Google’s parent company reports weaker than expected results

"Mr Market is having a mood swing," Colin Gillis of BGC Partners

Google: weaker results than expected for Alphabet
Graph: Google Q1 2015 to Q1 2016

Alphabet, the parent company of tech giant Google, has fallen short of analyst expectations with its latest results, despite increasing its revenue and profit.

“There’s nothing wrong with this company. They spent a bit more and took in a bit less than we thought, so Mr Market is having a ...