The stocks of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) shot higher in Friday trading. Although most stocks rose because the Federal Reserve strongly ...

As you can see, Alphabet's 64% return trounced the rest of the Magnificent Seven, beating 2025's second-best performer, Nvidia ( NVDA 3.30%), by a whopping 33 percentage points and most of the others ...

Alphabet (GOOGL) has been quietly grinding higher, with shares up about 22% over the past 3 months and more than 58% in the past year. This has prompted fresh questions about valuation. See our latest ...

Meta has previously relied on AWS and Azure for its cloud infrastructure. Meta and Alphabet are each other's largest competitors in the digital ad business, making the partnership notable. The deal ...