Brazil’s next government will need to move quickly to present a credible fiscal plan to stabilize public debt, or risk unsettling financial markets, according to former Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida . Almeida, currently chief economist at investment bank BTG Pactual SA , said investors do not expect presidential candidates to lay out detailed fiscal blueprints in an election year, but they d...
Brazil’s next government will need to move quickly to present a credible fiscal plan to stabilize public debt, or risk unsettling financial markets, according to former Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida . Almeida, currently chief economist at investment bank BTG Pactual SA , said investors do not expect presidential candidates to lay out detailed fiscal blueprints in an election year, but they do want signals of budget responsibility. “If candidates acknowledge that they have to solve a fiscal problem starting in 2027, even just by signaling it, the market will improve,” Almeida told Bloomberg News in a recent interview. While the fiscal framework created by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ’s economic team has somewhat limited the growth of public spending, it has failed to stabilize public debt levels amid high interest rates. “The big dilemma regarding fiscal policy is that if you ask any analyst when public debt actually starts to fall, nobody knows the answer,” Almeida said. Public debt will finish 2026 at about 81% of gross domestic product, according to his estimates, nearly 10 percentage points higher than at the start of Lula’s current term. “The next president will need to present a plan that shows debt will slow or stop growing at least by the end of the next term,” he said. Brazil’s presidential race is only beginning to take shape, with the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro emerging as a possible challenger to Lula, who will seek reelection. Even so, markets are already speculating about the next finance chief, and Almeida’s name is starting to appear on investors’ watchlists. Almeida, considered a steward of fiscal discipline as Treasury chief during the first half of the Bolsonaro administration, said he is flattered to see his name mentioned among potential finance ministers. He stressed that he is no longer involved in politics after more than two decades in government, and noted that Brazil has a deep pool of capable officials alre...
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI is reportedly asking a high price to advertise on ChatGPT, around $60 per 1,000 views, or triple what ads on Meta’s platform usually cost, according to The Informatio...
is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI is reportedly asking a high price to advertise on ChatGPT, around $60 per 1,000 views, or triple what ads on Meta’s platform usually cost, according to The Information. Despite the higher price, OpenAI won’t be offering advertisers the same level of detailed information that Google and Meta do, such as whether users took any action in response to seeing an ad on ChatGPT, like making a purchase. Early advertisers on ChatGPT will only get “high-level” data on how their ads perform, like total ad views or total clicks. OpenAI could give advertisers more details down the line, but when it announced ads in ChatGPT earlier this month, OpenAI promised users that it will “never sell your data to advertisers” and will keep ChatGPT conversations private. The first ads on ChatGPT will begin appearing in the coming weeks for users on the chatbot’s free and lower-tier Go plans, except for users under 18 and chats covering sensitive topics like mental health or politics.
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. ET Call participants Chair and Chief Executive Officer — Mary Barra Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Paul Jacobson Operator Takeaways 2025 EBIT adjusted guidance -- Updated to $10 billion to $12.5 billion, reflecting assumed $4 billion to $5 billion tariff impact and at least 30% mitigation from self-help ini...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. ET Call participants Chair and Chief Executive Officer — Mary Barra Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Paul Jacobson Operator Takeaways 2025 EBIT adjusted guidance -- Updated to $10 billion to $12.5 billion, reflecting assumed $4 billion to $5 billion tariff impact and at least 30% mitigation from self-help initiatives. -- Updated to $10 billion to $12.5 billion, reflecting assumed $4 billion to $5 billion tariff impact and at least 30% mitigation from self-help initiatives. Revenue -- $44 billion, up 2% year over year, with wholesales also growing 2% year over year. -- $44 billion, up 2% year over year, with wholesales also growing 2% year over year. EBIT adjusted -- $3.5 billion for the quarter, representing a 7.9% margin, slightly lower than the prior year driven by warranty pressure and FX headwinds. -- $3.5 billion for the quarter, representing a 7.9% margin, slightly lower than the prior year driven by warranty pressure and FX headwinds. US market share -- Increased to 17.2%, growing nearly 2 percentage points year over year, outpacing all other major automakers. -- Increased to 17.2%, growing nearly 2 percentage points year over year, outpacing all other major automakers. US light vehicle deliveries -- Rose 17% year over year, with market share gains supported by disciplined pricing. -- Rose 17% year over year, with market share gains supported by disciplined pricing. North America EBIT margin -- 8.8%, remaining within the stated 8%-10% range despite Cruise expenses inclusion. -- 8.8%, remaining within the stated 8%-10% range despite Cruise expenses inclusion. EV share and profitability -- US EV market share reached 10% in the quarter, rising to 12% in March; nearly 50% of first quarter EV entries were variable profit positive, with the overall EV portfolio near breakeven on variable profit. -- US EV market share reached 10% in the quarter, rising to 12% in March; nearly 5...
