S p 500 few you ares up 15 the nasdaq with a gain of about 1. 7 all because of what is happening with four big horseman check out shares of apple, facebook, alphabet and amazon. They went before congress two days ago and came out with earnings that knocked it out of the park on every one of those counts three of the four are trading sharply higher apple up 6. 1 , facebook up 5. 8 , amazon up 5. 4 alphabet did beat earnings estimate did post the first revenue decline and is down 0. 67 . More on those in a second. Lets kick it over to wi will everyone wilford. Good to be back extraordinary numbers, as you said well discuss those in a moment. First check out this mornings agenda as we are closing out the week well bring you results from cat, chevron, exxon and merck. Kol gate, underarmor and others. The late day of july lets check out the market score card owl three major indices on track for the fourth straight gains. Nasdaq the big oner up 18 month to date up 5. 2 . This past week, back
Aztec giants reported blowout earnings. Whats next for the sector . Why these special Purpose Acquisition Companies are so hot and what the phenomenon says about froth in the market. And golds record rally. Is the yellow metal poised finish even more gains . On the barrons roundtable, my colleagues. So, jack, this week was interesting. Four very powerful dudes get hauled up in front of congress, theyre asked some dumb questions, some tough questions, the market shrugs, the next day they come out with earning, and three of the four stocks soared. Yeah, actually rose during and after the testimony and end then again after results. The stock market this week, if you look at the s p 500, it was up close to 2 . Now, thats a wonderful result, but its particularly great when you consider the backdrop. What did we learn this week . Gross domestic product, the economy shrank 9. 5 from the quarter before. If you feel compelled to annualize that figure, yes jack no, please dont 33 , right . Eithe
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Why these special Purpose Acquisition Companies are so hot and what the phenomenon says about froth in the market. And golds record rally. Is the yellow metal poised finish even more gains . On the barrons roundtable, my colleagues. So, jack, this week was interesting. Four very powerful dudes get hauled up in front of congress, theyre asked some dumb questions, some tough questions, the market shrugs, the next day they come out with earning, and three of the four stocks soared. Yeah, actually rose during and after the testimony and end then again after results. The stock market this week, if you look at the s p 500, it was up close to 2 . Now, thats a wonderful result, but its particularly great when you consider the backdrop. What did we learn this week . Gross domestic product, the economy shrank 9. 5 from the quarter before. If you feel compelled to annualize that figure, yes jack no, please dont 33 , right . Either way, its the housiest number in 70 years of lousiest number in 70