GOOG
Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock
stock NASDAQ

Yeah, Google is the best and will stay the best, and everyone else sucks balls. I love Gemini - I want to have babies with it
... I may own some GOOG leaps

My heart sank - as soon as I saw GOOG as one of the WSB tickers this morning. Sigh, that means to sell it

Oh yes. Why would anyone buy NVDA GOOG etc. that lead in worthless industries such as semiconductors, AI and quantum. Now a retail gaming store, that’s the only industry that matters.

I guess it depends on what horizon you are thinking of when you say long-term. If truly long term (10+ years), my recommendation is to DCA (and DRIP) QQQ/QQQM and/or SPY/VOO (and perhaps VXUS for non-US exposure). It gives you broad exposure to the biggest companies and will grow over time.
If looking for individual stocks, my favorites are NVDA, MSFT, GOOG, AMZN, ASML, TSM and META. All are mega caps and have a strong moat, with amazing fundamentals. Again - recommend DCA/DRIP instead of timing the market with these as well.

# Communication Services (5 stocks)Equal-weight: +5.56%
|Ticker|Name|Dec 22, 2025|Apr 28, 2026|% Change|JPM Target|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|**DIS**|Disney|$112.38|$102.35|\-8.93%|$138.00|
|**GOOG**|Alphabet|$311.11|$348.52|\+12.02%|$385.00|
|**GOOGL**|Alphabet Inc.|$309.56|$350.34|\+13.17%|$385.00|
|**ROKU**|Roku|$109.80|$114.38|\+4.17%|$125.00|
|**T**|AT&T|$23.77|$25.52|\+7.36%|$33.00|
|**Category Average**|—|—|**+5.56%**|—|

How do people run DD on earnings then. Target large high volume companies like GOOG etc.?

Bought GOOG and TSM today. Google wants to make its own chips. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hopefully not GOOG. GOOG always pumps in the AH post earnings, but dumps the next morning

Ok but let’s look at these “AI Companies” then. MSFT, GOOG, META, all have good expected growth currently. Could that change? Sure, but so far it hasn’t and I doubt it will.
I also think you’re overestimating the increase in costs from oil. I own tobacco stocks and PM lowered their guidance due to increased costs and it was barely even a downgrade. Their expected EPS for the year went from 8.38 to 8.36. I know tobacco doesn’t represent the rest of the market, and I’m sure SOME companies will get hit hard, but I really don’t think the impact is going to be close to what you think. Also, PM popped on their earnings regardless of the downgrade.
I also bought CLF on thursday as a pre-earnings play and this thing blew up because of their growth projections, now I’m planning on holding. As with Tobacco, Steel isn’t a representation of the whole market, but steel and tobacco are separate from AI.
If you can find stocks that have recently reported expected costs skyrocketing I’d be very curious to read up on them. I think our disagreement simply comes from the fact that I don’t think oil costs will be as disruptive as you think. Time will tell, but for now I’m confident in the stocks I’m invested in.

to be honest on r/valueinvesting 90% of it is noise but some people really do bring up stocks i wouldnt otherwise be looking at..
UNH and GOOG for example i looked into more because of that subreddit and no ragrets .. on reddit i also seen someone post the CAR run up and i wanted to short it.. i dont do such risky plays but it wouldve been the right one. u just gotta have ur own filter, its wrong to say (like other posts are) that a whole website is “noise”.. its kind of ignorant tbh some people have good ideas or know what they are talking about hust cuz they posting on reddit doesnt mean shit

My week starts tomorrow heavy long on: HOOD, RDDT, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG

Thanks, homie. Might have to sell some GOOG to cover this garbage. They'd better pivot to an AI company or something.

You said all that but are long NVDA and GOOG? Why?

GOOG

#TLDR
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**Ticker:** NVDA / GOOG
**Direction:** Down (in theory) / Up (in OP's portfolio)
**Prognosis:** Sweat nervously about the erosion of the American AI hardware moat, but keep holding your tech longs anyway.
**Jensen's Prophecy Speedrun:** Any% completion in exactly 3 business days.
**Irony Level:** Maximum. Writing a 5-paragraph bearish doom thesis on US Tech while literally dropping an Imgur link to show you're still long NVDA and GOOG.

GOOG

Had you focused on growth, maybe you would've been able to retire at 35? Not sure why you feel like ignoring the data.
> Ive held apple since i started investing (2012) and thats been a fun dividend to see grow too.
"Why is dividend-focused investing better than anything else?"
"Because APPL and GOOG, duh."

Ride GOOG calls into earnings, QQQ puts for Thursday

GOOG double beat Q4 2025 earnings and ended down the day after.

I've been considering getting back into the Jan 27 GOOG CC market again myself. I sold before the crash, bought back after the crash, now premiums are getting back up there again.