AI Capex Discipline Trumps Soft July Jobs, PPI Test Looms
AI-infrastructure capex discipline is overriding a softening labor market, and Thursday's session shows it. SPY, the S&P 500 ETF, is holding near $772.49 and QQQ near $723.70 even after July payrolls fell 23,000 against a consensus of positive 80,000, with the two prior months revised down a combined 103,000. Investors are still betting that spending quality, not the jobs tape, sets the direction for tech-led equities.
Key Takeaways Microsoft held its 2026 capex guide near $175 billion instead of raising it, and the stock posted its largest single-day market-cap gain by a US company on record. Meta's capex growth outpaced revenue in Q2 and the stock fell 10%, showing the market's tolerance fo…
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