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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: tecmo ⎊☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Earnings
Date: 10/29/26 5:18 PM
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Anybody besides me and Mr. Market concerned about the slowing growth in search, the dizzying AI spending or the poor capital allocation decisions (SpaceX for example)?


Slowing Growth? Search grew 12% - yes that is much slower than the cloud growth; but its still a very healthy business.

Capital Allocation - they have made a ton of money with their SpaceX investment.

Alphabet's Google initially invested about $900 million in SpaceX in 2015, and its equity stake is valued at approximately $86 billion to $94.1 billion depending on market fluctuations (including holding roughly 551.2 million shares), representing an unrealized gain of over $85 billion from its initial principal,

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