KEY LEVELS TO WATCH FOR POPULAR STOCKS - A bullish setup is when the 9-day EMA is above the 21-day EMA & the stock is holding both the 50-day & 200-day SMA - If a stock is only holding the 200-day SMA, treat it as a hold - When the price breaks below all three levels, then consider the trend bearish

- Alphabet beat revenue expectations in Q1, helped by a cloud business that is scaling quickly and becoming far more profitable. - Google Cloud revenue surged 63% to $20B, well ahead of estimates, while operating income climbed to $6.6B. - Management said enterprise AI became the primary growth driver for cloud for the first time. - Demand is so strong that the company said cloud revenue would have been even higher if it had enough compute capacity. - That demand is forcing Alphabet to spend aggressively. - The company bumped its 2026 CapEx outlook to $180B to $190B and expects another significant increase in 2027.

- The company beat earnings and revenue expectations for the first quarter, with adjusted sales rising 12% and organic revenue up 10%. - More importantly, management raised its full-year earnings outlook to 8.5% growth, while reaffirming organic revenue growth of 4.5%. - In February, Coca-Cola raised its quarterly dividend by 4% to $0.53 per share, bringing the annual payout to $2.12. - The increase continues a decades-long climb that has made the stock one of Warren Buffett’s most famous and loved income machines. - For Berkshire Hathaway, the dividend alone now pays back its original Coca-Cola investment roughly every two years.

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