Earnings live: Verizon, Sandisk stocks surge to cap a Big Tech-heavy earnings week

The fourth quarter earnings season kicked into high gear this week, with results pouring in from Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Tesla (TSLA), and Apple (AAPL). In the week ahead, investors will hear from more Big Tech names, including Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), AMD (AMD), and Qualcomm (QCOM). An optimistic consensus is forming: As of Jan. 30, 33% of S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies have reported fourth quarter results, according to FactSet data, and Wall Street analysts estimate an 11.9% increase in ...