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Making sense of the markets this week: April 28, 2024

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Kyle Prevost, creator of 4 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement, Canada’s DIY retirement planning course, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.

Google starts paying out

Several big tech names made waves this week, but for very different reasons.

Tech earnings highlights
All amounts in U.S. dollars.

Alphabet (GOOGL/NASDAQ): Earnings per share came in at $1.89 (versus $1.51 predicted) on revenues of $80.54 billion (versus $78.59 billion predicted).

Microsoft (MSFT/NASDAQ): Earnings per share of $2.94 (versus $2.82 predicted), and revenues of $61.86 billion (versus $60.80 predicted).

Meta/Facebook (META/NASDAQ): Earnings per share coming in at $4.71 (versus $4.32 predicted) and revenues of $36.46 billion (versus $36.16 predicted).

IBM (IBM/NYSE): Earnings per share of $1.68 (versus $1.60 predicted) and revenues of $14.46 billion (versus $14.55 billion predicted).

Alphabet crushed earnings and revenues on Thursday, sending shares up 14% in after-hours trading…

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