Meta's "Superintelligence" Goal

And, Microsoft's $4 trillion market Cap.

July 31, 2025

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Meta's "Superintelligence" Goal

Facebook parent Meta Platforms $META ( ▲ 11.25% ) soared 11.49% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after reporting good financial earnings results with a new AI vision.

Financials: Meta reported earnings of $7.14 per share and revenue of $47.52 billion in the past quarter. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: As part of Wednesday’s earnings announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wants “to build personal superintelligence for everyone in the world.”

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: In essence, investors liked Zuckerberg’s superintelligence push because it was backed by strong financial performance, offered a bold yet practical vision for the future, leveraged Meta’s existing strengths, and showed a willingness to invest and compete at the highest level in AI.

Final Thoughts: Meta, previously up 16% in 2025, is having a strong year.

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU), The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), Clorox (NYSE: CLX), Reddit (NYSE: RDDT), Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), Canada Goose (NYSE: GOOS), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE: NCLH), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Riot Platforms (Nasdaq: RIOT), Sirius XM (Nasdaq: SIRI), Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), Cameco (NYSE: CCJ), Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY), Carpenter Tech (NYSE: CRS), Enovix (Nasdaq: ENVX), EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME), Air Products (NYSE: APD), Allegro Microsystems (Nasdaq: ALGM), AppFolio (Nasdaq: APPF), Aptiv (NYSE: APTV), Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE: AJG), Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB), BJ Restaurants (Nasdaq: BJRI), Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA), Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP), CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), Dolby Labs (NYSE: DLB), DT Midstream (NYSE: DTM), DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), El Pollo Loco (Nasdaq: LOCO), First Solar (Nadaq: FSLR), Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE: HGV), Huntington Ingalls (NYSE: HII), IdaCorp (NYSE: IDA), Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN), Integra (Nasdaq: IART), InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC), Janus Henderson Group (NYSE: JHG), KBR (NYSE: KBR), Kimco Realty (NYSE: KIM), KKR (NYSE: KKR), Laureate Education (LAUR) Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD), Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), PBF Energy (NYSE: PBF), Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), PG&E (NYSE: PCG), PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL), Ryan Specialty Group (NYSE: RYAN), S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), Sanofi (Nasdaq: SNY), SPX Technologies (NYSE: SPXC), Stryker (NYSE: SYK), TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS), Wesco (NYSE: WCC), Workiva (NYSE: WK), Xcel Energy (Nasdaq: XEL).

Notable IPOs Today: Figma, Inc. (NYSE: FIG), Shoulder Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: SI), Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: BLUW).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Netsave (Wefunder), Imago Rehab (Wefunder), American Stories Entertainment (PicMii), Magnolia Fund HTX (Wefunder), CheckMyPet XP (PicMii), Good Thoughts (StartEngine), CHARGiQUiTY (PicMii).

Notable Economic Events Today: Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Core PCE Price Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Personal Spending (8:30 a.m. ET), Chicago PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Microsoft's $4 Trillion Market Cap

Microsoft $MSFT ( ▲ 3.95% ) jumped 8.28% in after-hours trading on Wednesday, pushing the market cap past $4 trillion following good financial earnings results.

Financials: Microsoft reported earnings of $3.65 per share and revenue of $76.4 billion in the past quarter. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: It was a strong quarter for Microsoft, especially its Azure division, which grew revenue by 34%.

Tron Drops on Wednesday

The cryptocurrency Tron $TRX.X ( ▼ 0.44% ) fell by about 3% on Wednesday amid a pullback in digital assets.

Final Thoughts: Tron is still up about 17% in the past 30 days.

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