Today is Thursday, April 23, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 79.69.

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Despite posting good financial earnings results on Wednesday, Tesla $TSLA ( ▲ 0.28% ) slipped 0.31% in after-hours trading. 

Financials: Tesla reported earnings of 41 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $22.3 billion. Both were better than expected.

Powering the Story: Some investors are concerned about a big capex spending plan for 2026 that involves more capital for artificial intelligence.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: The market reaction suggests a split between people who see Tesla’s AI capex as a necessary long-term bet and those worried it is getting too large, too vague, and too cash-intensive.

Final Thoughts: Tesla’s rough start to 2026 (already down 11.54%) continues.

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Notable Earnings Today: Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), American Express (NYSE: AXP), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), American Airlines (Nasdaq: AAL), Blackstone (NYSE: BX), Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Dow (NYSE: DOW), Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), Keurig Dr Pepper (Nasdaq: KDP), Mobileye Global (Nasdaq: MBLY), Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Baker Hughes (Nasdaq: BKR), Sanofi (Nasdaq: SNY), Thermo Fisher (NYSE: TMO), Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), Texas Capital (Nasdaq: TCBI), Dover (NYSE: DOV), Customers Bancorp (NYSE: CUBI), STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), Columbia Banking (Nasdaq: COLB), Huntington Banc (Nasdaq: HBAN), Assoc Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB), Glacier Bancorp (NYSE: GBCI), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), Ameris Bancorp (NYSE: ABCB), AppFolio (Nasdaq: APPF), Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD), Carlisle Cos (NYSE: CSL), CBRE Group (NYSE: CBRE), CenterPoint (NYSE: CNP), Chemed (NYSE: CHE), Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), Eastern Bankshares (Nasdaq: EBC), Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), Gaming and Leisure Properties (Nasdaq: GLPI), Hartford Financial (NYSE: HIG), NASDAQ (Nasdaq: NDAQ), NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), PENN Entertainment (Nasdaq: PENN), PG&E (NYSE: PCG), Phillips Edison & Company (Nasdaq: PECO), Principal Fincl (Nasdaq: PFG), PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM), Roper (Nasdaq: ROP), SouthState Bank Corp (NYSE: SSB), SS&C Techs (Nasdaq: SSNC), VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN).

Notable IPOs Today: N/A.

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: One Stop Halal (StartEngine), The SMART Tire Company (Wefunder), Area 51 Energy (Wefunder), AllSides (Wefunder), The Onion Tree (Honeycomb), Spiracle (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), S&P Global Services PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), S&P Global Composite PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

ServiceNow $NOW ( ▲ 2.93% ) plunged 12.64% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting financial results and disclosing headwinds in subscription revenue due to the conflict in the Middle East with Iran.

Financials: ServiceNow reported earnings of 97 cents per share in the past quarter, which were in-line. Revenue reached $3.6 billion, which was better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock was already down 30.10% this year.

Lululemon Athletica $LULU ( ▼ 1.95% ) fell 4.31% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after announcing that Heidi O’Neill will become the new CEO in September.

Final Thoughts: The new CEO will try to turn around a company that has seen its stock plunge 52% in the past 5 years.

Big Miss: IBM’s stock falls as software revenue underwhelms (MarketWatch)

Rescue: Spirit Airlines close to a $500 million bailout from Trump administration (CNN)

Alternative Deal: Microsoft looked at buying Cursor before SpaceX deal, sources say (CNBC)

Potential Delay: Banking group asks for more time to comment on US stablecoin bill (Cointelegraph)

New Leader: BlackRock surpasses Strategy with $900M Bitcoin acquisition (Crypto Briefing)

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