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Is Google's stock a buy? Here's what you need to know

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Alphabet sits nearly 25% off its highs today , one of its steepest declines in recent years .

The decline could be an excellent opportunity for long-term investors, but only if the underlying business is intact.

Google processes over 5 trillion searches annually , more than double what it did in 2016 , the last time it published this data.

Google Cloud is the world's fastest-growing cloud platform, and the runway is long.

The Motley Fool’s total average return is 796% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 155% for the S&P 500.

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The Fool's total average investment total return from investing in Netflix and Nvidia has been more than 700% .

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