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Capital expenditure is in focus as the hyperscaler earnings season gets underway, with Alphabet (GOOGL) having moved first among four megacaps and raised the stakes on AI spending.
Club portfolio director Jeff Marks said Friday that capex trends would be "the number one focus" heading into next week's Big Tech earnings.
What Alphabet established Alphabet set the opening reference point for AI infrastructure spending across the hyperscaler cohort. For the three companies that follow, revenue alone does not define the print.
Capital commitment, and how it sits relative to Alphabet's posture, is what the tape is pricing. Match it and the market reads conviction. Pull back and it reads as hesitation.
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