Friday, the market was green. The FOMC no-change decision Wednesday helped start a green wave that Thursday's Apple earnings and Friday's low jobs numbers pushed higher.
For the week, the   $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ grew 0.55%, and +1.26% on Friday. The   $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ climbed 1.14% for the week, and +1.18% Friday, and the   $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ climbed 1.43% for the week and 1.99% Friday.
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$Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$, the parent company of Google, has announced its inaugural dividend of 20 cents per share and a substantial $70 billion stock buyback program. This decision was revealed in conjunction with the company's first-quarter earnings report, which exceeded expectations and prompted as much as a 16% increase in its share price during after-hours trading.
Alphabet now joins $Meta Platforms(META.US)$ in the realm o...

$Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$ $Alphabet-A(GOOGL.US)$ $80.5B Revenue, EPS at $1.89, up 15%!
👉 Financial Performance:
➡️ Revenue: $80.5 billion, a 15% increase, reflecting strong Search, YouTube, and Cloud growth.
➡️ Operating Income: Rose to $25.47 billion, up 32% year over year.
➡️ Net Income: Increased to $23.66 billion, up 15% compared to last year.
➡️ EPS: Diluted earnings per share grew to $1.89, marking an increase.
👉 Business Segments:
➡️ Google Search & Other: Revenue up ...

$Meta Platforms(META.US)$ had great earnings but the in line guide and especially the Capex up 8-16% led to the selloff.
Before panic spreads, just keep in mind that $Meta Platforms(META.US)$ bottomed once it stopped spending on the metaverse.
Investors are likely scared of a renewed downturn due to the Capex, which in itself led to the pullback.
The next weeks will tell us if AI has the same appeal to Investor it did. over the last months of it the AI craze needs rest for now.
Keep in mind $Super Micro Computer(SMCI.US)$ and ...

$Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ Microsoft Q3 FY24 (ending in March):
• Revenue +17% Y/Y to $61.9B ($1.0B beat).
• Gross margin 70% (+0pp Y/Y)
• Operating margin 44% (+2pp Y/Y).
• EPS $2.94 ($0.11 beat).
☁️ Azure +31% fx neutral.

$Tesla(TSLA.US)$ Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will lay off over 10% of its global workforce due to overlaps in job roles and functions as the company has expanded rapidly, communicated through an internal memo. As of December 2023, Tesla had 140,473 employees.
Affected employees received emails in their personal accounts late Sunday night, informing them that they were no longer required to work and would be cut off from accessing Tesla’s systems...