A is for Alphabet

30 points by pearlsteinj 9 years ago | 5 comments

skdotdan 9 years ago |

IMHO Google/Alphabet's strategy should have been reinvesting their huge profits in buying other big companies like ARM, Nvidia or SpaceX.

startupdiscuss 9 years ago | |

With EBITDA of $24B in 2016, they could buy about a 3rd of NVIDIA. With financing they could probably buy more, but its not clear this is better than putting some of that money into replication, or earlier stage companies.

skdotdan 9 years ago | | |

I know, but in 2015 or so.

Also, Softbank acquired ARM as an investment and it is already paying off.

relics443 9 years ago |

Hasn't Google Fiber been all but shelved?

nathanfjohnson 9 years ago |

I'm thinking of buying some of that stock.