Capital One's (COF) earnings results will directly and significantly impact its own stock price (earnings beats or misses typically cause notable single-day stock movements, justifying an impact score of 3). While it may slightly influence sentiment in the financial sector, its impact on broader market indices like the S&P 500 is negligible (score 1). Thus, this serves as a direct event-driven hedge for COF stock.

Earnings beats or misses have a direct and tradable impact on Blackstone's (BX) stock price, creating medium intraday volatility (Score 3). While BX is a massive alternative asset manager whose results reflect broader capital flows, its direct price impact on major macro indices like the S&P 500 is negligible.

The direct outcome of this event will significantly impact Verizon's (VZ) stock price, as earnings beats or misses typically cause moderate, tradable price movements for the individual stock (around 3-5%). While VZ is an S&P 500 component, the broader index impact is negligible, with the main shock concentrated on the individual stock.

The outcome of American Express's (AXP) earnings report directly drives its own stock price, typically causing a moderate post-earnings movement of around 5%, making it highly tradable. Furthermore, its results reflect consumer credit spending trends, offering a minor signal for the S&P 500, though the actual price impact on the broader index is negligible.