From gold to the world’s largest company, 5 predictions for 2026. Plus, see how we did on 2025 forecasts

Article contentWe are not calling for the demise of Nvidia Corp., the current AI star. However Alphabet Inc. has exposure to AI, but also to many other high-growth areas such as cloud computing, quantum computing, YouTube, Waymo, SpaceX and so on. Nvidia, despite its attractions, is still essentially tied completely to AI. Alphabet shares rose about 60 per cent so far this year and Nvidia is up about 25-30 per cent. Nvidia’s market cap is about US$4.3 trillion, and Alphabet is at about US$3.7 trillion. Alph ...