If the first half of 2026 were a horse race between chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), it would have been one of the most exciting six months in sports. Alphabet took an early lead, but its Q4 2025 earnings release sent shares down, ceding the lead to Nvidia. Then the same thing happened to Nvidia after its earnings release a month later. Then it was neck and neck until Alphabet's blowout Q1 earnings report boosted its stock price by 10%, allowing i ...