As some of the world's most valuable companies, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) have long histories of providing investors with significant and consistent gains. Their shares are up 1,000% and 516% respectively over the past decade -- and the companies still have promising ...
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Even though we're back to a bull market, the S&P 500 has lost some of its year-to-date gains recently. It's up 5% for the year so far, but the Federal Reserve continues to push off its interest rate cuts, signaling that the economy is still facing challenges. But there's been lots of good news for investors, ...
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As far as quarterly results go, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders have nothing to complain about right now. The e-commerce giant's first-quarter revenue of $143.3 billion and per-share earnings of $0.98 both topped estimates and were well up from year-ago levels. Amazon stock edged higher following ...
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Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is one of the few big-box retailers that survived the rise of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other e-commerce platforms over the past two decades. Instead of closing its stores to cut costs, Walmart stayed relevant by renovating its stores, matching Amazon's prices, expanding its e-commerce ...
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Within my ISA and SIPP, I hold a lot of different stocks and funds. However, at present, three stocks – all of which I’m very bullish on – account for around 18% of my total investment portfolio. Interested to know what stocks they are? Read on and I’ll tell you… A world-class company First up we, have ...
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The tech market has come a long way since 2022, when macroeconomic headwinds caused a market downturn that saw the Nasdaq-100 Technology index plunge 40%. The same index has since risen 68%, driven by easing inflation and advances in budding markets like artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon (NASDAQ: ...
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Once the king of the robotic vacuum space, iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) has seen an astonishing 80% drop in its stock value, heavily influenced by a failed acquisition by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). This sharp decline is likely to discourage many shareholders, compelling them to reassess their investments in iRobot. ...
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The "Magnificent Seven" refers to seven mega-cap tech-oriented companies -- Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). If you're looking to own the whole ...
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Big Tech company Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has seen its share price jump. Year to date, the stock’s up about 21%. I reckon the stock – which is currently my second-largest holding – has the potential to keep rising in 2024. Here are three reasons I’m bullish on it right now. Strong momentum Let’s start with ...
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Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are two of the retail sector's most resilient stocks. Both companies weathered fierce competition from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and expanded as other brick-and-mortar retailers crumbled. Over the past five years, Costco's stock soared 199% as Walmart's stock ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported solid financial results for the first quarter on April 30. Revenue grew 13% over the year-ago quarter, and solid cost controls provided a massive boost to the company's profits. After the report came out, Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak maintained an overweight (buy) ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian answers if investors can still buy Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock at current valuations. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 29, 2024. The video was published on May 1, 2024. Continue reading
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock gained ground in Wednesday's trading. The company's share price ended the daily session up 2.3%, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Amazon published its first-quarter results after the market closed yesterday, reporting sales and earnings for the period ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock was climbing today after the tech giant topped estimates in its first-quarter earnings report. Once again, the "Magnificent Seven" stock delivered huge expansion in margins as it benefited from the growth of higher-margin businesses and recent cost cuts after laying off nearly ...
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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) had an upbeat start to fiscal 2024, delivering strong growth across the business in the first three months of the year. While the cloud segment continues to be a key growth driver, the company’s advertising business has also been booming lately. The e-commerce giant’s stock ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock was trading at $0.09 when it went public in May 1997. As I write this (27 April), its stock is worth $179.17. This represents an astronomical return of 198,833.33% in just over two and a half decades. I should point out that I was born in September 1998, so it would have been ...
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Image source: The Motley Fool. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Apr 30, 2024, 5:30 p.m. ET Operator Continue reading
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E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Tuesday reported a sharp increase in net sales and earnings for the first quarter of 2024. Net sales increased to $143.3 billion in the first quarter from $127.4 billion in the prior-year period and came in above Wall Street’s forecast. For the second quarter, ...
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E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will be reporting earnings results for the first quarter of 2024 today after the closing bell. Listen to Amazon’s earnings call live and check the real-time transcript Analysts are projecting earnings of $0.78 per share on revenues of $133.09 billion for ...
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Nvidia was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 last year. Its share price surged 239% as artificial intelligence (AI) whipped Wall Street into a frenzy. However, several hedge fund billionaires began diversifying away from Nvidia in the fourth quarter, while purchasing shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has more than doubled since the beginning of 2023. So far in the 21st century, it has doubled five times plus additional big gains. Generating 100% returns isn't as easy with a market cap of nearly $1.9 trillion. It's not impossible, though. Here's exactly how Amazon's stock ...
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In just under a week, e-commerce megastar Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock is scheduled to report its Q1 2024 financial results. Analysts are optimistic, forecasting earnings will nearly triple year over year, to $0.85 per share. But beyond just next week's results, what are the experts saying about Amazon ...
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Shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) were among the winners as strong cloud infrastructure results from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) seemed to lead investors to believe that Amazon will report similar strength in its cloud unit when it reports first-quarter earnings ...