關稅戰|特朗普宣布提高南韓汽車等關稅至25% To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】美國總統特朗普突然宣布將南韓汽車等貨品的進口關稅由15%提高至25%。 特朗普在社交平台發文,指南韓國會尚未通過去年7月...
關稅戰|特朗普宣布提高南韓汽車等關稅至25% To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】美國總統特朗普突然宣布將南韓汽車等貨品的進口關稅由15%提高至25%。 特朗普在社交平台發文,指南韓國會尚未通過去年7月兩國元首達成的貿易協議,因此將南韓汽車、木材和藥物的進口關稅以及其他對等關稅,由15%回復至協議達成前的25%。特朗普又指美國在達成協議後迅速降低關稅,期望貿易夥伴亦這樣做。 南韓總統府稱未收到華府正式通知,產業部長金正官即將訪美,和商務部長盧特尼克會面。
Following the initial announcement on Jan. 11, many rushed to adjust positions on a prediction market on the amount of capital the ICO would attract. The rapid switch left many of these traders holding the bag. "We messed up by announcing an extension, and we're correcting it," Trove Markets said, but not before causing chaos in prediction markets. The announcement raised eyebrows, since the ICO w...
Following the initial announcement on Jan. 11, many rushed to adjust positions on a prediction market on the amount of capital the ICO would attract. The rapid switch left many of these traders holding the bag. "We messed up by announcing an extension, and we're correcting it," Trove Markets said, but not before causing chaos in prediction markets. The announcement raised eyebrows, since the ICO was already at its scheduled end and oversubscribed, having raised over $11.5 million. Only minutes later, Trove Markets reversed the extension. The Trove Markets team, which promised to do for collectibles what exchanges did for Bitcoin, first stirred confusion with a short-lived decision to extend its initial coin offering. The team on Jan. 11 said it was extending the ICO for five more days "to ensure a fair, high-quality distribution to real users and long-term community members." The token crash marks the culmination of a launch that was already fraught with confusion and controversy. "It’s time for a class-action lawsuit against @TroveMarkets," another said . "My $20,000 investment with 9+ mil committed should have resulted in $14k USDC back and $6k in $TROVE. Due to the token GIGA nuking, they gave me in total $600 back." "I put $10k into trove, they gave me tokens worth $3k at 20 mil FDV and just kept the remaining $7k??????" one claimed . "Just checked, my tokens are now worth $285." Others have also taken to the social media platform to lament their losses. "$TROVE is officially the first rug of 2026," another said . "Textbook style rug executed by @TroveMarket," one user said on X. "Delayed ICO + TGE multiple times. Started token trading before distribution, allowing insiders/team wallets to frontrun sell before the market. Crashed the price to a 200k MC in 10 minutes." The token, which launched at a market cap of nearly $19 million, was most recently at $153,000, an over 99% decline. Cryptocurrency investors have accused proposed Pokémon cards perpetual exchange ...
is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For many years, credit card companies and other payment methods were aggressive about policing child sexual abuse material. Then, Elon Musk’s Grok started ...
