I Keep Buying Alphabet Expressly Because of Chips and Interest Rates
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Most investors run from Alphabet the moment they see its chip spending and rate exposure. Those are precisely the two reasons it keeps landing at the top of my watchlist.
Directly affected
- GOOG Alphabet-4.3%
Named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond-1.8%
Long-term bonds move when yields change
- IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond-0.9%
Treasury bonds move when yields change
- SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond-0.3%
Short-term bonds move when the Fed changes rates
- SPY SPDR S&P 500+1.6%
Stocks move when the Fed changes the rate path
- JPM JPMorgan Chase-4.3%
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- BAC Bank of America-18.8%
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- GS Goldman Sachs-8.5%
Bank profits move with lending and interest rates
- XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR-3.9%
A fund of financial companies
- KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking-4.4%
Regional banks are sensitive to interest rates
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
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Congressional trades in the stocks in this story
- Rep. Michael Rulli sold Alphabet (GOOG), worth $50,001 - $100,000 on 16 Oct 2026. That is 6 days before publication. Filed 19 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Cleo Fields bought Alphabet (GOOG), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 14 Sep 2026. That is 38 days before publication. Filed 1 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Scott Scott Franklin sold Alphabet (GOOG) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 20 Aug 2026. That is 63 days before publication. Filed 17 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse sold Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) (held by a spouse), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 4 Sep 2026. That is 48 days before publication. Filed 1 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse sold Jpmorgan Chase (JPM), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 4 Sep 2026. That is 48 days before publication. Filed 1 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Jpmorgan Chase (JPM) (held by a spouse), worth $100,001 - $250,000 on 27 Aug 2026. That is 56 days before publication. Filed 4 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Bank Of America (BAC) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 9 Sep 2026. That is 43 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Laurel Lee sold Bank Of America (BAC) (held by a spouse), worth $50,001 - $100,000 on 24 Aug 2026. That is 59 days before publication. Filed 16 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar sold Goldman Sachs Group (GS), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 24 Sep 2026. That is 28 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Michael Rulli bought Goldman Sachs Group (GS), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 3 Sep 2026. That is 49 days before publication. Filed 2 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Gilbert Cisneros bought Goldman Sachs Group (GS), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 26 Aug 2026. That is 57 days before publication. Filed 10 Sep 2026. View the filing.
Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).
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