Search and Cloud Strength Drive Alphabet’s (GOOG) Rally

Madison Investments, an investment advisor, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Madison Large Cap Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, U.S. stock market indices achieved their best performance since 2020, driven largely by a narrow group of Artificial Intelligence-related stocks. As in the pandemic’s early days, investors are fixated on who will benefit from AI, reminiscent of the late 1990s internet bubble. Against this...