{"id":566682,"date":"2026-07-24T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566682\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:50:15","slug":"alphabet-and-tesla-earnings-spark-magnificent-seven-market-selloff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566682\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet and Tesla earnings spark Magnificent Seven market selloff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Woodshaw Financial Group principal D.R. Barton explains why Alphabets increased CAPEX for AI is a positive and sees market pullbacks as buying opportunities for Alphabet stock on Varney &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p>Shares in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/magnificent-7-stocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Magnificent 7 tech stocks<\/a> have slumped this week amid investors&#8217; concerns about massive spending by hyperscalers on artificial intelligence infrastructure amid uncertainty about the global economy due to the resumption of hostilities in the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks experienced their biggest one-day drop in over a year on Thursday, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-23\/magnificent-7-loses-767-billion-as-ai-skeptics-dump-tech-stocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg reporting<\/a> that an index of the group fell 4.8% and erased about $787 billion in market value \u2013 the steepest single day decline since April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that as of Thursday&#8217;s close, the Mag Seven index was down about 11% from the record high it reached in late May, with about $2 trillion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">market cap<\/a> wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday morning, six of the Mag Seven stocks were down over the last five days of trading, with Tesla down over 19%, while shares in Google parent Alphabet (-8.5%), Amazon (-6.3%), Meta (-6%), Microsoft (-1.3%) and Apple (-0.4%) were also down. By contrast, Nvidia shares are up about 1.9% in the last five days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/tesla-touts-380000-unsupervised-robotaxi-miles-zero-notable-incidents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TESLA TOUTS 380,000 UNSUPERVISED ROBOTAXI MILES WITH &#8216;ZERO NOTABLE INCIDENTS&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trading-floor.jpg\" alt=\"The traders on floor of NYSE\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Lower Manhattan.\u00a0 (Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Tech stocks&#8217; slide steepened after Alphabet and Tesla released their earnings report after Wednesday&#8217;s trading session, with both companies reporting large capital expenditures this year.<\/p>\n<p>Alphabet announced plans to spend about $200 billion on capex this year, up from a prior estimate of $190 billion, with the higher spending on AI data centers and infrastructure contributing to the company&#8217;s quarterly cash flow turning for the first time since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Google<\/a> went public, per Bloomberg&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alphabet&#8217;s higher investment outlook helps reinforce our view that the AI infrastructure buildout remains a durable theme,&#8221; said Edward Jones senior analyst Brian Therien. &#8220;However, the negative share-price reaction may indicate that investors are becoming more focused on returns generated on AI-related investments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/google-launches-global-study-millions-ai-chats-understand-how-people-use-artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">GOOGLE LAUNCHES GLOBAL STUDY OF MILLIONS OF AI CHATS TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tesla-CEO-Elon-Musk.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla CEO Elon Musk\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company needs to spend as much as it can on capital expenditures without being wasteful. (Richard Bord\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s profits came in well below the estimates of Wall Street analysts amid a ramp up in spending, with CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Elon Musk<\/a> saying on the company&#8217;s earnings call that 2026 will be a &#8220;massive capex year&#8221; and that the company &#8220;should be spending on capex as fast as we can \u2013 spend as fast as we can without it being too wasteful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s spending aims to enhance its AI capabilities as well as boosting production of Optimus humanoid robots, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/auto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">robotaxis and autonomous vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/elon-musk-loses-trillionaire-status-after-tech-sell-off-erases-billions-from-fortune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ELON MUSK LOSES TRILLIONAIRE STATUS AFTER TECH SELL-OFF ERASES BILLIONS FROM FORTUNE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ticker Security Last Change Change % <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=NVDA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVDA<\/a> NVIDIA CORP. 206.84 -1.92<br \/>\n        -0.92%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=AAPL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AAPL<\/a> APPLE INC. 333.02 +11.36<br \/>\n        +3.53%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=MSFT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MSFT<\/a> MICROSOFT CORP. 381.70 +0.12<br \/>\n        +0.03%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=GOOGL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GOOGL<\/a> ALPHABET INC. 319.74 +2.05<br \/>\n        +0.65%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=AMZN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMZN<\/a> AMAZON.COM INC. 232.11 -1.55<br \/>\n        -0.66%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=META\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">META<\/a> META PLATFORMS INC. 595.19 -10.91<br \/>\n        -1.80%<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/quote?stockTicker=TSLA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TSLA<\/a> TESLA INC. 313.03 -6.66<br \/>\n        -2.08%<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Lee, senior vice president of product and strategy at Direxion, said in a note that, &#8220;While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Tesla<\/a> continues to invest heavily in AI and robotics, monetization remains the central concern following the earnings miss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tesla has become the physical AI story, with the potential to bring artificial intelligence into consumers&#8217; everyday lives through autonomous vehicles and robotics. 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