Jerome Powell may or may not be the most hated man in America today, but that ain’t going to stop him from holding rates steady in the 4.25%-4.5% range—leaving Wall Street to do what it does best—overreact and spiral into existential despair. The real highlight though, was that the Fed also axed its previous “making progress on inflation” language, to now saying, "Inflation remains somewhat elevated," which is basically a polite way of saying, “Yeah, we’re still screwd.” 

If you read all of this, congrats for having a 10 second attention span

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Naturally, the markets didn’t take the news well. The Nasdaq dropped 0.5%, the S&P 500 slid 0.47%, and the Dow fell 0.31%. Nvidia, of course, led the tech carnage, dropping 4% after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is exploring new restrictions on chip exports to China. Apparently, someone thought it’d be fun to kick Nvidia while it’s already down, as the stock has now lost over 13% this week. AI may be the future, but Nvidia’s week suggests the future is running late and stuck in traffic. 

Meanwhile, Microsoft didn’t escape unscathed either, with its shares tanking 5.5% in after-hours trading. Despite beating expectations on earnings, its Azure cloud business missed revenue targets, proving once again that no amount of AI promises can save you from failing to meet Wall Street’s ridiculous whisper numbers.

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In addition, Tesla stumbled hard after reporting disappointing fourth-quarter results (don’t say I didn’t warn ya in yesterday's Final Tally write-up). Gross margins sank to 16.3%, well below the 18.9% analysts expected all while triggering a 6% in after hours sell-off. 

On the other hand, IBM actually came out ahead. Shares popped 11% in after-hours trading. How? By doing something novel: making money. The company raised its free cash flow forecast to $13.5 billion, smashing Wall Street’s $12.92 billion estimate. Turns out, while the rest of tech was busy burning money on AI moonshots, IBM quietly racked up over $5 billion in AI bookings. 

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At the end of the day, the Fed gave us nothing new, and the markets still managed to spin it into a full-blown meltdown. Big Tech is flailing, Nvidia’s getting bodied from all sides, and Tesla’s margins are collapsing. So if you’re looking for a silver lining—well, there ain’t one, at least not today anyway. Onto the next, my friends… 

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