{"slug": "earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive", "title": "Earnings: Negative cash flows make Big Tech more 'economically sensitive'", "summary": "US stocks fell Thursday as Alphabet and Tesla shares dropped after both companies reported negative cash flow alongside massive AI investments, according to Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company CIO Brent Schutte and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma.", "body_md": "US stocks ([^DJI](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI?p=%5EDJI&.tsrc=fin-srch), [^IXIC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC?p=%5EIXIC&.tsrc=fin-srch), [^GSPC](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSPC?p=%5EGSPC&.tsrc=fin-srch)) are selling off on Thursday as shares of Alphabet ([GOOG](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOOG/), [GOOGL](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOOGL/)) and Tesla ([TSLA](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/)) sink lower after reporting negative cash flow on top of massive AI investments.\n\nNorthwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company CIO Brent Schutte and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma comment on these post-earnings moves by both companies' stock.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive-140918058.html", "published_at": "2026-07-23 14:09:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 14:23:18.767560+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Alphabet", "Tesla", "Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company", "Brent Schutte", "Brooke DiPalma", "Yahoo Finance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/earnings-negative-cash-flows-make-big-tech-more-economically-sensitive.jsonld"}}