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Alphabet Shares Rise 7% YTD: Buy, Sell, or Hold the GOOGL Stock?

Alphabet GOOGL shares have returned 7.4% year to date (YTD), outperforming the Zacks Computer & Technology sector’s 4.1%. The company’s prospects are expected to benefit from its growing AI-powered search capabilities and significant investments in cloud computing. However, capacity constraints, despite the improving pace of server deployments and data center construction, are expected to hurt ...

The Warner Bros. Shareholder Vote? That's the Easy Part.

Key Points Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders will vote on the Paramount Skydance acquisition on April 23, and approval is widely expected. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is already preparing to investigate the deal. History shows that media mega-mergers typically pass with significant concessions rather than outright blocks. 10 stocks we like better than Warner ...

What Big Bank Earnings Aren’t Telling Investors Right Now

For the past few weeks, investors have been trapped in a “fog of war.” They’ve been fixated on the headlines, worrying about oil prices, inflation and the implications for future rate cuts. That is understandable. The good news is that the first-quarter earnings season has arrived just in time. Because after weeks of anxiety, rumor ...

How Does Ford Plan to Sustain Its Leadership in US Manufacturing?

Ford Motor Company F manufactures about 80% of the vehicles it sells in the United States, which positions it as one of the country’s largest automakers. The company maintains a significant domestic manufacturing footprint, supporting numerous jobs both directly and indirectly while contributing substantially to the broader economy. Last year, it added several more domestic ...

Microsoft's AI Data Center Push: Growth Engine or Capex Trap?

Microsoft MSFT continues to double down on AI infrastructure, most recently announcing its intent to purchase approximately 3,200 acres of land in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to develop a new data center campus. The move signals that the company’s capital deployment is accelerating well into fiscal 2026, further expanding an already formidable infrastructure footprint. The scale of ...

Best Growth Stocks to Buy for April 16th

Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, April 16th: M-tron Industries, Inc. MPTI: This company that manufactures frequency and spectrum control products carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 13.8% over the last 60 days. ...

Prediction: This Will Be Amazon's Stock Price in 1 Year

Key Points Amazon’s cloud computing business accelerated in the fourth quarter, and AWS still appears constrained more by capacity than demand. Amazon generated a staggering $139.5 billion operating cash flow in 2025. A strong case can be made for 12% annualized returns in the stock price from here. These 10 stocks could mint the next ...