Dow Jones takes off at the close due to sectoral rotation

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By Jack Ferson

Dow Jones takes off at the close due to sectoral rotation

The artificial intelligence or AI deals a hard blow to the market in the face of pessimism among analysts and investors who have decided to make a sectoral rotation from technology stocks to value stocks. Driving up DOW JONES Ind Average at closing in a +0.53% to 49,501 pointswhile the S&P 500 y NASDAQ 100 correct in a -0.51% to 6,882 points and -1.77% to 24,891 points respectively.

The selloff in tech stocks was sparked by a new legal tool from Anthropicwhich demonstrated the AI ​​industry’s growing momentum toward sectors that can generate the lucrative business revenue needed to fund massive investments in this technology according to Yahoo Finance.

This push has raised fears of disruption in sectors ranging from finance to law to programming.

Given the slow development of the AI ​​models that drive their technology, startups such as OpenAI y Anthropic They are under pressure to justify their high valuations.

Remember that today we will have the results of Alphabet-Aat the closing and we already saw those of Advanced Micro D as we pointed out in the opening. The firm won 1$.53 per share on income of 10.27 billion dollars. Analysts had anticipated $1.32 per share in earnings and $9.67 billion in revenue. The chipmaker plans First quarter revenue of $9.8 billionwith a variation of 300 million dollars, while analysts expected 9.38 billion dollars. The company also estimated a non-GAAP gross margin for the first quarter of approximately 55%roughly in line with the consensus estimate of 54.5%.

JPMorgan Chasewarned that even some Better than expected results are no longer enough to convince the marketunless the company’s reports demonstrate that AI will be a favorable factor rather than a negative factor according to Yahoo Finance.

While we wait for the inauguration of the new president of the Federal Reserve (FED), the economist de Bank of America Aditya Bhave waits for him growth for the US economy concentrates in the first half of the year according to Yahoo Finance.

Consensus estimates predict that the US will grow at a steady pace this year, with quarterly growth estimates between 2% and 2.2%. Instead, Bhave wrote, the economy’s growth is likely to be focused on the first half of the year.

“It is expected that the growth of first and second trimester is located in the 2.6% and 3%, respectively, while that of third and fourth quarter is located in the 2%”Bhave noted.

«Consensus forecasts do not contemplate significant tailwinds for GDP growth in the first half of 2026,» Bhave wrote. He highlighted the stimulus to consumption coming from the Law One Big Beautiful and the last year’s government shutdownwhich he says is likely to boost first-quarter growth between a 0.5% and 1%.

In a hearing of House Financial Services Committee Scott Besent, United States Secretary of the Treasurypointed out that You do not have authority to buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies depending Yahoo Finance.

«I don’t have the authority to do it, and as president of FSOC, I don’t,» Bessent stated.

With respect to the economic data we had the January Services PMI with a 52.7 compared to the expected 52.5, S&P Global Composite PMI January with a 53 compared to the expected 52.8, January ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI with a 53.8 compared to the expected 53.5, the ISM non-manufacturing employment index for January with a 50.3 compared to the expected 52.3, ISM non-manufacturing sector price index for January with a 66.6 compared to the expected 65, IEA crude oil inventories for -3,455M compared to the -2,000M expected and IEA weekly Cushing crude oil inventories by -0.743M compared to the previous -0.278M.

Among the winning actions we have a Old Dominion Fre (+9.89% to $208.54), Fortive (+10.56% to $60.09) and Amgen (+8.15% to $366.20)

Old Dominion climbs after the fourth quarter results 2025 recording adjusted earnings of $1.09 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2025, beating analyst estimates of $1.06 according to Investing. However, Revenue fell 5.7% year-over-year to $1.31 billionsince the LTL tons per day decreased one 10.7% compared to the same period of the previous year. The drop in revenue was partially offset by an increase in 4.9% in income LTL per quintalexcluding fuel surcharges.

Fortive also rises after its results of the fourth quarter 2025 con revenues that reached 1,123 million dollarswhich represents a reported growth of the 4.6% and a organic growth of 3.3% compared to the same period in 2024 according to Investing. He adjusted gross profit grew up to 712 million dollars with a margin of 63.4%, while the Adjusted EBITDA experienced a significant increase in 7.8% year-on-year until the 358 million dollarsexpanding margins to 31.9%.

Particularly notable was the adjusted earnings per share of the company 0.90 dollarsmarking an increase in 12.5% compared to the previous year and exceeding analyst expectations of $0.84 by 7.14%. The free cash flow generation remained strong in 314 million dollars with a conversion of 109%.

Amgen rises for the same reason as the previous two, fourth quarter results 2025. The firm reported revenue of $9.87 billionsurpassing the consensus estimate of $9.47 billion, and a earnings per share of $5.29exceeding the expected $4.73. The performance was mainly driven by strong sales of Prolia ($1,054 million versus a consensus of $977 million), Repatha ($870 million vs. consensus of $812 million), Evenity ($599 million vs. consensus of $552 million) and Slippery ($233 million versus $169 million). This impressive quarter contributes to overall revenue growth by Amgen 9.95% in the last twelve months, with total income that reach the 36.75 billion dollars.

Among the losing stocks we have AMD (-17.31% to $200.19), AppLovin Rg-A (-16.12% to $387.34) and NVIDIA (-3.41% to $174.19)

AMD falls despite having exceeded the estimates of Wall Street analysts as we indicated at the beginning of this article and in the midst of a sectoral rotation among investors.

AppLoving falls amid selloff in tech stocks on specific concerns related to Disruption in the mobile ad tech space. Investors appear concerned about potential competitive threats from emerging AI-powered solutions that could reshape the mobile advertising ecosystem.

Nvidia falls for the same reason mentioned before, sector rotation, although it is still shown as the favorite of investors.

He Wolfe Research analyst Chris Casotold clients in a note on Wednesday that Nvidia’s valuation has become compelling once again, arguing that the company’s long-term earnings trajectory remains firmly intact despite recent share price consolidation according to Investing.

Caso said Wolfe’s positive stance on Nvidia, which the firm added to its «Alpha List» last month, «is based on our view of fundamentals, and not seasonal trading trends.»

While the firm highlighted a pattern in Nvidia’s performance, noting that «during the last 3 yearsthe majority of Nvidia’s performance occurred in the period from January to August«Caso said the seasonal trend alone «perhaps helps explain the stock’s underperformance over the past 2 quarters.»

Before finishing with the rest of the data, the technical analyst of Ei José Antonio González Share your comment about the Mini Nasda:

Future Mini NASDAQ 100 (NQ) is giving up positions forcefully at the moment, with declines approaching -1.9%, a movement that is supported by a gradual increase in volatility levels and with the daily MACD momentum oscillator entering negative territory.

In this sense, the price is threatening important support levels in the short term, such as the area between 25,025 / 24,890 points, with closings of daily candles below the aforementioned levels being an opportunity for sales to reactivate the corrective process whose next objective would be identified at 24,162 points, that is, an added bearish potential of -2.92%.

Mini NASDAQ 100 Future (NQ) on daily scale with volatility (upper center chart), MACD (lower center chart) and trading activity (lower window). Source: ProRealTime and own elaboration.

Los Oil futures WTI upload a +1.86% to $64.39 y Brent +1.90% at 68.61 dollars.

He Oro upload a +0.65% to $4,966 per ounce and the Plata +4.61% to $87.13.

The pair EUR/USD falls a -0.14% a 1.1803.

Bitcoin falls a -3.71% to $73,541.

He US 10-year bond yield upload a +0.14% a 4.278 already 30 years +0.20% to 4,916.

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