is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For many years, credit card companies and other payment methods were aggressive about policing child sexual abuse material. Then, Elon Musk’s Grok started undressing children on X. The Center for Countering Digital Hate found 101 sexualized images of children as part of its sample of 20,000 images made by Grok from December 29th to January 8th. Using that sample, the group estimated that 23,000 sexualized images of children had been produced in that time frame. Over that 11-day period, they estimated that on average, a sexualized image of a child was produced every 41 seconds. Not all of the sexualized images Grok has produced appear to be illegal, but reports indicate at least some likely cross the line. There is tremendous confusion about what happens to be true on Grok at any given moment. Grok has offered responses with misleading details, claiming at one point, for instance, that it had restricted image generation to paying X subscribers while still allowing direct access on X to free users. Though Musk has claimed that new guardrails prevent Grok from undressing people, our testing showed that isn’t necessarily true. Using a free account on Grok, The Verge was able to generate deepfake images of real people in skimpy clothing, in sexually suggestive positions, after new rules were supposedly in effect. As of this writing, some egregious prompts appear to have been blocked, but people are remarkably clever at getting around rules-based bans. In the past, payment providers have been aggressive about cutting access to websites thought to have a significant presence of CSAM X does seem to have at least partially restricted Grok’s image editing features to paid subscribers, however — which makes it very likely that for at le...
阿里 巴巴 发布最新人工智能推理模型Qwen3 Max Thinking,称该模型在准确性、复杂推理和智能体等方面较之前版本实现了“显著的性能提升”。 阿里巴巴在声明中表示,该模型在解决科学、数学和编程问题上的表现足以媲美 Claude Opus 4.5、Gemini 3 Pro和GPT-5.2-Thinking-xhigh。 阿里称,该模型的搜索和记忆工具旨在帮助减少幻觉,并做出更具个性化的应答...
阿里 巴巴 发布最新人工智能推理模型Qwen3 Max Thinking,称该模型在准确性、复杂推理和智能体等方面较之前版本实现了“显著的性能提升”。 阿里巴巴在声明中表示,该模型在解决科学、数学和编程问题上的表现足以媲美 Claude Opus 4.5、Gemini 3 Pro和GPT-5.2-Thinking-xhigh。 阿里称,该模型的搜索和记忆工具旨在帮助减少幻觉,并做出更具个性化的应答。 责任编辑:李桐
元朗維修車輛中心起火 一度傳爆炸聲 近200人自行疏散 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】元朗屏廈路有維修車輛中心起火,無人受傷。 維修中心內火勢非常猛烈,冒出大量濃煙,火場面積約20米乘30米。昨晚...
元朗維修車輛中心起火 一度傳爆炸聲 近200人自行疏散 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】元朗屏廈路有維修車輛中心起火,無人受傷。 維修中心內火勢非常猛烈,冒出大量濃煙,火場面積約20米乘30米。昨晚11時許,沙洲里村一個維修車輛中心起火,消防派出3隊煙帽隊、開動3條喉灌救,一度傳出爆炸聲,約一小時將火救熄。約190人自行疏散,起火原因有待調查。
Amy Gower, lead metals and mining commodities strategist at Morgan Stanley, outlines the factors driving the rally in gold and precious metals . (Source: Bloomberg)
Amy Gower, lead metals and mining commodities strategist at Morgan Stanley, outlines the factors driving the rally in gold and precious metals . (Source: Bloomberg)
Baker Hughes shares are in focus after the company beat earnings expectations—doing it in a sluggish energy environment. The energy services giant is navigating shifting markets and rising geopolitical pressures, and remains a key player in the sector’s next phase. CEO Lorenzo Simonelli joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the results and what’s ahead. (Source: Bloomberg)
Baker Hughes shares are in focus after the company beat earnings expectations—doing it in a sluggish energy environment. The energy services giant is navigating shifting markets and rising geopolitical pressures, and remains a key player in the sector’s next phase. CEO Lorenzo Simonelli joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the results and what’s ahead. (Source: Bloomberg)
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) founder Chip Wilson has launched an attack on the company's board of directors, labeling recent quality control issues with the brand's product lines as a “new low” for the yoga-wear giant. In a viral LinkedIn post, Wilson — who stepped down from the company years ago but remains its largest individual shareholder — did not hold back. He pointed directly to ...
