A big sell-off collides with more Big Tech earnings and a midterm election: What to watch this week

Last week, we opened the Morning Brief newsletter by saying the first week of Big Tech earnings looked promising — until Thursday. This time, we're here to say the second week of Big Tech earnings looked promising — until Tuesday. Lackluster earnings from Alphabet (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Intel (INTC) sent the tech complex into a steep sell-off, ending a wild week that began with Anthropic's S-1 filing. Coming into this week, all eyes will be on potential sparks to relight the fire under the tech sector. Fire, to be clear, in a bad way. Kicking off the week on Monday are earnings from Apple (AAPL) and Palantir (PLTR), alongside Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) and Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC) in the chips sector.