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Meta Platforms $META ( ▼ 2.95% ) jumped 6.64% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting financial earnings results and revealing higher expenses for Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Financials: Meta reported earnings of $8.88 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $59.89 billion. Both were better than expected.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Investors are cautiously supportive of Meta’s bigger spend on Meta Superintelligence Labs right now because strong earnings and guidance are offsetting worry about the enormous capex ramp, but there is clear concern about long‑term return on this investment.

Final Thoughts: In the past year, Meta’s stock price has been flat.

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Notable Earnings Today: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Visa (NYSE: V), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Sandisk (Nasdaq: SNDK), Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), SAP (NYSE: SAP), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), Altria (NYSE; MO), Deckers Outdoor (NYSE: DECK), Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW), Parker-Hannifin (NYSE: PH), Xerox (Nasdaq: XRX), Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN), ResMed (NYSE: RMD), MarineMax (NYSE: HZO), LPL Financial (LPLA), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), AppFolio (Nasdaq: APPF), Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH), Brunswick (NYSE: BC), Dolby Labs (NYSE: DLB), Dover (NYSE: DOV), Dow (NYSE: DOW), DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), Federated Hermes (NYSE: FHI), Hologic (Nasdaq: HOLX), International Paper (NYSE: IP), Kirby (NYSE: KEX), KLA (Nasdaq: KLAC), L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), Lazard (NYSE: LAZ), Manpower (NYSE: MAN), Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MRSH), Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK), Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI), Sanofi (Nasdaq: SNY), SkyWest (Nasdaq: SKYW), Thermo Fisher (NYSE: TMO), Tractor Supply (Nasdaq: TSCO), Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY).

Notable IPOs Today: York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE: YSS), Black Spade Acquisition III Co (NYSE: BIII), Picpay Holdings Netherlands N.V. Class A Common Shares (Nasdaq: PICS), Ethos Technologies Inc. Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: LIFE), Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: DSAC), K2 Capital Acquisition Corporation Units (Nasdaq: KTWOU), Xsolla SPAC 1 Units (Nasdaq: XSLLU), United Acquisition Corp. I (NYSE American: UAC).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Cultural Wireless (Wefunder), RISE Robotics (Wefunder), LPPFusion (Wefunder), The Saucy African (Honeycomb), Argyll Metals (Crowdcube), CanSense (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Trade Balance / Imports / Exports (8:30 a.m. ET), Unit Labor Costs (8:30 a.m. ET), Nonfarm Productivity (8:30 a.m. ET), Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Despite posting good financial earnings results on Wednesday, Microsoft $MSFT ( ▼ 0.74% ) fell 6.14% in after-hours trading due to concerns about revenue growth for Azure.

Financials: Microsoft reported earnings of $4.14 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $81.3 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: Azure revenue grew 39%. In past quarters, the growth was 40%.

Tesla $TSLA ( ▲ 3.33% ) jumped 2.16% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting good financial earnings results

Financials: Tesla reported earnings of 50 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $24.9 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The company’s stock had been down about 6% in the last 30 days.

No Change: Fed holds interest rates steady for first time since July (CNN)

Out of This World: World token jumps 27% as Sam Altman reportedly eyes a biometric social network to kill off bots (CoinDesk)

Golden Rally: Gold nears $5,600 as investors seek safety; silver targets $120 (Reuters)

Strong Results: IBM Stock Jumps As Software Growth Powers Earnings Beat (Investor’s Business Daily)

Stable Time: Fidelity to launch dollar-backed stablecoin FIDD on Ethereum in coming weeks (The Block)

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