$Alphabet(GOOG)$ I'm amazed at the blindness of people and analysts. GOOG is down not b/c of losing the Search suit, not b/c GOOG risks getting broken up. GOOG is down b/c of the AD's trial. In both the DOJ Search and Ad's trials, the Gov't is NOT ALLOWED monetary damages when they win. All DOJ and State suits can do is "remedy" the monopoly. Expect a breakup sometime.. The thing that will take GOOG is not DOJ or state suits...it is the long cheated CUSTOMER lawsuits GOOG faces when they lose search monopoly and Ad's monopoly....the Ad's suit started today is far stronger case than Search on. Gannett and Yelp are so far the only cheated customer lawsuits...but in last 15 years the GOOG trillions of revenue and unheard of profit came off of the CUSTOMERS backs. The two cases by Gov't are under the Sherman Antitrust act...which gives mandatory TREBLED damages to a plaintiff. With $325 billion yearly revenue and customers worldwide and TREBLE damages...GOOG is on the hook for perhaps one trillion $ in lawsuit damages, eventually - if they lose the Ad's case and customers (not DOJ) start suing GOOG for treble damages. Avoid GOOG.
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