Alphabet looking to tackle overhead resistances as it revamps advertising unit
Source: www.tradingview.com
Alphabet (GOOG.us) is trading at levels last seen in April 2022, with $145.00 being regarded as overhead resistance (red vertical line). There are some promising technical developments, which if maintained, should see GOOG.us overcome this overhead resistance.
Firstly, the RSI is trading above 50 and has bullishly broken above the green down sloping trendline at 1. This suggests that the underlying positive momentum is improving. The longer the RSI maintains above 50, the greater the likelihood that the overhead resistance will fall.
Secondly, the stock's green 5-week EMA is bullishly above its orange 10-week EMA (black circle). If the EMAs develop angle and separation to the upside, price will be moving upwards.
A recent announcement indicates that the company is looking to reorganise a large part of its advertising sales unit. This is potentially significant because GOOG.us has relied heavily on its advertising unit to generate top line sales. It recorded $59.6bn or close to 78% of Alphabet's total Q3 revenue of $76.7bn.
The timing here is also at a critical juncture because it is concurrent with machine learning methods that have been implemented to help the company sell advertising on Google and YouTube.
Raymond James analyst Josh Beck covers Alphabet and has assigned a $150 target price with an Outperform rating. He expressed confidence in the company's generative artificial intelligence.
Russell Shor
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