Nvidia (NVDA) delivered $57.01B in Q3 revenue with Blackwell sales off the charts. Nvidia trades down 0.58% year-to-date.
Amazon shares dropped 12.11% in one week and Microsoft fell 17.03% in one month despite strong cloud AI growth at both companies.
Meta reported $59.89B Q4 revenue and aggressive multi-year AI infrastructure CapEx guidance. Meta stock trades flat year-to-date.
Investors rethink ‘hands off’ investing and decide to start making real money
Big Tech’s AI narrative dominated market attention this week as five mega-cap companies reinforced their commitment to artificial intelligence infrastructure, though investor reaction has been decidedly mixed. While earnings broadly exceeded expectations, stock performance tells a more complicated story about whether the market believes the AI investment thesis justifies current valuations.
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) leads the AI infrastructure buildout with $4.18 trillion in market capitalization, reporting $57.01 billion in Q3 revenue and $1.30 EPS that beat estimates. CEO Jensen Huang declared Blackwell sales “off the charts,” yet the stock trades down 0.58% year-to-date at $185.41. Technical indicators show RSI at 51.14, suggesting neutral momentum rather than overbought conditions despite the growth narrative.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are battling for cloud AI dominance. Amazon’s AWS re-accelerated to 20% growth with Trainium2 chips fully subscribed, but shares have fallen 12.11% over the past week to $210.32. Microsoft’s cloud revenue showed significant growth with CEO Satya Nadella noting AI has already become “larger than some of our biggest franchises,” yet the stock dropped 17.03% over one month to $401.14. This pattern of strong AI earnings but weak stock performance echoes what we discussed in today’s Daily Profit newsletter regarding the broader semiconductor sector dynamics.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) reported $59.89 billion in Q4 revenue and announced aggressive multi-year CapEx guidance for AI infrastructure. The stock trades essentially flat year-to-date at $661.46.
The disconnect between strong AI-driven earnings and weak stock performance suggests investors are questioning whether massive infrastructure spending will translate to sustainable returns, even as the technology itself continues advancing rapidly.
For more than a decade, the investing advice aimed at everyday Americans followed a familiar script: automate everything, keep costs low, and don’t touch a thing. And increasingly, investors are realizing that being completely hands-off also means being completely disengaged.