$Microsoft(MSFT)$ It's been a rough stretch for Microsoft, and that might continue for a bit. But I believe it will come back very strong. The longer it stays down, the harder it rips back up.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ I believe it. Agentic AI is finding areas for efficiencies, such as healthcare and financials. As agentic AI improves, it should evolve jobs into different roles where employees are more productive and grunt work is taken over by AI. Jobs will return to equilibrium after the war ends, and as enterprises normalize, they could be hiring a lot more. Uncertainty is a real pain. Meanwhile, Google is moving ahead at warp speed because, like an octopus, it has many tentacles to grab more businesses, and it has a formidable ecosystem.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ China Renaissance… (whoever they are) has the highest street target, raising it to $485 from $420. Jefferies goes to $445 from $400, and New Street moves to 450 from 380. They can't all be wrong, can they? Ha ha.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ Googl is trading 15% above the median PE and 11% above the median PEG. If we can beat EPS estimates by 80 cents like we did last year, then it should be fine.
$Microsoft(MSFT)$ first gets hammered because AI would wound the software business. Then it invests in AI, and that's no good either. Bottom line: be patient – there's nothing wrong with MSFT.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ Alphabet went with Cadence over my Synopsys, which had run from $398 to the $470s. Synopsys is tied to Nvidia. Alphabet is accelerating development of their own ‘less expensive’ chips to cut the need for Nvidia chips and improve profitability.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ News about the new chips is out. The stock should be higher, in my view. They could spin off several of the "prophecy" units into separate stocks and unlock a ton of value. It looks like a great stock for the long term.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ Does anyone still doubt that GOOG will keep climbing to new all-time highs? From where I stand, it seems inevitable within the next week or two.
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ Alphabet's partnerships, especially with Anthropic and its stake in SpaceX, should help strengthen its market position. Analysts point to a one-year return of 126.8%.
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$ Thanks Jensen! Thanks Nvidia! A success story worth sharing here. Nvidia has done miracles for me and many others. Naysayers can say whatever they want.