Key Technology Companies 1st Quarter Earnings - Q1FY2018

As you know, many big technology companies have just completed reporting their first quarter numbers. Almost, every company beat earnings and revenue expectations. It was overall a wonderful quarter. Despite that, the stock markets had lukewarm response, as if nothing really happened. That's really surprising! However, I am still optimistic that investors will realize sooner or later and markets should bounce back. Here are some of the key companies earnings for the the companies in my Blog portfolio for the benefit of blog readers:

 Note: Microsoft and Google also came with very good earnings but I have not added those as they are not part of my Blog portfolio.

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