70 Billion Reasons to Buy Alphabet Stock Right Now

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) recently gave investors some encouraging news during its first-quarter earnings release, including a better-than-feared result that was relatively upbeat for the rest of the year. This flies in the face of many investors' concerns regarding the effects of tariffs, but we'll see how tariffs affect Alphabet as we move along throughout the year.During its Q1 earnings report, the company also made one exciting announcement: A $70 billion share repurchase authorization. This is a massive chunk of money, but some special circumstances are going on right now that will make this share repurchase plan different from the rest.Alphabet is better known as the parent company of Google, YouTube, and the Android operating system. It primarily makes revenue from advertising, which is why a lot of pessimism is baked into the stock. Ad spending is among the first line items to get cut when a company's facing an economic downturn, which would impact Alphabet substantially.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool