TODAY'S CHARTS: Google retaliates against Amazon; Home Depot's $15B share buyback; Square ups bitcoin bet
Home Depot (HD) shares are off slightly after the home improvement retailer reaffirmed full-year guidance, detailed a three-year investment strategy and announced plans to bump up its share buyback program to $15 billion. The war of the tech titans escalates, with Google (GOOGL) pulling YouTube access from some Amazon (AMZN) devices. In a statement Google said, “Amazon doesn’t carry Google products like Chromecast and Google Home, doesn’t make Prime Video available for Google Cast users, and last month stopped selling some of (our sister company) Nest’s latest products.” This is a spat that could intensify as their products increasingly overlap.