The Nasdaq-100 surged as investors bought back into technology stocks following a recent sell-off, showing optimism ahead of a crucial week of earnings reports from mega-cap companies like Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon. [8, 11, 13, 14, 22] Positive sentiment was also bolstered by AI company Anthropic filing for an initial public offering, which helped alleviate recent investor concerns about the sustainability of AI-related capital expenditures. [12, 13]