The Market In 5 Minutes: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bitcoin, And Flamethrowers

IN THE NEWS

Amazon.com AMZN shares reversed loses from the regular session after delivering a fourth quarter earnings beat: Link

Take-Two Interactive Software TTWO shares fell sharply after the company announced the delay of Red Dead Redemption 2. Benzinga spoke to analysts who don't agree with the market: Link

Apple’s AAPL revenue rose 13% to $88.29 billion... the company, whose profits topped $20 billion for the first time, is also increasingly benefiting from its services business, including App Store sales and music and payments services: Link $

President Donald Trump is expected to tell lawmakers as early as Friday that he has approved the release of a classified memo that Republicans allege shows improper surveillance of one of the president’s former campaign aides, a White House official said Thursday: Link $

Bitcoin plunged below $9,000 on Friday, extending its sharp rout since the start of the year in a selloff triggered by a widening regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies: Link $

All of the almost 3,000 athletes competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are set to get perks including the latest $1,100 Samsung smartphones, top of the range new equipment to take home and sleek Nike NKE uniforms. All except perhaps the 22 athletes from North Korea: Link

Elon Musk sold-out of $500 flamethrowers put on sale last week. Bloomberg likens the product's marketing to initial coin offerings, operating on internet hype: Link

For activist investors, executive pay has become even more important in the years since the financial crisis, which underscored how poorly thought-out incentive structures can motivate bad behavior: Link

ECONOMIC DATA

• USA Nonfarm Payrolls for Jan 200.0K vs 184.0K Est; Prior 148.0K. Private Payrolls for Jan 196.0K vs 180.0K Est; Prior 146.0K
• Unemployment Rate for Jan 4.10% vs 4.10% Est; Prior 4.10%
• The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for January is schedule for release at 10:00 a.m. ET.
• Data on factory orders for December will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET.
• The Baker Hughes North American rig count report for the latest week is schedule for release at 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan is set to speak in Austin, Texas at 1:30 p.m. ET.
• San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams will speak in San Francisco at 3:30 p.m. ET.

ANALYST RATINGS

• Stifel upgraded Viavi VIAV from Hold to Buy
• Stifel downgraded Alphabet GOOGL from Buy to Hold
• KeyBank downgraded Apple from Overweight to Sector Weight
• Barclays downgraded Mallinckrodt MNK from Equal-Weight to Underweight

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