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Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) just reported its Q1 2018 earnings results that crushed expectations, and its stock has responded by rising over 3% in the after hours trading session. Here’s a breakdown of some of the key statistics from the report:MetricQ1 2018Q1 2017ChangeRevenue$11,966 million$8,032 million49.0%Income from operations$5,449 million$3,327 million63.8%Net income$4,988 million$3,064 million62.8%Diluted EPS$1.69$1.0462.5%
Despite the volatile price action in the broader market, Salesforce.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRM) has been rather steady. Already CRM stock is up 19% on the year, dwarfing the gains of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ:QQQ), which are flat and up 4%, respectively. Also for the record, Salesforce stock is up 45% over the past 12 months.
The yield on the 10-year treasury note just hit 3% for the first time since 2014. Remember, bond yields are inversely related to bond prices. For the past few weeks, every time yields inch higher the "risk off" crowd shows up and stock have declined.
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Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have been on an impressive rebound as of late. While Cisco stock came down with the rest of the market in both February and April, it’s been an out-performer on the way up. Over the last ten calendar days, Cisco stock is up more than 9%, compared to the 3.6% and 5.25% respective gains for the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) and the PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ:QQQ).
ETF inflows maintained the strong momentum last week amid solid corporate earnings growth. According to FactSet, US-listed ETFs attracted $11 billion worth of inflows, which takes the year-to-date inflows to $82.1 billion. The smart recovery in global stocks inspired investors to put $7.9 billion into equities (JPM) (WFC) (C)—$6.8 billion was in US equities, while the remaining was in international equities. US fixed-income ETFs added $2.2 billion, while international fixed-income ETFs garnered $458 million. The benchmark ten-year Treasury yield rose to 3% compared to 2. ...
Look for China to use the Trade War to try and its tech firms at the expense of ours. That is why I think we will fight to win.
Many risks that pushed stock market volatility higher in the last few weeks have started to retreat, which helped equity market indexes last week. President Trump paused further sanctions on Russia, and Trump’s planned meeting with Kim Jong Un after the latter said North Korea would end nuclear tests pushed a major geopolitical risk off the table for now. The risk of a flattening yield curve has also reversed as the US ten-year yield breached the February high on the back of renewed inflation expectations.
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