1 Red Flag and 1 Green Flag for Alphabet in 2025

Knowing reasons why an investment could fail is just as important as knowing why it could succeed. This is vital for investing in a company like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), as it is displaying two contrasting signals to investors.On one hand, its advertising business is steady, the cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses are booming, and the stock is priced at a cheap level. On the other hand, the DOJ is seeking to break up Alphabet due to an illegal monopoly by forcing the sale of its Google Chrome browser. So, which factors should investors be more worried about?The Department of Justice (DOJ) has long been on Alphabet's tail, but it has finally caught it. After a judge ruled that Google (an Alphabet subsidiary) has engaged in an illegal monopoly, the DOJ is pushing the judge to force the sale of Google Chrome. The judge hasn't decided what to do yet, but regardless, this decision may take years to enact. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool