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Big Tech earnings face a crucial AI reality check as Meta reports this week
AI concerns hit tech stocks as SOX falls >10%; Meta earnings due Wednesday. Meanwhile oil spikes near $110 after Strait of Hormuz attacks and Ukraine strikes a Russian oil site.
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The clip flags a concrete pivot: after a weak week for semiconductors and growing talk of AI-related balance-sheet strain, Meta reports earnings this Wednesday and will be the first major test of whether AI spending is already denting profits. Reuters highlights the market’s immediate reaction, index-level weakness and rising risk headlines, so the video is a live snapshot of investor anxiety arriving at the exact moment of Meta’s report. That framing makes the clip useful as a reminder that earnings season will either validate or calm those headline fears.