Microsoft Corporation

Apple Inc.

Gold after record growth went into correction amid strengthening of the dollar and expectations of personnel decisions in the Federal Reserve System. Investors in Indonesia sold off shares due to the risk of the country's downgrade in MSCI indices. These and other topics - in our review of key events in the morning of January 30.

Highlights for the morning: gold sags, Indonesia's market collapses, Apple has a chip shortage

"I'm proud to say this quarter will go down in history," said Apple CEO Tim Cook

Apple has reported "overwhelming" demand for the iPhone. But there is cause for concern

Apple has bought Israeli startup Q.ai, which develops technologies for reading facial movements and understanding silent communications, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/apple-buys-israeli-ai-startup-that-interprets-facial-movements">reported</a>. The terms of the deal Apple did not disclose and did not specify exactly how Q.ai technology will be used, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-acquires-audio-ai-startup-qai-2026-01-29/">noted</a> Reuters. According <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/49f4e2e4-3a68-4842-be67-879409d06aa1">to</a> Financial Times sources, the deal values the startup at nearly $2 billion.

Apple has bought an AI startup that reads facial movements. Earlier, a similar deal resulted in FaceID

Apple CEO Tim Cook and his team will be in the spotlight after the market closes on Jan. 29, when the company releases results for its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 28. Cook said last year that the company "expects the first quarter to deliver record revenue in its history and in the history of the iPhone," Yahoo Finance<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-first-quarter-earnings-will-focus-on-iphone-sales-ai-outlook-170801438.html"> recalls</a>.

Apple may report record iPhone sales. What risks do analysts see?

Alphabet Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Amazon.com, Inc.

The $2.2 trillion fund reduced its investments in U.S. companies, including Nvidia and Microsoft

The world's largest sovereign fund has cut stakes in U.S. bigtechs

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

SK hynix Inc.

Analysts consider the shares of both companies attractive and the likelihood of a market redistribution is low due to the huge deficit

Samsung has lost to SK Hynix for the first time in terms of annual profits

Caterpillar Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Mastercard Incorporated

Visa Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

ServiceNow, Inc.

Joby Aviation, Inc.

Stride, Inc.

Intel Corporation

Textron Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: giants' reports in the spotlight

Earlier, Ray Dalio and Bill Ackman, among others, expressed their views on what is happening in Minnesota

"Time to de-escalate": Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on the events in Minneapolis

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Investment bank expects pressure on Apple's margins due to memory price hikes to start to abate

JPMorgan expects Apple's profits to rise due to strong iPhone demand. What will the report show?

The market is gripped by anxiety ahead of reports from major tech companies, according to Evercore ISI strategist Julian Emanuel. Why does he think this is good news and which stocks does he suggest adding to a portfolio?

'Not today': analyst saw reason for optimism in market anxiety over bigtechs 

Wall Street is gearing up for the most eventful week of the first quarter: The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold an interest rate meeting, and a <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-futures-sunday-trading-fed-shutdown-7db0cea7?mod=RTA#:~:text=about%20a%20fifth%20of%20S%26P%20500%20companies%20will%20report">fifth</a> of the companies in the S&amp;P 500 index will report earnings, including four issuers from the "Magnificent Seven": Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Tesla and Apple, Yahoo Finance <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-tech-earnings-fed-meeting-feature-as-markets-end-january-with-busiest-week-of-q1-what-to-watch-125211822.html">writes</a>.

Bigtech reporting and the Fed meeting: what investors need to know this week

John Ternus is the youngest among Apple's top executives