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Google parent Alphabet $GOOGL ( ▲ 0.05% ) jumped 7.24% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting financial earnings results that included a 63% increase in Google Cloud revenue and a backlog that has doubled to $460 billion.

Financials: Alphabet reported earnings of $5.11 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $109.9 billion. Both were better than expected.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Google Cloud is growing fast because it has become one of the main ways companies buy AI infrastructure and AI tools at scale.

Final Thoughts: The company also announced on Wednesday a 5% increase to its dividend.

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Notable Earnings Today: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Wayfair (NYSE: W), Reddit (NYSE: RDDT), Rivian Automotive (Nasdaq: RIVN), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX), Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Sirius XM (Nasdaq: SIRI), Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Altria (NYSE: MO), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Hyatt Hotels (NYSE: H), Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY), Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), Sandisk (Nasdaq: SNDK), Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), MasTec (NYSE: MTZ), First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM), Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE: APD), Alliant Energy (Nasdaq: LNT), American International (NYSE: AIG), Ametek (NYSE: AME), ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT), Arthur J. Gallagher (NYSE: AJG), Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM), Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM), Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), Carrier Global (NYSE: CARR), Clorox (NYSE: CLX), CRH (NYSE: CRH), Dexcom (Nasdaq: DXCM), Hershey Foods (NYSE: HSY), Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE: HGV), Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW), Illumina (Nasdaq: ILMN), Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), LPL Financial (Nasdaq: LPLA), Parker-Hannifin (NYSE: PH), Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR), ResMed (NYSE: RMD), Southern Company (NYSE: SO), Stryker (NYSE: SYK), Trane (NYSE: TT).

Notable IPOs Today: CH4 Natural Solutions Corporation (NYSE: MTNE), West Enclave Merger Corp. (NYSE: WENC), Avalyn Pharma Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: AVLN), ARC Group Acquisition I Corp Unit (Nasdaq: ARCLU), Forefront Tech Holdings Acquisition Corp Unit (Nasdaq: FTHAU), General Catalyst Global Resilience Merger Corp. Units (Nasdaq: GCGRU), Mountain Crest Acquisition 6 Corp. Units (Nasdaq: MCAHU), RRE Ventures Acquisition Corp. Units (Nasdaq: RREVU), Silver Bow Mining Corp. (NYSE American: SBMT).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Shark Wheel (Wefunder), Island Company Rum (Wefunder), Neurocarrus (Wefunder), Overplay (Wefunder), Solar Roadways (Wefunder), Alaffia (Wefunder), Startup Science (Wefunder), REtokens (Wefunder), Tibaray (Wefunder), DNA Chat Corporation (Wefunder), Apex Resource Center Partners (Wefunder), Tomorrows Laundry (Wefunder), Felene (Wefunder), Shieldwise (Wefunder), Lone Wolf (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: GDP (8:30 a.m. ET), Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Core PCE Price Index / PCE Price Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Employment Cost Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Personal Spending (8:30 a.m. ET), Chicago PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), US Leading Index (10:00 a.m. ET), Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Despite posting good financial earnings results on Wednesday, a higher forecast for capital expenditures caused shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms $META ( ▼ 0.33% ) to fall 7.01% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Meta reported earnings of $10.44 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $56.31 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The company now expects $125 billion to $145 billion in capital expenditures for 2026 to build out AI capabilities.

Good financial earnings results boosted Amazon $AMZN ( ▲ 1.29% ) by 2.74% in after-hours trading on Wednesday.

Financials: Amazon reported earnings of $2.78 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $181.5 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: Amazon’s stock was already up 16.13% this year. 

Good Results: Microsoft beats on top and bottom lines with 40% Azure growth (CNBC)

Surging Losses: Bitcoin's widely tracked Coinbase Premium turns negative as realized losses spike to $6 billion (CoinDesk)

No Surprises Here: Most crypto investors believe Bitcoin is undervalued (Cointelegraph)

Sticking Around: ‘They left me no choice’: Powell isn’t going anywhere—blocking Trump from another Fed appointee (Fortune)

Still Driving Sales: Ford’s profit jumps as automaker powers through an EV slowdown (MarketWatch)

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