Today is Wednesday, February 4, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 82.78.

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Despite posting strong financial earnings results on Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices $AMD ( ▼ 14.42% ) fell 8.10% in after-hours trading.

Financials: AMD reported earnings of $1.53 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $10.3 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: The company’s revenue outlook for the current quarter was $9.8 billion, plus or minus $300 million.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Investors disliked the outlook because, even though it was officially above the projections, it was below the much higher “whisper” expectations and implied a slower AI/data‑center ramp than the market had priced in.

Final Thoughts: These results come as AMD’s stock is up 111% in the last 12 months.

Notable Earnings Today: Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Uber (NYSE: UBER), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Arm Holdings (Nasdaq: ARM), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Snap (NYSE: SNAP), AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO), New York Times (NYSE: NYT), Fox (Nasdaq: FOXA), MetLife (NYSE: MET), NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR), GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), O'Reilly Automotive (Nasdaq: ORLY), Equifax (NYSE: EFX), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), Old Dominion (Nasdaq: ODFL), Johson Controls (NYSE: JCI), Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), Coherent (NYSE: COHR), e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF), Adient (NYSE: ADNT), Cognizant Tech (Nasdaq: CTSH), Symbotic (Nasdaq: SYM), CME Group (Nasdaq: CME), Crown Castle (CCI), UBS AG (NYSE: UBS), Fluence (Nasdaq: FLNC), Aflac (NYSE: AFL), Allstate (NYSE: ALL), Boot Barn Holdings (NYSE: BOOT), CDW (Nasdaq: CDW), Enersys (NYSE: ENS), Evercore (NYSE: EVR), Fortive (NYSE: FTV), Globe Life (NYSE: GL), IDEX Corp (NYSE: IEX), Mid-America Aptmt (NYSE: MAA), Modine Manufacturing (NYSE: MOD) Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE: REXR), Stewart Info (NYSE: STC), Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB), T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW), TTM Tech (Nasdaq: TTMI), UGI Corp (NYSE: UGI), Victory Capital (Nasdaq: VCTR), WEX (NYSE: WEX).

Notable IPOs Today: Veradermics, Incorporated (NYSE: MANE), Colombier Acquisition Corp. III (NYSE: CLBR), Lafayette Digital Acquisition Corp. I Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: ZKP), TG-17, Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: OBAI).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A

Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (8:15 a.m. ET), S&P Global Services PMI / Composite PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices / PMI / Employment (10:00 a.m. ET), Cushing Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET).

Chipotle Mexican Grill $CMG ( ▼ 0.59% ) fell 5.84% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after reporting financial earnings results that included some disappointing same-store sales.

Financials: Chipotle reported earnings of 25 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $3 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: The company’s same-store sales declined 2.5% in the past quarter.

Final Thoughts: Chipotle’s stock has lost one-third of its value in the past year.

Silicon Labs $SLAB ( ▲ 48.34% ) surged 33.27% and Texas Instruments $TXN ( ▼ 1.63% ) fell 2.27% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Financial Times reported that the tech giant is in advanced talks to acquire the chip designer.

Final Thoughts: The deal would be a significant buy for Texas Instruments following a strong year.

Warning: ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns bitcoin plunge could trigger $1 billion gold, silver sell-off (CoinDesk)

Consumer Backlash: PepsiCo cuts prices on Lay’s, Doritos after cost complaints from shoppers (Washington Post)

Closing Time: Bahama Breeze is closing all of its restaurants (CNN)

AI Fears: Threat of New AI Tools Wipes $300 Billion Off Software and Data Stocks (Wall Street Journal)

Bearish: 3 reasons a strategist thinks bitcoin could plunge to $40,000 — and why the crypto winter could drag on for months to come (Business Insider)

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