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It's probably time for Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to consider offering a dividend. I'm not the first person to suggest that quarterly distributions should be the online retailer's prime objective, but the suggestions will only get louder now that Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has ...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new big thing. The technology is evolving rapidly, and it could substantially contribute to the growth of companies that become leaders in the field. Many investors are also looking to cash in by investing in those corporations that seem ahead of the pack. There are ...
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The biggest driver of headlines across the technology sector over the past year or so has been the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI). Many of the world's biggest companies see a vast opportunity resulting from AI and are investing accordingly to stake their claim in the AI revolution. What ...
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There haven't been many success stories as outstanding as Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). This business has grown rapidly over the past couple of decades and now dominates multiple sectors, with customers using its products daily. This "Magnificent Seven" stock has crushed it for investors, rising 975% in just ...
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Many analysts follow Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock. As expected, their price targets can vary considerably. According to data compiled by MarketWatch, the current spread is $160 to $235 per share. Recently, a pundit tracking the stock moved rather close to that upper limit by raising his fair value estimation. ...
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Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has turned in extraordinary returns over the years. In the last decade, the share price's 975% gain dwarfed the S&P 500's 167%. That's been very rewarding for long-term shareholders. It's tempting to hold on, or if you don't own the shares, jump on the bandwagon. But the ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian previews Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) earnings announcement and answers whether investors should buy the stock before the release. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 21, 2024. The video was published on April 23, 2024. Continue reading
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When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), no other companies come close to the attention paid to the "Magnificent Seven." Indeed, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) are all helping shape the AI narrative in their own ways. While Microsoft's relationship ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian forecasts where Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock could be by the end of 2024. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 19, 2024. The video was published on April 21, 2024. Continue reading
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Making long-term predictions is difficult. Who would have guessed 10 years ago that Nvidia would be one of the largest companies by market cap in the world? Very few. Despite this uncertain future, I still believe it is useful for investors to look out five to 10 years and think about what companies ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been a significant winner over the last two decades, generating enormous wealth for its investors. But for investors who have yet to buy the stock, is it too late now to add Amazon to their portfolio? Here are three questions to ask to answer that question: Is it a good business? ...
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The Magnificent Seven -- Alphabet, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) -- has continued to outperform the broader market, up 15% year to date as a group, compared to a 6% return from the Nasdaq Composite. However, not all stocks in ...
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With all the emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year, it's easy to overlook how little changes to Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce business can have a big impact on its results. The company has been working to increase delivery speeds and decrease costs simultaneously. One Wall ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights one growth stock investors can buy if they feel like it is too late to buy Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 16, 2024. The video was published on April 18, 2024. Continue reading
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) isn't the world's biggest company by revenue. That title belongs to Walmart, but Amazon could easily pass its brick-and-mortar rival in revenue in just a couple of years. The tech giant finished 2023 with $575 billion in revenue and 12% growth. At that rate, Amazon will top $1 trillion ...
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The artificial intelligence (AI) market has captivated Wall Street during the past year. The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT reignited interest in the technology and highlighted just how far AI has advanced. AI has huge potential in the coming years as it bolsters industries such as consumer tech, cloud computing, ...
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There's no hotter topic in technology today than artificial intelligence (AI). Breakthroughs from ChatGPT and competing platforms have captivated both tech enthusiasts and investors. But with so many companies trying to make waves in the AI realm, investors can become exhausted trying to identify the ...
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian highlights two categories driving Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) profit margin higher. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 12, 2024. The video was published on April 14, 2024. Continue reading
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian lets you know whether it is too late for investors to buy Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 13, 2024. The video was published on April 15, 2024. Continue reading
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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses how Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has substantially increased revenue, cash flow, and profits. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 11, 2024. The video was published on April 13, 2024. Continue reading
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Investors try to pick winning stocks that can put up strong returns over long periods of time. In the past couple of decades, the tech and internet sectors have been a hotbed for these opportunities. Just look at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Since its initial public offering in May 1997, the e-commerce and ...
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E-commerce and cloud leader Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a bona fide stock winner that keeps compounding in value. Shares trade near their all-time highs, and a mere $1,000 investment made at its initial public offering in May 1997 has turned into over $1.9 million. Naturally, new investors will ask whether ...
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Dan Loeb is known as a mover and a shaker in the investing world. He founded the New York-based hedge fund Third Point in 1995. It now has roughly $11.5 billion in assets under management. Loeb's net worth stands at $3.3 billion, according to Forbes. The activist investor did some moving and shaking ...
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The last few months have been delightful for shareholders of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The stock is up 45% in the last six months and 22% year to date. With a market cap of $1.93 trillion, shares recently surpassed all-time highs set in 2021 as investors become increasingly optimistic about profitability ...
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Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is best known as the king of e-commerce, accounting for more than a third of all U.S. e-commerce sales, a staggering lead. As for Amazon's own business, e-commerce accounts for about 67% of total sales. Online store sales increased 9% year over year in the 2023 fourth quarter, and ...
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The euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is in full swing. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes are trading near record levels, and many on Wall Street are anticipating further gains. Among the hottest names in AI are the "Magnificent Seven" stocks -- a catchy moniker used to collectively ...
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