GOOGL, AMZN, INTC and More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks during the week (Oct. 26 to Oct. 30) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI infrastructure momentum, and corporate news flow. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG ) (NASDAQ: GOOGL ), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ), Intel Inc. (NASDAQ: INTC ), Reddit Inc. (NYSE: RDDT ), and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT ), spanning the internet search and advertising, e-commerce and cloud computing, semiconductor manufacturing, social media and online communities, and enterprise software and cloud services sectors, reflected strong retail interest. Alphabet GOOGL was in focus this week after reporting third-quarter earnings on Oct. 28 that missed expectations, with EPS of $2.12 versus a $2.99 estimate, even as Google Cloud revenue surged. The stock fell after the report as investors focused on heavy AI spending, with analysts war...