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Then you need to make a deposit to your account before starting trading Google (GOOGL) stocks.

Alphabet stock (stock code: GOOGL) is a constituent stock of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 100 and S&P 500 indexes.

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What is Google?

Google is an American multinational technology company whose holding company is Alphabet. Google was co-founded in 1998 by Larry Page of Stanford University and roommate Sergey Brin, specializing in Internet-related products and services, including search engine technology, online advertising technology and software.

In addition to the famous search engine, Google also provides a variety of products, including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Android operating system, and the popular Google Pixel series of smartphones.

In 2015, Google announced that it would reorganize the company, including Google as a subsidiary of the newly established Alphabet company, in addition to YouTube and other services. Due to the changes in the stock after the company’s reorganization, Google stock was officially renamed Alphabet stock (stock code: GOOGL).

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How to trade Google (GOOGL) CFDs?

There are two ways for individual traders (retail investors) to participate in Google stock trading. The first is to purchase company stocks directly on the exchange where the stock is listed. For example, you can buy shares of Google (GOOGL) on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. The purchase means that you actually own the shares of the company. This is a long-term investment because investors usually hold positions for a long time and wait for the stock price to rise. Buying stocks directly is a popular investment method, but it lacks some necessary trading features, such as margin trading, and CFD trading can just make up for this shortcoming.

Another trading method is to use CFDs to trade stocks, speculating on price differences without actually owning them. A contract for difference is a financial instrument. It is an agreement between a broker and an investor. One party agrees to pay the other party the difference between the opening and closing positions of an asset when the agreement expires. You can choose to take a long position (speculate that the price will rise) or short (speculate that the price will fall). This is a short-term investment or transaction because CFDs are an alternative to stock trading and usually hold positions for a short period of time.

The biggest difference between long positions (contracts for difference trading) and direct purchases of securities (listed exchanges) is the leverage used. CFDs are margin trading, which means that traders can use limited funds to open larger positions.

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Google’s company history

Google started as a research project between Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 when they were studying for a PhD at Stanford University.

At that time, search engines sorted web pages based on the word frequency of keywords, and they hoped to develop a more advanced system by analyzing the relationship between websites. This technology later became the famous Google search engine.

Google is invested by angel investors and venture capital companies and conducted an initial public offering (IPO) in August 2004. At the time of the initial public offering, Google issued 19,605,052 shares at a price of $85 per share.

Since then, Google has continued to grow, and in 2006 it acquired the video-sharing site YouTube.

In 2015, Google established a new company, Alphabet, and merged Google and its subsidiaries into the parent company Alphabet. The two founders of Google assumed executive positions in the new company, with Larry Page as chief executive officer and Sergey Brin as president.

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What are Google’s competitors?

As one of the world’s leading companies in the technology industry, Google is facing companies from Amazon , Apple and Facebook. comprehensive competitive pressure from technology giants such as , because the businesses of these companies are also constantly developing and expanding.

In terms of search engines, Google’s main competitors are Microsoft and its Bing products, as well as Yahoo.

Google also has the Android system business, so Apple (Apple) is its main competitor in the smartphone market.

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What factors affect Google’s stock price?

Before deciding to invest in Google stock, you need to carefully consider various factors.

Like all stocks, the company’s quarterly financial reports and major market conditions are the two key factors that determine Google’s (GOOGL) stock price.

Regulations on data privacy are also one of the factors affecting Google. Investors are very concerned about the impact of privacy regulation, especially after the US domestic and international government agencies continue to strengthen their regulatory efforts.

Leaking scandals such as Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have forced society to re-examine the appropriate scope and potential dangers for large technology companies to obtain private information, as well as the need to strengthen the privacy supervision of technology companies. If the regulatory system becomes too strict, many investors will worry that Google and its stock price will be greatly affected.

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