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) founder Chip Wilson has launched an attack on the company's board of directors, labeling recent quality control issues with the brand's product lines as a “new low” for the yoga-wear giant. In a viral LinkedIn post, Wilson — who stepped down from the company years ago but remains its largest individual shareholder — did not hold back. He pointed directly to the board's management as the root cause of what he describes as see-through leggings and declining product standards, specifically citing issues within the “Get Low” product line. Don't Miss: The AI Marketing Platform Backed by Insiders from Google, Meta, and Amazon — Invest at $0.85/Share Sam Altman Says AI Will Transform the Economy — This Platform Lets Investors Back Private Tech Early "This is a new low for lululemon. Pulling back the ‘Get Low’ product line after three days is clearly a total operational failure," Wilson said. His comments come during a period of transition and perceived vulnerability for the brand as it navigates a shifting retail landscape and increased competition from upstarts like Alo Yoga and Vuori. Wilson's critique centers on the idea that technical failures are symptomatic of a deeper cultural rot within the corporate structure. He argued that the current leadership has prioritized corporate bureaucracy and a “diluted” brand identity over the technical excellence and high-performance fabrics that originally defined Lululemon. “How could anyone reach a conclusion other than the board continues to make decisions that are destroying the brand and the stock price?” Wilson said, questioning the competence of the current leadership. See Also: If there was a new fund backed by Jeff Bezos offering a 7-9% target yield with monthly dividends would you invest in it? Proxy Fight On Friday afternoon, Wilson launched a proxy contest to take back control of Lululemon, according to an SEC filing. He is officially attempting to replace members of the current b...
明州ICE衝突 白宮批民主黨散佈謊言釀悲劇 強調特朗普不願見美國街頭有人傷亡 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】白宮強調特朗普不希望見到美國街頭有人受傷或喪命,但將示威者的死歸咎民主黨人。 美國白宮發...
明州ICE衝突 白宮批民主黨散佈謊言釀悲劇 強調特朗普不願見美國街頭有人傷亡 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】白宮強調特朗普不希望見到美國街頭有人受傷或喪命,但將示威者的死歸咎民主黨人。 美國白宮發言人萊維特:「這場悲劇源於明尼蘇達州民主黨領袖的蓄意敵對阻撓,數周以來,州長沃爾茲和(明尼阿波利斯)市長弗雷,以及其他民主黨民選官員,一直在散佈有關聯邦執法人員的謊言。即使執法人員每天冒著生命危險,將犯案纍纍的非法移民驅除。」 她又指特朗普派霍曼到明尼蘇達州並非對國土安全部長諾姆失去信心,強調她將會留任。 另外,特朗普亦和明尼蘇達州州長沃爾茲通電話,形容兩人在處理移民問題上似乎站在同一陣線。沃爾茲就指,特朗普會考慮減少派遣到明尼蘇達州的移民執法人員數目。
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Carol B. Tome Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President — Brian Dykes President, U.S. Operations — Nando Cesarone President, International — Kathleen M. Gutmann President, Supply Chain Solutions — Matthew Guffey Vice President, Investor Relations — PJ Guido TAKEAWAYS Consolida...
Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Carol B. Tome Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President — Brian Dykes President, U.S. Operations — Nando Cesarone President, International — Kathleen M. Gutmann President, Supply Chain Solutions — Matthew Guffey Vice President, Investor Relations — PJ Guido TAKEAWAYS Consolidated Revenue -- United Parcel Service UPS 0.61% ) -- Diluted Earnings Per Share -- $1.55, including a net charge of $29 million or $0.04 per share due to transformation strategy costs and business divestiture impacts. -- $1.55, including a net charge of $29 million or $0.04 per share due to transformation strategy costs and business divestiture impacts. U.S. Domestic Package Segment -- Revenue of $14.1 billion, average daily volume (ADV) down 7.3%, operating profit of $982 million, and operating margin of 7%. -- Revenue of $14.1 billion, average daily volume (ADV) down 7.3%, operating profit of $982 million, and operating margin of 7%. International Package Segment -- Revenue of $4.5 billion, up 2.6%, ADV up 3.9%, operating profit of $682 million, and operating margin of 15.2%. -- Revenue of $4.5 billion, up 2.6%, ADV up 3.9%, operating profit of $682 million, and operating margin of 15.2%. China–U.S. Trade Lane Volume -- Year-over-year ADV declined 34.8% during May and June, lowering overall international operating margin. -- Year-over-year ADV declined 34.8% during May and June, lowering overall international operating margin. China to Rest of World Trade -- ADV increased by 22.4%, while export ADV overall increased 6.1%. -- ADV increased by 22.4%, while export ADV overall increased 6.1%. Ground Saver Product -- ADV declined 23% year over year, with higher-than-anticipated delivery expenses totaling $85 million pressuring cost structure. -- ADV declined 23% year over year, with higher-than-anticipated delivery expenses totaling $85 million pressuring cost structure. Amazon...
Buying a car has become more expensive and complicated for millions of Americans. Now TrueCar founder Scott Painter is back after taking the company private, with a plan to make car-buying simpler, more transparent, and more affordable again. Scott, one of the pioneers of online car buying, joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the new venture. (Source: Bloomberg)
Buying a car has become more expensive and complicated for millions of Americans. Now TrueCar founder Scott Painter is back after taking the company private, with a plan to make car-buying simpler, more transparent, and more affordable again. Scott, one of the pioneers of online car buying, joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the new venture. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hi, it’s Fion Li in London, looking at a big deal just announced in the gold mining sector. Also today, we have an IPO in discount furniture and SoftBank ends talks on one of its largest transactions ever. Today’s top stories China’s Zijin to purchase Allied Gold for C$5.5 billion . Nvidia invests $2 billion more in CoreWeave. Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm targets $209 million US IPO. CVC to ...
Hi, it’s Fion Li in London, looking at a big deal just announced in the gold mining sector. Also today, we have an IPO in discount furniture and SoftBank ends talks on one of its largest transactions ever. Today’s top stories China’s Zijin to purchase Allied Gold for C$5.5 billion . Nvidia invests $2 billion more in CoreWeave. Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm targets $209 million US IPO. CVC to buy US credit manager Marathon in $1.2 billion deal. SoftBank hits brakes on talks to buy data center firm Switch. Golden opportunity The breakneck rally in gold— smashing through $5,000-an-ounce —is spilling over into the world of M&A, with China’s Zijin Gold International having just agreed to buy Toronto-listed Allied Gold for C$5.5 billion. The deal is Zijin’s biggest to date and the largest acquisition by a Chinese company of a Canada-based target since 2010, when ConocoPhillips agreed to sell a minority stake in Syncrude Canada to Sinopec, data compiled by Bloomberg show. It comes at an interesting time; it’s been announced just days after Mark Carney’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing, in which the leaders of Canada and China vowed to foster a new strategic partnership while the US continues its saber rattling over tariffs. Zijin Mining, Zijin Gold’s parent, has been vocal about stepping up acquisitions globally, particularly in gold and copper, and Allied Gold will add three operating mines in Africa to its portfolio. A broader skepticism toward Chinese buyers in places like the US and Europe may have caused Zijin to go searching in other geographies. While the acquisition price looks eye-popping, analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence point out that Zijin Gold has a good track record of identifying high-potential mines at low costs. It bought Raygorodok and Akyem gold mines in 2025, which will help the firm deliver an industry-leading output growth rate, according to BI. The latest transaction is also a good excuse for Zijin Gold to spend some the roughly $3.2 billio...
