Stocks rose Wednesday, with the S&P 500 setting an intraday high, as the U.S. and Japan reached a trade agreement and Wall Street looked ahead to earnings reports later in the session from Tesla and Alphabet.

AI is a main theme of second-quarter earnings as Alphabet reports this week. Tesla, Mattel, Hasbro and Coca-Cola also report, as Trump policies remain top of mind.

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.

Alphabet's integrated AI infrastructure—custom TPUs, proprietary software, and unmatched data quality—creates a compounding competitive advantage across

While there are lingering concerns about Google’s search business in the long run, analysts see some positives ahead of upcoming second-quarter results.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Tracking Closely. On July 21, Evercore ISI reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock with a price target of $205.00.

In the first quarter, Alphabet reported earnings of $2.81 per share, topping the consensus estimate of $2.02. Revenue came in at $90.23 billion, beating the $89.20 billion estimate by 1.16% and marking a 12% year-over-year increase.

Alphabet , faced with unprecedented threats from AI rivals, will be keen to assure investors this week that the company's own spending on the technology is helping it dig a deeper moat around its search and advertising businesses.