Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft All Surged Today. You Can Thank the Big Blue Wave.

Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft All Surged Today. You Can Thank the Big Blue Wave.

By Danny Vena, CPA, The Motley Fool
Publication Date: 2026-11-04 20:45:00

With the 2026 election in the books, early signs Wednesday point to a positive day for investors, with the three major market indexes pushing higher. The price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 3% (as of this writing), the broad-based S&P 500 has gained 1.7%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up 1.7%.

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Helping lead the major indexes higher are the “Big Three” cloud providers, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG), gaining 7.1%, 7%, and 4.1%, respectively, as I write this.

Given the expected shift in the regulatory environment, it might seem counterintuitive that these tech titans would gain ground, but dig a…