Yesterday on Hart aber Fair... Jan van de Linke has some great sayings in store..... abolish the billionaires.... Abolish combustion engines... Abolish nuclear power plants...let in all asylum seekers :D Where does this guy live? I think if Jan wins the lottery, he'll have more debt afterwards than before and will say let's abolish debt. Even Warah Sagenknecht thought WTF boy...
I am 20 years old from the US and my goal is to build a dividend growth that I can use to cover some of my monthly expenses and work part-time in the future. Looking at my portfolio what would you change/add/reallocate. Curious to hear your guys opinions!
I have briefly summarized the quarterly figures from Google's parent company Alphabet $GOOG (-1,1 %) briefly summarized:
Alphabet generated revenue of USD 96.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, a good year-on-year increase of 12%. Net profit amounted to USD 26.5 billion (USD 2.15 per share) and exceeded expectations.
The cloud business grew by 30% to USD 12 billion, but unfortunately fell short of forecasts. Alphabet plans to invest USD 75 billion in 2025, primarily in AI.
Despite the growth, the share was sold off quite a bit, so perhaps some of you were able to buy the dip.
Alphabet expects to invest approximately $75B in capital expenditures in 2025, significantly higher than the $57B in 2024.
CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted AI innovations, including Gemini models, Google Cloud AI growth, and AI-driven search enhancements.
Cloud & YouTube exited 2024 with a combined annual revenue run rate of $110B.
Google continues to see robust AI-driven demand across search, cloud, and YouTube monetization efforts.
Dividend Announcement:
Alphabet declared its first-ever dividend of $0.20 per share.
Comment from CEO Sundar Pichai:
"The fourth quarter was a strong quarter, driven by our leadership in AI and momentum in our core businesses. We are developing AI faster than ever, increasing efficiency and expanding our cloud and YouTube ecosystem. Our investments will accelerate growth opportunities in 2025."