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10 Numbers That Stunned Investors This Week

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

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Here are this week's need-to-know facts about the stock market, economy, Wall Street, and life-changing global events...

It's the numbers that count in this crazy world. They can tell stories that words sometimes can't.

Here's a look at some of the fascinating, infuriating, amusing, depressing, and altogether important numbers that the world has put up on the board recently - and why you need to know them...

The 5 Most Ambitious Google Projects After Q3 2015 (Nasdaq: GOOG)

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

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Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL), formerly known as Google Inc. up until Aug. 10, is at the end of its third quarter 2015.

It's been an impressive 14 weeks for the innovation powerhouse. To start, GOOG stock is up more than 12% in Q3 alone. That's a $55 billion market cap increase -- which means Google almost doubled the entire value of eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), worth $29.4 billion, in a single quarter.

As remarkable as that sounds, Google's stretch into truly surprising areas is the real standout story of its third quarter.

Here are five of the most ambitious Google projects in Q3 2015...

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Earnings "All But Irrelevant" Despite Analyst Noise

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

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"Contrary to what the rest of the world believes, Google earnings are all but irrelevant except in the very short term."

Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald knows Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) well. He has followed the tech giant since its founding in 1998. Just last week, Fitz-Gerald notched a successful prediction he'd made years ago when the EU filed antitrust charges against Google on April 15.

Instead, he recommends investors take action with this Google stock play instead of tuning into the earnings noise...

Buy GOOG, Today's "Innovative King" of Tech

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(Nasadq: GOOG) Stock When Stuart Varney, host of FOX Business’ “Varney & Co. asked Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald to choose between Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) stock and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock, he didn’t hesitate for one instant. “Google, without a question,” Keith said, noting that Google has of late surpassed Apple in the key metric of innovation. Watch the video below Keith explain in detail why Google stock is the better buy right now.

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Good News for GOOG Stock: Brand Voted "Most Valuable"

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) stock may be down 4% in 2014, but that hasn't impacted Google's brand equity. Yesterday (Tuesday), Google was named the world's most valuable brand according to research firm MillwardBrown's "2014 BrandZ Top 100" ranking.

Google surpassed Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), which had held the top spot the previous three years.

Here’s why this year’s ranking is good news for Google stock….

These Amazing Numbers Tell Us Why Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Is Buying Twitch

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

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Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) already owns YouTube, which dominates online video. So why is Google buying Twitch, a Web site that mostly just live streams people playing video games?

While the deal isn't official yet, many news outlets have reported that Google wants to buy Twitch for $1 billion. What many don't realize is how big the live streaming of online gaming has become.

When you see these numbers, you’ll realize that this deal is an incredibly smart one for Google (which is great for GOOG stock holders).

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Stock Faces Threat from ''Right to Be Forgotten''

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The European Court of Justice has ruled that its citizens have the right to have links to certain information removed from search engines like Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) if that information is outdated or not in the public interest.

In this appearance Wednesday on FOX Business' "The Real Halftime" program with Stuart Varney, Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani talks about what this decision on the so-called "right to be forgotten" will mean for Google stock.

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Why We’re Bullish on Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Stock

By , Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI -

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On April 2, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) unveiled a stock split - a 2-for-1 reapportionment that halved the price of the GOOG stock, so you can now snap up shares at a more affordable price.

Academics typically dismiss stock splits as "book-keeping" maneuvers, but retail investors often get pretty stoked about them.

This time it's the investor who has the right take on this.

Here’s how the GOOG stock split can give your investment portfolio a nice jolt.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Stock Down Sharply on Earnings Miss

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM -

A strong earnings report today would have gone a long way toward Google stock regaining its momentum. Unfortunately for shareholders, a strong report was not what they got.

Not only were revenue and EPS figures lower than expected, revenue generated from advertising was also disappointing.

Get all the information from Google's Q1 earnings report here and see where the stock is headed now.