

Alphabet has been one of the market's strongest mega-cap tech stocks, but doubling that return has been harder than it sounds.

ETF and fund investors gave up $3.8 trillion over the past decade to poorly timed trading, Morningstar research shows. That gap, the difference between what funds actually returned and what investors earned, is a number that advisors can help shrink.

Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Last Week These were last week's top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly.

Alphabet is driving long-term upside through aggressive capital spending and cloud backlog conversion, supporting a bullish outlook. GGLL, a 2x leveraged ETF on GOOGL, offers amplified exposure to Alphabet's growth but carries heightened volatility and structural risks. GOOGL's cloud segment posted 82% YoY revenue growth and margin expansion to 35.6% in Q2'26, though near-term margin pressure is expected.

In another one of this week's tests of investor sentiment around artificial intelligence (AI) – and a tentpole one at that — Google's parent company, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), reports second-quarter results after the close of U.S. markets on Wednesday, July 22.

The crown of the world's most valuable company — as measured by market capitalization — has been worn by semiconductor giant Nvidia. The AI chip king settled with a market value of $4.85 trillion on May 1.

Four of the Magnificent Seven reported earnings yesterday—Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet—beating most Wall Street expectations. As seasoned traders know, however, the prevailing market reaction can define whether a stock moves higher or lower.

SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ: GGLL) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 107,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately
SEC filings for GGLL aren't indexed yet — common for recently launched funds. Browse the issuer's filings on SEC EDGAR directly.