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NASDAQ:MSFT 24 January 2026 - 26 January 2026

Dow Jones climbs over 300 points; Fed decision and big-tech earnings are next

Dow Jones climbs over 300 points; Fed decision and big-tech earnings are next

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, tracking 30 major U.S. firms, climbed 307.91 points, or 0.63%, to 49,406.62 on Monday, preliminary figures show. The S&P 500 gained 0.50%, while the Nasdaq edged up 0.44%. Investors are gearing up for a busy week packed with earnings reports and a Federal Reserve policy announcement. “You're seeing communications and technology are trading well today in advance of the earnings from a lot of the large companies,” noted Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Northlight Asset Management.
26 January 2026
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Dow Jones today: Apple, Cisco lift the index as Fed decision and Big Tech earnings loom

Dow Jones today: Apple, Cisco lift the index as Fed decision and Big Tech earnings loom

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 304.08 points, or 0.62%, to 49,402.79 by Monday afternoon. Apple and Cisco Systems led the gains. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each advanced roughly 0.6%. Gold and silver futures remained elevated following another strong rally, while the dollar index edged lower.
26 January 2026
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AI stocks swing as Nvidia puts $2 billion into CoreWeave and Microsoft debuts Maia 200 chip

AI stocks swing as Nvidia puts $2 billion into CoreWeave and Microsoft debuts Maia 200 chip

AI stocks showed mixed moves on Monday after Nvidia announced a $2 billion investment in CoreWeave, making it the neocloud company’s second-largest shareholder. Nvidia will pay $87.20 per share. CoreWeave, which rents out GPU-heavy computing power, aims to exceed five gigawatts of AI data-center capacity by 2030. The funds will go toward land, power, and infrastructure—not chip purchases. “Nvidia is the leading and most requested computing platform at every phase of AI,” said CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator.
26 January 2026
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Fed week starts: U.S. stock futures dip as Big Tech earnings loom and gold hits new record

Fed week starts: U.S. stock futures dip as Big Tech earnings loom and gold hits new record

U.S. stock index futures dipped slightly early Monday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement and a packed schedule of major tech earnings. S&P 500 futures slipped roughly 0.1%. These futures trade ahead of the market open and offer a glimpse at where stocks might open.
26 January 2026
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Intel’s 17% slide puts tech stocks on notice ahead of Fed, Microsoft and Apple earnings

Intel’s 17% slide puts tech stocks on notice ahead of Fed, Microsoft and Apple earnings

Tech stocks kicked off the week on mixed footing. The Nasdaq rose 0.28% to 23,501.24 on Friday, buoyed by gains in Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, which all climbed between 1.7% and 3.3%. Nvidia added 1.5%. But Intel took a heavy hit, plunging 17% after forecasting quarterly revenue and profit below Wall Street’s expectations. The S&P 500 barely moved, while the Dow dropped 0.58%. Janus Henderson’s Julian McManus described the mood as a “show-me” phase, with investors demanding companies “put up the revenue growth.”
24 January 2026
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Data center stocks brace for a “show-me” week as Intel flags AI chip bottlenecks

Data center stocks brace for a “show-me” week as Intel flags AI chip bottlenecks

Data center stocks enter a crucial week for U.S. tech earnings and the Federal Reserve’s announcement with no clear trend after Friday’s close. Vertiv gained 0.8%, finishing at $182.49. Equinix dipped 0.1% to $791.27, and Digital Realty inched up 0.3% to $159.16. The Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF rose 0.5%.
24 January 2026
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Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Cloud computing stocks face a packed week as Amazon job cuts loom and Fed meets

Amazon is back in the spotlight as cloud computing stocks head into next week, following a Reuters report that the company plans another wave of corporate job cuts starting as early as Tuesday. The layoffs will impact Amazon Web Services and are part of a broader effort to reduce roughly 30,000 white-collar roles, after 14,000 were cut in October. CEO Andy Jassy emphasized that the moves are “not really financially driven” but about “culture.”
24 January 2026
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Big Tech stocks brace for earnings week as Microsoft jumps and Nvidia firms on China chip signal

Big Tech stocks brace for earnings week as Microsoft jumps and Nvidia firms on China chip signal

Microsoft rose 3.3% to $465.95 at Friday's close, helping the Nasdaq-100 tracker Invesco QQQ end up about 0.3%. Nvidia gained 1.5% to $187.67, Amazon added 2.1% to $239.16 and Meta climbed 1.7% to $658.76. Apple eased 0.2% to $248.04 and Alphabet fell 0.8% to $327.93, while Tesla was little changed at $449.06.
24 January 2026
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Why electricity prices are still high in 2026 — and the fight over who pays next

Why electricity prices are still high in 2026 — and the fight over who pays next

Electric bills are climbing across much of the U.S., with a Fast Company report on Thursday pointing to the AI data center boom as a major stress on the grid. In the Bay Area, PG&E’s average bill has jumped nearly 70% over five years, the report noted. A Bloomberg analysis it cited found electricity prices near some data centers have soared as much as 267% during the same stretch. Ryan Hledik of Brattle Group said, “We are seeing utilities run out of that spare capacity.” Fast Company added that Microsoft has pledged to cover grid upgrade costs tied to its new data centers. Oregon has taken a different approach, passing laws requiring data centers to pay their own bills. Some proposals would even classify these facilities as “interruptible,” meaning “they’re going to be the ones that get shut off first, not Grandma’s house,” said NRDC’s Jackson Morris.
24 January 2026
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