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In today’s Get Real, we saw updates on big tech companies’ latest happenings. Plus, more earnings results, projections, and expectations.

Jerome Powell tossed the ball back into President Trump’s court. He trade development and global growth weakness as the top reasons for the rate cuts.

The reason Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings missed consensus expectations and declined from last year had a lot to do with Google’s costs.

Ron Baron, the CEO of Baron Funds, expects to see the Dow Jones at 650,000 in the next 50 years. He predicted a similar Dow level of 500,000 last November.

This year, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) have risen 19.2% and 35.5%, respectively. What’s driven this rally?

As both Google (GOOGL) and Facebook (FB) depend on advertising for most of their revenue, they also share several challenges.

Twitter stock has fallen over 19% in the trading session on October 24 as of 9:39 AM ET. The stock was also down as much as 20% in premarket trading.

Today’s Snap earnings (SNAP) are a textbook example of how irrational, or at least unpredictable, market reactions can be.

Boeing is set to release earnings on Wednesday, and CEO Dennis Muilenburg is preparing to testify before Congress. Not a good time for a massive scandal.

Facebook’s (FB) privacy problems continue to attract fines. Last week, Turkey hit the company with a fine of 1.6 million Turkish lira ($282,000).

Microsoft joins BlackBerry in setting aside its own operating system in favor of Android. That could soften the blow to Google if Huawei exits.

After Microsoft’s announcement, LinkedIn’s stock rose 47% to $192.21 while Microsoft’s stock fell 2.6% to $50.14 on June 13, 2016.

The Verge published both the audio and text of previously unreleased recordings with CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking frankly with some employees.

Tech stocks’ performance was mixed last month. While Amazon and Facebook fell 2.3% and 4.1%, Microsoft, Apple, and Google rose 0.8%, 7.3%, and 2.6%.

Former Fed official Simon Potter seemed to side with Trump and Powell, critiquing crypto and defending fiat money. Is he right to take this position?

Warren Buffett has admired Apple in the past. As a value investor, Buffett was expected to add more shares when Apple stock fell in the fourth quarter.

On the same day that Facebook’s Oculus confirmed its plans to enter the AR market, Amazon unveiled its own AR-powered smart glasses.

Facebook has attempted to buy Snapchat twice. First, it made the company a buyout offer of $3.0 billion in 2013, and then it made another offer in 2016.

It’s been a bad day for small- and mid-cap tech stocks. BlackBerry, Roku, GoPro, and Shopify have lost significant market value today. Here’s why.

Verizon (VZ) and Wells Fargo (WFC) are taking steps to integrate blockchain technology into their business models. Here’s why.

On Wednesday, Facebook (FB) unveiled new models of its Portal hardware products. Facebook’s Portal business targets markets worth nearly $300 billion.

Amazon is gearing up for its Great Indian Festival online event, which launches before Diwali. Flipkart’s Big Billion Days will launch at the same time.

Jim Cramer believes Apple and Microsoft stocks are ready to boost equity markets to new highs. Both stocks’ market cap has crossed the $1 trillion mark.

The Vanguard Group, State Street Global Advisors, and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company raised their holdings in Amazon (AMZN) stock in Q2 2019.

In September, with geopolitical tensions easing and Amazon stock recovering, perhaps it’s time to review its upside potential and valuation.

Russia’s regional election on Sunday produced another headache for Facebook over political ads. Facebook is already in a dispute over local data storage.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock rose 1.2% in August. The stock outperformed its peers amid a slump in the equity market in the month. In August, mounting trade tensions between the US and China and recession fears affected most tech stocks. However, Microsoft stock outperformed its peers, with Wall Street analysts showing enthusiasm about the stock. In […]

Amazon (AMZN) stock fell 5.2% in August. Lower-than-expected earnings, political criticism, and macro uncertainties affected its stock.

Apple (AAPL) investors have had a roller coaster week. Apple stock has lost just under 2% in a week, ending on August 23, 2019.

Competition taking a toll on Netflix as its share of US subscription video streaming market keep falling as rivals gain ground.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google dominates the global search engine market.

Verizon’s (VZ) Oath subsidiary no longer expects to meet its revenue goal of $10 billion by 2020.

This morning, CEO Elon Musk, in a post on Tesla’s official blog, announced that Tesla is laying off 7% of its full-time employees.

Facebook (FB) has decided to prohibit Huawei from preloading its apps on Huawei smartphones. The news is another blow for Huawei. The company has been shunned by many other US suppliers.

Facebook (FB) has nine months to comply with Russia’s data localization law or risk being kicked out of the country, according to a report from The Guardian.

Japan is Twitter’s (TWTR) largest international market, contributing close to 40% of the company’s international revenue in the first quarter.

BlackBerry (BB) sued Twitter (TWTR) last month in a patent infringement dispute.

Square (SQ) has three priority areas to focus on in 2019 as it seeks to continue driving revenue growth.

Despite the rivalry between the two companies, Samsung is still one of the prominent component suppliers to Apple.

According to eMarketer estimates, digital advertising spending hit ~$62.6 billion in China in 2018.

The four priority areas that Twitter (TWTR) wants to focus on going forward could lead to the company spending more on product R&D (research and development).

PayPal (PYPL) is battling competition from all sides. Last year, Square (SQ) sought to challenge it in the consumer loans market.

If you ask PayPal’s CEO, Dan Schulman, Venmo has become a crown jewel for the company.

Alphabet’s (GOOG) operating margin is getting squeezed. In the fourth quarter, the company’s operating margin was 20.88%.

Today, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “Best January for the DOW in over 30 years.”

In the third quarter of 2018, Square spent 15.4% of its revenue on product development and 13.2% on sales and marketing activities.

In its quest to become the one-stop shop for financial solutions, Square has made investing in product development programs one of its top priorities.

According to a report by eMarketer, Snap’s (SNAP) Snapchat is the top social media app for American teens.

eBay (EBAY) posted revenues of $2.65 billion in the third quarter, in line with the consensus estimate.

As Facebook’s (FB) user growth is slowing, the company is increasingly dependent on its fastest-growing platform and crown jewel, Instagram, for growth.