Stocks Slip as Gold, Silver Hit New Records

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Why it matters

Stocks slipped due to disappointing earnings from Microsoft, leading to a tech selloff and a decline in the Nasdaq composite by over 1%. This was triggered by Microsoft's higher-than-expected spending on AI infrastructure and slower cloud growth.

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Neutral How the article is written, as reported by the source.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 90% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 90% confidence.

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Evidence
Source Yahoo Finance
Claim Stocks Slip as Gold, Silver Hit New Records
AI inference Bearish · 90%
Generated 2026-01-29 19:29

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

STOCKS Disappointing earnings from Microsoft fed into a tech selloff Thursday, pushing the Nasdaq composite down more than 1%. Investors recoiled after Microsoft reported higher-than-expected spending on AI infrastructure and slower cloud growth, putting its stock on course for the worst pullback since early 2020.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on January 29, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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