Mixed earnings from U.S. tech giants may do little to assuage worried investors


FILE PHOTO: Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A mixed bag of earnings from some of Wall Street’s biggest companies may muddy the outlook for investors hoping to "buy the dip" amid a vicious stock market selloff.

With a massive week of corporate results under way, Google parent Alphabet Inc reported first-quarter revenue below expectations on Tuesday, while software giant Microsoft Corp forecast double-digit revenue growth for its next fiscal year.

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