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We recently published a list of 10 Stocks Everyone’s Talking About as Trump Softens His Tone on China. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)stands against other stocks everyone’s talking about as Trump softens his tone on China.
Investors are desperately looking for signs of a market bottom after going through massive volatility and losses. 3Fourteen Research’s Warren Pies said in a latest program on CNBC that we are getting “close” to a market bottom based on his technical analysis. The analyst talked about key indicators he’s looking for:
“I do think that the White House is trying to deescalate the situation. One of the markers we’ve seen is that Peter Navarro hasn’t been on TV since April 13th, and that’s corresponding with this equity rally. Setting that aside, though, I think that a bottom, a confirmed bottom, has two components. You need to see washed out sentiment and positioning. We measured that in a number of ways: we measured it in inverse ETFs for retail, we measured it for vault targeting for institutions, and CTAs for trend followers. Across all those metrics, sentiment is depressed. That’s phase one of a bottom. Then, you look for technical confirmation. Philosophically, we’re always going to be late because of that ordering.”
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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Number of Hedge Funds Investors: 160
Ben Reitzes, Melius Research head of technology research, said in a latest interview with CNBC that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) search business is under threat from other companies and it “does not matter” how many models the company releases to keep up with the competition. The analyst brought up Kodak to highlight a possible outcome for Google.
“I mean, it’s confusing. It’s very cluttered. Make a bet. There—I don’t know one other than analysts and investors who can name every model and every product that Google’s experimenting with.What has happened time and again in this market is there’s disruptors who make a bet—this is the way things are going to go—and they move faster. It’s actually not always the best product. It’s not always the best model. Actually, the best model belongs to Google. It’s called Gemini 2.5 Pro. It is the best. We said it in our note. You know, Kodak had the best digital cameras too. Every six months, they’d come out with one that topped Canon. It didn’t matter. It’s—you got to make a bet and disrupt yourself.”