Want a safe growth-stock bet in a volatile market? This tech titan checks all the right boxes.The current bull market started in October 2022, when investors got early signs that the inflation crisis would fade out. Some economic indicators suggest that a sharp market correction might be in the works, but others indicate at least another year or two with continued gains on Wall Street.The market sentiment is red-hot at the moment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI -0.35%) is up by 18% in 2024 and the S ...

For Immediate ReleasesChicago, IL – December 11, 2024 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include including Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) , Oracle Corp. (ORCL) , Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) , Canterbury Park Holding Corp. (CPHC) and CompX International Inc. (CIX) .Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:Top Analyst R ...

Key TakeawaysShares in Google parent Alphabet could remain in focus on Wednesday after climbing to a five month high today, boosted by the recent unveiling of a quantum computing chip called Willow. The stock broke out above a symmetrical triangle on Tuesday, indicating a continuation of the longer-term uptrend.Bars pattern analysis forecasts a potential upside target of $317 and indicates that the stock's uptrend may play out until March 2026.Investors should watch important support levels on Alphabet's ch ...

Waymo is setting its sights on its next location: the Sunshine State.The Alphabet-owned company announced Thursday that it will be hitting the roads in Miami. Waymo said it will first begin cruising through the Florida city with human safety drivers in 2025 before opening doors to riders for its robotaxi service through its Waymo One app in 2026.The expansion into Miami is indicative of Waymo's growing confidence in operating its self-driving vehicles in harsher weather conditions in large metropolitan area ...

I had a 'Strong Buy' thesis on Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) in September . The stock did really well and outperformed the S&P 500 until mid-November. However, the information regarding potential Chrome divestiture caused the stock priceComing from an IT background, I have dived into the U.S. stock market seven years ago by managing portfolio of my family. Starting managing real money has been challenging for the first time, but long hours of mastering fundamental analysis of public companies paid off and now I f ...

Nvidia (NVDA 0.28%) has taken its spot center-stage in the high-growth artificial intelligence (AI) market thanks to its innovations. The company is the maker of the world's fastest graphics processing units (GPUs) -- and these chips power some of the most crucial of AI tasks, such as the training and inferencing of models. Along with this, Nvidia also has built an entire portfolio of AI products and services to serve customers along their AI path.This AI focus has translated into several quarters of triple ...

The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.24%) is up 26.8% through Dec. 2, and certain sectors are doing even better. The Communication Services sector, for instance, is up 34.2% so far in 2024.Investment management firm Vanguard has an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the S&P 500's communications sector. The Vanguard Communications ETF (VOX 1.15%) is up 33.4% at the time of this writing, and there's reason to believe the fund is still a great value for investors interested in communications stocks like ...

There's no denying that Nvidia (NVDA 2.15%) is the poster child of the artificial intelligence (AI) craze. The semiconductor business elevated to new heights thanks to sizable investments from multiple tech giants looking to build out their network infrastructure and processing capabilities, leading to monster gains for the company and its stock.In the past five years, shares of Nvidia have gone bonkers, skyrocketing 2,370% (as of Nov. 27). The company has been jostling with Apple for the title of the world ...

Alphabet (GOOG -0.19%) (GOOGL -0.17%) has been an excellent growth stock for long-term investors. The shares have soared more than 500% over the past decade, as earnings and revenue climbed into the billions of dollars.All this is due to Alphabet's dominance in something that most of us use every day -- internet search. Alphabet's Google has steadily held about 90% of that market over time, and this position, along with ongoing improvement in its capabilities and brand strength, make it a very difficult-to- ...

Canada’s Competition Bureau has sued Google, alleging anti-competitive conduct in the country’s online advertising market.The bureau alleges that the tech giant abuses its dominant position in the market with policies that lock market participants into using its ad tech tools, the Bureau said in a Thursday (Nov. 28) press release.Specifically, the bureau alleges that Google unlawfully tied its AdTech tools together and leveraged them to distort the dynamics of the auctions in which market participants buy a ...