To The Moon

In a surprise twist of event, $Alphabet(GOOG)$ closed 2025 as one of Wall Street’s biggest winners after a strong rebound driven by its AI push. Investor confidence improved when GOOG showed that its AI tools complement and support search usage and ad demand, rather than weaken its core business. 2025 Performance Comparison. Among the Magnificent 7, GOOG emerged as the top performer in 2025, with the stock up about +65%, its best year since 2009. (see above) Even AI chipmaker leader, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ only managed as the next best, rising about +35%. GOOG investors are (now) focused on whether gains in AI products, Cloud demand, and AI infrastructure can keep the AI momentum going. GOOG’s AI Doubles Down. GO

For week ending 19 Dec 2025, US market had been interesting. It had a mixed performance but laced with bullish momentum. On Wed, 17 Dec 2025, both S&P 500 and Nasdaq were still below their 50-day lines as ORCL continued to weigh on AI stocks. Before the week was over, they managed to reclaim their 50-day & 21-day lines as MU earnings and tame CPI inflation, buoyed markets. This resulted in leading stocks faring well, with many flashing buy signals, notably sectors in the tech, medical, aerospace and travel. One of the tech stocks termed a “Buy” by Wall Street analysts is $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$, which has an interesting run in 2025, looking back. PLTR Retrospect. Historically, PLTR has had a phenomenal run in the last 1½ year. I