futures spiked as big tech names like alphabet and microsoft. >reed>company is set to pay its 1st ever quarterly cash dividend. investors will get 20 cents a share. in june, plus a boost from stock buybacks. the company says last quarter's revenue was 15% higher than a year earlier. one reason is a i, >>which also helped microsoft with a 17% revenue increase. so let's see where the markets are right now. and look, >reed>this is like a sigh of relief right yesterday. we saw the >>markets down at this hour and then it only got worse throughout the day. we are in positive. stained will have a wrap up today on our 3:00 broadcast. >reed>we're watching your wallet and we know this >>has impacts on your future. all of this is considered good news after a new governor the strong economy is showing some signs of weakness. >reed>commerce department >>says gdp only grew 1.6%. in the 1st quarter a slowdown quarters. quarter. still, economists say they're not worried. we ><<>are still seeing consumers >>spend they're just not spending at the same clip that t