Fed, Netflix earnings cast clouds over 2023’s tech-stock surge

Next week, around 170 companies in the S&P 500 Index, representing 40% of its market capitalization, are set to post results, including tech bellwethers Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. And on Wednesday, after the Fed announces its latest decision on interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell will provide clues on whether investors were correct to wager that its expected quarter-point rate hike will be its last