Amazon (AMZN) / Jeff Bezos

[winston]

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Is the ONLY Stock You Should Own

AMZN stock has no peer, and isn't linked to macro trends

By Jeff Reeves

Source: InvestorPlace.com

http://investorplace.com/2016/07/amzn-s ... 38O_7h96M8

[winston]

Online retailer Amazon hits an all-time high… up 70%-plus in the past year.

[winston]

not vested

Should You Buy Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock? 3 Pros and 3 Cons

AMZN has amazing growth prospects but that doesn't necessarily mean shares are a good value at current levels

By Dan Burrows

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/07/buy-am ... 4WwIbh96M8

[winston]

not vested

What You Still Don’t Get About Amazon

You might be tempted to take profits on AMZN stock. Hold your horses.

By Dana Blankenhorn

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/07/still- ... 4bvyLh96M8

[winston]

not vested

Amazon.com, Inc.: Nothing Can Stop AMZN Stock

Regardless of how Amazon stock reacts to earnings, AMZN is still a good long-term investment

By Brian Nichols

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/07/amazon ... 5gu3rh96M8

[winston]

not vested

Amazon tops Wall Street targets, lifted by cloud revenue

BY JEFFREY DASTIN AND ANYA GEORGE THARAKAN

“We’re adding warehouses. We’re adding workers,” he said, noting 18 new fulfillment centers for the third quarter, compared with six centers in the same period of 2015.

Amazon's work force expanded by 47 percent in the second quarter year-over-year, including part-time employees.

The company's net sales in North America, its biggest market, jumped 28.1 percent to $17.67 billion.

Revenue from Amazon Web Services surged 58.2 percent to $2.89 billion. This beat the average estimate of $2.83 billion, according to market research firm FactSet StreetAccount.

Source: Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazo ... y%20Report

[winston]

not vested

Tech Earnings Star No. 3: Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is one of the reasons why I like to remind investors that a stock’s “sticker price” isn’t really all that important.

What’s crucial is the amount of money you make.

I say that because many investors voice concerns about a stock that’s as “expensive” as Amazon, which trades at around $760.

But had you bought back on Feb. 11 when the market bottomed, you would have made nearly 54.5% on your money. That’s better than triple the S&P 500′s profits over the period.

You can chalk up much of that to the e-commerce king’s status as the king of cloud computing, too. Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market with a 30% market share.

That unit is one of the big reasons why Amazon’s second-quarter report was the fifth straight profitable quarter in a row and its third consecutive quarter of record profits.

AWS saw a 58% jump in sales for the quarter, 87% more than the company’s overall revenue increase of 31%. Those cloud sales also helped the firm more than double its profit margins to 4.2%.

For CEO Jeff Bezos, this was a big win. His goal is to hit $10 billion in cloud sales this year. Quarterly sales for AWS came in at roughly $2.9 billion.

And the company continues to invest in its core e-commerce franchise. To speed delivery of its huge product offerings, it will add 18 new warehouses this quarter.

Its Prime membership, which costs $99 a year, gives it a big advantage over its competitors, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), which, in terms of market value, it cruised by last year.

Source: Money Morning

[winston]

Jeff Bezos just sold a boatload of Amazon stock

by Jillian D'Onfro

Jeff Bezos just got a nice payday.

In his most valuable stock sale ever, the Amazon founder and CEO sold about 1 million shares of his company this week. That's more than $755 million worth of stock.

The sale itself is routine — Bezos sells a huge number of shares every year on a predetermined schedule — but the sheer bounty is pretty extraordinary.

Amazon just posted its third-straight record-breaking earnings, and the stock is up almost 44% since his last big sale, according to Yahoo Finance.

What will Bezos do with his new riches?

Who knows? Maybe he'll invest some in his rocket company. Or his underground clock. Or The Washington Post. Or charity. Bezos has a lot of interests.

Source: Business Insider

[winston]

not vested

Stellar Tech Stocks: Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

Last but not least, we have the tech juggernaut of all tech juggernauts. Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) stock soared after earnings rose beyond Wall Street’s expectations.

The company posted its fifth straight quarter of profit: an adjusted tally of $1.78 vs. the consensus of just $1.11 and last year’s tally of just 19 cents. Now, AMZN stock has booked gains of more than 40% over the last 12 months.

That growth was organic, too, with net sales expanding 31% year-over-year. And AWS, the company’s cloud service, continues to be strong. In the most recent quarter, tech giant Salesforce (CRM) selected AWS as its provider, while net sales for AWS expanded and also topped Wall Street’s consensus.

For the cherry on top, Amazon’s stellar quarter came on the heels of its best-ever day of sales (via Prime Day). Talk about special!

Source: Game Changers

[winston]

not vested

Fall Stocks to Buy: Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)

For years, analysts wondered if the huge investments Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has in infrastructure and slashing product and shipping costs to increase the company’s market share would be worth it.

That question has been answered with a resounding “yes!”

AMZN has been a 2016 darling, as the company has proven time and time again that it can make money both on its front-end retail endeavors and its back-end Amazon Web Services business.

This has made AMZN stock an attractive target for nervous investors who believe the days are numbered for strong growth in the market.

As we head into the crucial holiday-shopping season, Amazon is poised to garner even more market share as an increasing number of consumers shift to online purchases, regardless of whether the FOMC raises interest rates or not.

This should continue to apply bullish pressure to a stock that enjoys a strong long-term uptrend.

At SlingShot Trader, we’ve had success with AMZN mini options, and that’s always a strategy for cost-conscious traders to consider here.

Source: investor Place