Microsoft ( MSFT ) has released its latest artificial intelligence accelerator chip, the Maia 200, which is built for inference and to improve the efficiency of token generation. The new chip is built with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's ( TSM ) 3nm process with native FP8/FP4 tensor cores, a redesigned memory system with 216GB HBM3e at 7 TB per second, and 272MB of on-chip SRAM, plus data mo...
Microsoft ( MSFT ) has released its latest artificial intelligence accelerator chip, the Maia 200, which is built for inference and to improve the efficiency of token generation. The new chip is built with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's ( TSM ) 3nm process with native FP8/FP4 tensor cores, a redesigned memory system with 216GB HBM3e at 7 TB per second, and 272MB of on-chip SRAM, plus data movement engines. Microsoft's executive vice president of cloud and AI, Scott Guthrie, said it outperforms AI chips built by hyperscaler competitors such as Amazon ( AMZN ) and Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ). "This makes Maia 200 the most performant, first-party silicon from any hyperscaler, with three times the FP4 performance of the third-generation Amazon Trainium and FP8 performance above Google’s seventh-generation TPU," Guthrie said . "Maia 200 is also the most efficient inference system Microsoft has ever deployed, with 30% better performance per dollar than the latest generation hardware in our fleet today." Microsoft said it has already deployed the Maia 200 in its U.S. Central datacenter region in Iowa. It plans to deploy the chip in the U.S. West 3 datacenter region near Phoenix next, with more regions to follow. "It is designed for the latest models using low-precision compute, with each Maia 200 chip delivering over 10 petaFLOPS in 4-bit precision (FP4) and over 5 petaFLOPS of 8-bit (FP8) performance, all within a 750W SoC TDP envelope," Guthrie added. Although Nvidia's ( NVDA ) AI chips remain the industry standard for training and inference, the high demand and high costs of those chips have prompted the three major hyperscalers to develop some of their own AI hardware. More on Microsoft, Amazon and Google Microsoft: The AI Reality Check Investors Can't Ignore Microsoft: Get Reading For Another Blowout Quarter (Preview, Upgrade) Alphabet's Big Rally: Ranking The Magnificent 7 Nancy Pelosi discloses buys of Nvidia, Apple, AllianceBernstein, and more; sells some stakes...
Four of the seven stocks in the well-known Magnificent Seven basket of top technology stocks report earnings this week, setting the market up for one of the most important weeks of the quarter. Here's why the week is important and what to look for when each company reports. Magnificent Seven Stocks on Watch During the upcoming week, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) , Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META...
Four of the seven stocks in the well-known Magnificent Seven basket of top technology stocks report earnings this week, setting the market up for one of the most important weeks of the quarter. Here's why the week is important and what to look for when each company reports. Magnificent Seven Stocks on Watch During the upcoming week, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) , Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) , Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) will all report quarterly results. Of the four stocks, only Tesla beat the S&P 500 in 2025, with the other three underperforming the major index. All four stocks are large holdings in the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (BATS:MAGS) and large holdings in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) . Here are the current weightings in the SPY at the time of writing: MSFT: 5.9%, third largest holding META: 2.4%, eighth largest holding TSLA: 2.1%, ninth largest holding AAPL: 6.2%, second largest holding Together, the four stocks account for 16.6% of SPY. With around 20% of the Magnificent Seven stocks reporting earnings this week, including the four large Magnificent Seven stocks, ETFs that track the index could be volatile. Microsoft and Apple are also two of the Magnificent Seven stocks that belong to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. Microsoft and Apple make up 5.8% and 3.1% of the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) , respectively. Microsoft Q2 Earnings Microsoft will report second-quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday. Analysts expect the company to report earnings per share of $3.86 and revenue of $80.26 billion, versus $3.23 and $69.63 billion in last year's fourth quarter, according to data from Benzinga Pro. The company has beaten analyst estimates for earnings per share in 11 straight quarters and beaten analyst estimates for revenue in 11 straight quarters. Ahead of the earnings report, Goldman Sachs analyst Gabriela Borges maintained a Buy rating on Microsoft with a price target...