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Verizon Shares Take a Hit After Q1 Sales Warning
March 13, 2025
In Manhattan’s Seaport district stands the notorious Seaport 1 building, also known as the “Leaning Tower of New York.” This luxury condo project is far from finished and tilts a notable three inches to the north. As one attorney humorously put it, "It looks like a banana right now," a sentiment shared by many amid the two dozen ongoing lawsuits surrounding the building.
In market news, last week ended on a downbeat note following President Donald Trump's announcement of potential reciprocal tariffs aimed at "everyone" sometime this week. The S&P 500 dropped by 0.9%, and the Nasdaq 100 saw a decline of more than 1%. Every sector ETF in the S&P 500 saw losses on Friday—except for energy.
Last week, Alphabet and Amazon delivered earnings reports that stole the spotlight—specifically, their eye-popping AI investment plans for 2025. On Tuesday, Alphabet unveiled a jaw-dropping $75 billion AI capex budget, but Amazon wasn’t about to be outdone. On Thursday, they stepped up with a bold announcement: $100 billion to fuel their AI ambitions. Alexa, it seems, needs both hands to hold this one.
AI is where the action is: It’s not just Alphabet and Amazon leading the charge. Earlier this year, Microsoft’s president shared plans to pour $80 billion into AI data centers by 2025. Not to be left behind, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed a hefty $65 billion capex, which includes a sprawling, city-sized data center.
Altogether, these four tech giants are set to invest over $315 billion in AI. For some perspective, that’s enough to give every person in the US nearly $1,000—roughly the market cap of Coca-Cola, which reports earnings tomorrow.
The Bottom Line
While some investors are questioning when all this AI spending will start paying dividends—and the news of China’s affordable DeepSeek AI model sent Nvidia’s stock into a tailspin—the AI enthusiasm remains strong. Nvidia and other stocks affected by the DeepSeek drama have already recouped much of their losses, and companies like Meta are outlining their plans for long-term profitability. If Pinterest can turn AI into its most profitable year ever, there’s plenty of optimism that Big Tech can follow suit.
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Has Amazon finally overtaken Walmart? For years, we’ve been closely watching a key metric: which company leads the charge in revenue generation among S&P 500 companies. Walmart has long held the top spot, but Amazon’s latest earnings report suggests it might be poised to claim the crown. We won’t know for sure until Walmart releases its earnings on February 20, but analysts are betting it’s Amazon’s turn to shine. Check out the chart.
In other news, activist investor Bill Ackman made waves by disclosing a $2 billion stake in Uber, sending the stock into a surge. Ackman showered the company with praise, calling it “one of the best managed and highest quality businesses in the world.” This boost came after Uber’s earnings report, which fell short of expectations. This week, rival Lyft is set to release its earnings, following news of a new partnership with Anthropic to integrate its Claude AI assistant into the platform.
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