Google parent Alphabet reported revenue and earnings for the first quarter that topped estimates. The stock jumped over 4% in extended trading before paring its gains. Let's see what happened.Let's look at Google's earnings reportThe company's revenue for the period reached $69.787 billion, an increase of 2.61% year-over-year, beating analysts' expectations of $68.9 billion; earnings per share reached $1.17, exceeding analysts' expectations of $1.07.Google reported core advertising revenue of $54.548 billion, down 0.2% year-over-year, in the third quarter since the company went public;Revenue from YouTube ads: $6.69 billion, exceeding analyst estimates of $6.6 billion;Revenue from Google Cloud: $7.45 billion, beating analyst estimates of $7.49 billion;The Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC) we

Today's most significant market development undoubtedly lies in the approval of the digital asset (Bitcoin) spot ETFs. Bitcoin ETFs have been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission after an extensive review period. Early in the day, friends asked me about the 11 approved ETFs and potential investment opportunities.Firstly, here's a list of the 11 approved ETFs:The approved issuers include prominent names like Cathie Wood, BlackRock, Fidelity, and Invesco.In most cases, approved Bitcoin ETFs have a common foundation that complies with regulations set by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure investor protection and market integrity. However, each fund possesses distinct characteristics, offering investors a variety of choices to align with their investment p

Warren Buffett addressed investors throughout the world at Berkshire Hathaway's 2022 Annual Shareholder Meeting on Saturday, and returns to Omaha in person for the first time since before the pandemic began. In an hours-long event, the investing legend fielded questions on Berkshire's business and investment decisions, and his views on the economy.At the Berkshire meeting, Buffett stated that inflation swindles almost everyone, and Munger railed against bitcoin and the market mania. Here were some of the highlights from the event. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported a decline in first-quarter earnings on Saturday due to the stock market turmoil and weaker insurance results.The company reported $7.04 billion in revenues,up 0.3 percent year-over-year. The company reported $5.46 billion in

Tesla just reported first-quarter earnings for 2022 and beat analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines. Here are the key numbers. According to Tesla's first quarter 2022 financial results, revenue was $18.756 billion, up 81% year-over-year and exceeding analysts' expectations of $17.84 billion; net income was $3.280 billion, compared with $464 million in the same period last year, exceeding analysts' expectations of $2.589 billion.Tesla's share price rose by 5.57% in after-hours trading following this announcement.The company reported revenue of $18.756 billion in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 81% compared to $17.84 billion in the prior quarter.Revenue growth was driven in part by an increase in the number of cars Tesla delivered. Revenue from the automotive segment to

Shares of $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ popped more than 14% after hours following a strong quarterly report. The company reported its investment in electric vehicle company Rivian gained almost $12 billion in the fourth quarter. Amazon also announced it would increase the price of Prime by nearly 17%. Amazon Web Services also delivered almost 40% year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter, beating Wall Street estimates.Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share (adjusted): $5.80 vs $3.57 expected, according to a Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $137.4 billion vs $137.6 billion expected, according to a Refinitiv survey of analysts AWS revenue: $17.8 billion vs $17.37 billion expected, according to StreetAccount Amazon guided for first qu

What happened?Last Sunday, OPEC+ unexpectedly announced a production cut of over 1 million barrels per day, abandoning their previous commitment to maintaining supply stability. On Monday (April 3rd), US crude oil futures opened and jumped by 8%. Several OPEC+ members are set to tighten global production by an additional 1.16 million barrels per day until the end of the year, further burdening central bank efforts to curtail global inflation — but critically protecting the alliance’s broader output strategy from political pressures. This unexpected cooperation among OPEC+ members surprised the market, as it was previously thought that the most likely action OPEC would take to deal with the growing uncertainty in the oil market would be to maintain existing production targets.Oil at $1

Tesla reported fourth- quarter earnings after the bell, beating on both earnings and revenue. Shares were ticking higher after hours.Here are the resultsIn the fourth quarter, the operating income was US $24.318 billion, up 37% year-on-year, refreshing the quarterly revenue set in the first quarter for the second consecutive quarter, Bloomberg's consensus expectation of $24.18 billion;The adjusted net profit in the fourth quarter was US $4.106 billion, setting a new high of US $3.318 billion in the first quarter, up 43% year-on-year, Bloomberg's consensus expectation of $3.98 billion;In the fourth quarter, the adjusted earnings per share (EPS) under non-GAAP was US $1.19, up 40% year-on-year. Bloomberg's consensus expectation of $1.12;In the fourth quarter, the ove