80 Seconds of Big Tech Earnings Will Decide Stock Market’s Fate

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By Jeran Wittenstein

April 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC

Updated on

April 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC

Investors looking for clues on which direction the stock market is headed in the coming weeks will get a rapid-fire reading as soon as trading ends on Wednesday.

Four of the biggest companies in the US — Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. — are due to report earnings after the bell. And if they hit at the same time as last quarter, it will all play out in just 80 seconds.