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Alphabet’s massive profit growth is just an illusion, as SpaceX and Anthropic help mask a historic cash drain

Earnings quadrupled on paper, but an analyst calls that an “illusory” performance propped up by unrealized gains from equity investments.

Alphabet’s massive profit growth is just an illusion, as SpaceX and Anthropic help mask a historic cash drain

Published July 23, 2026 · Category: Finance

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Earnings quadrupled on paper, but an analyst calls that an “illusory” performance propped up by unrealized gains from equity investments.

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Originally published at www.marketwatch.com.

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