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⚠️ Alphabet $GOOGL is down between -3% and -5% in extended hours trading after beating EPS and Revenue expectations
SUMMARY OF ALPHABET $GOOGL EARNINGS: 1. Revenue +13% Y/Y to $86.3B ($1.0B beat). 2. EPS $1.64 ($0.04 beat). 3. The search giant underperformed in its core ad search segment. -> Google’s advertising revenue totalled $65.52 billion, below expectations for sales of $65.80 billion. 4. Operating income also came in below expectations at $23.7 billion, compared to $23.82 billion. 5. On the bright side, Google cloud revenue topped estimates as the company spends heavily to compete with Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS. ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +26% Y/Y to $9.2B. • Operating margin 9% (+12pp Y/Y). 6. ▶️ YouTube ads +16% to $9.2B.
Market Breadth looking bullish!
Almost 84% of S&P 500 $SPX Stocks are now trading above their 100D moving average. Source: Barchart
US Bankruptcy filings keep moving higher
This sounds like a logical consequence of 2 years of aggressive FED tightening but still something to keep an eye on Source: Win Smart, CFA
B of A: “.. At the current monthly rundown pace, excess savings should continue to support consumer spending at least through the rest of 2024."
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Liquidity as a key market's driver in one chart -> The stock market's rise mirrors the money supply's growth. Both have risen over 4,500% since 1967
Source: Win Smart, CFA, Game of Trades
Royal Caribbean’s "Icon of the Seas" has set sail on its maiden voyage. It’s five times the size of the Titanic.
Source: Jon Erlichman
Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink Corp.
A significant step forward for the company that aims to one day let humans control computers with their minds. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk said that the patient is recovering well, and that initial results of the procedure were promising. Source: Bloomberg
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