment in both the stock and crypto markets. Both Bitcoin and NVDA bottomed out in late 2022 and have shown a strong positive correlation since…

Steel giant Tata Steel is expected to see a strong increase in profitability in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending June 2024, but its bottom line may decline.Five brokerages estimate that net profit for the June quarter could rise between 57% and 209% from the same period last year.YES Securities estimates the lowest PAT growth rate at 57% to Rs 9,980 crore, while Equirus Securities estimates PAT growth rate at 209% to Rs 2,465 crore.However, revenue for the April-June 2024 reporting period could fall 6% year-on-year, according to an average estimate from five brokerage firms.Here’s what analysts expect…

Starbucks glass art in a Tokyo store.Jakub Polzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesStarbucks The company reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that fell short of analysts’ expectations due to weak demand for its cafes in the U.S. and abroad.Still, the results weren’t as bad as investors feared, with the company’s shares up more than 5% in after-hours trading.Here’s how the company reported compared to Wall Street expectations, based on an analyst survey by LSEG.Earnings per share: adjusted 93 cents (expected 93 cents)Revenue: $9.11 billion (expected $9.24 billion)The coffee giant said third-quarter net income attributable to the company was $1.05 billion, or…

A look at companies making waves in after-hours trading: Microsoft — Shares fell 6% after the company reported disappointing results for its cloud business, which overshadowed both its fourth-quarter earnings and guidance. Advanced Micro Devices — The chipmaker rose 5% after second-quarter results beat expectations. AMD reported adjusted earnings per share of 69 cents on revenue of $5.84 billion, while analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting earnings of 68 cents per share and revenue of $5.72 billion. Arista Networks — The computer networking company beat Wall Street expectations for both its second-quarter earnings and guidance, sending shares up nearly 3%.…

Two real estate investment trusts are positioned to benefit as demand for data centers continues to soar, according to Moody’s Ratings. Moody’s senior credit officer Ranjini Venkatesan said in a note last week that the demand is being driven by the massive computing needs of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, as well as large tenants such as cloud service providers and social media companies. “While data center capacity has grown rapidly in recent years, it has not been able to keep up with surging demand,” she wrote. “We estimate that data center capacity will need to more than double by 2028…

And based on his speech on Saturday, it looks like Trump agrees! Here’s what he said onstage: “So, as a final piece of my plan today, if I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration… to retain 100% of all Bitcoin currently held or acquired by the United States Government into the future… This will effectively be the core of the nation’s strategic Bitcoin stockpile.””Currently, most of the Bitcoin held by the U.S. government is [government] It was obtained through the actions of law enforcement. You know, they took that from you. Let’s take that man’s life.…

Procter & Gamble Co.’s shares fell 6% in trading on Tuesday after the company reported an unexpected decline in fourth-quarter sales due to slowing global demand for its Charmin toilet paper and Pampers diapers despite efforts to contain prices.Attempts to rein in price hikes have not been enough to win back price-sensitive customers, not just for P&G but also for rivals Nestle and Unilever, which last week reported weaker-than-expected sales growth in the first half of the year. “There’s a hole in the consumer sector. It’s getting harder to pass on price increases,” said Don Nesbitt, senior portfolio manager at…