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April 28 – May 2, 2026 · S&P 500 & Nasdaq hit all-time highs · Best month since 2020
The biggest earnings week of the year: five mega-caps reported, four crushed it. Alphabet posted 81% YoY earnings growth. Amazon 77%. Meta 63%. Apple beat and announced Tim Cook's September retirement. The S&P closed above 7,200 for the first time ever. April was the best month since 2020.
The standout stories: Bloom Energy posted a blowout quarter with revenue up 130% YoY on AI data center power demand from Oracle. Qualcomm surged 15% after disclosing a hyperscaler custom silicon deal. Caterpillar jumped 10% on a beat-and-raise that signals the global economy is stronger than feared.
Oil surged 12% to $105 as Trump maintained the Hormuz naval blockade. PCE inflation hit 3.5% YoY, a 3-year high. California gas hit $6 per gallon. And Roblox crashed 24% after slashing bookings guidance by nearly $1 billion.
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Get the Full Weekly 50 FreeThe market is drawing a clear line: companies generating actual AI revenue get rewarded, companies just spending on AI get punished. Bloom Energy's 130% revenue growth from powering AI data centers. Qualcomm's hyperscaler deal. Google Cloud compounding while ads grow 81% YoY. These are AI income statements, not AI press releases.
Meta got hit 7.5% despite beating on everything because it hiked capex to $125-145B. That's the new test. The market pays up for AI revenue (BE, QCOM, GOOGL) but punishes AI expense without enough return (META). Watch which side of that line each company falls on.
On oil: $105 WTI with the Strait blocked is the new normal. Refiners are printing at these levels. But PCE at 3.5% means no Fed cuts, and Warsh replacing Powell could mean hikes. That's the tail risk nobody is pricing.
Data: Yahoo Finance. Returns = Fri May 2 close / Fri Apr 25 close. US-listed, $1B+ market cap. Not financial advice.
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