From my side, congratulations to the shareholders of $GOOGL (+0,59%) / $GOOG (+0,47%) I am happy for you. And I have to admit this quite transparently: I was wrong.
I never thought that they could get away with the search engine monopoly - which they have - without any real penalties. That really is a huge relief. It was predictable that the EU would once again act in a completely haphazard manner. The EU is the king of lions when it comes to bullying its own citizens, but when the big trading partners put their foot down, it's just the lion from the Wizard of Oz looking for his courage.
So all in all, it's just a slap on the wrist and quite rightly leads to a huge rise in the share price - which I unfortunately missed. At the moment, only the so-called "ad tech lawsuit" is still open, but the stars are aligned at the moment. At the moment, the USA does not seem to be making any great efforts to regulate its own economy. Good news perhaps for shareholders in other companies against which DOJ proceedings are currently underway - but certainly for the tech industry.
I do not expect any major setbacks for Alphabet in the short term, but at the moment I am actually so bullish that I would even seriously consider opening an initial position here if the market dips.
