Amazon (AMZN) / Jeff Bezos

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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Is an Unstoppable Growth Titan

AMZN is so much more than a retailer

By Louis Navellier

AMZN was years ahead on cloud computing. Its Amazon Web Services division is the largest cloud computing firm in the world. And it recently just signed customer relationship management giant Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) as a client. This will certainly be a very valuable two-way street for CRM.

Source: Blue Chip Growth


http://investorplace.com/2016/09/amazon ... 9058vB96M8

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More than half of shoppers turn to Amazon first

Fifty-five percent of those surveyed go to Amazon when searching for products, an increase from 44 percent a year earlier, according to a poll of 2,000 people released by the Internet marketing firm BloomReach.

That's bad news for Wal-Mart and other retailers trying to make headway against Amazon in online shopping.

Source: Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... 092716_BIZ

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Why Amazon's stock keeps hitting all-time highs

by Ari Levy

Amazon's Prime service — which gives subscribers free shipping, as well as access to Amazon's television shows, movies and music for $99 a year — is growing like crazy.

Cowen and Co. estimated this week that subscribers grew to 49 million in August, and said that the pace of growth shows signs of accelerating. (It has a price target of $960. Amazon was trading around $833 midday Thursday.)

Amazon Web Services is growing so fast — and is so profitable — that for first time Bezos has real margin to play with. (That business sold $2.89 billion in the second quarter of this year .)

Source: CNBC

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-amazo ... 17623.html

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Is Amazon Running Out of Steam?

By Naman Shukla

The success of Amazon Prime should help the company outperform its peers in the long run.

With each customer spending more on Amazon Prime, the growth of the platform should benefit Amazon considerably, which is good news for long-term investors.

Source: GuruFocus

http://www.thetradingreport.com/2016/10 ... -of-steam/

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Bad Stocks You Should Kick to the Curb: Amazon (AMZN)

by Mike Seyfang

Speaking of Amazon, I’m going to recommend that you dump this stock as well, though it has nothing to do with performance.

Other than perhaps Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon may be the single greatest growth story of the past 20 years.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, practically invented internet commerce, and he practically invented cloud services via Amazon Web Services.

As a company, Amazon is simultaneously fighting Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) in retail and IBM and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) in business services … and it’s winning this two-front war.

And Amazon may be about to open a third front against shipping giants FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) and United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS).

But no matter how much I love and respect Amazon, I can’t see myself paying 200 times earnings for any stock … even a gem of a company like this one.

If Amazon ever has a significant correction, it’s definitely a stock I’d like to own. But at current prices, Amazon is priced to disappoint.

At the end of the day, all of Amazon’s respective businesses are cutthroat competitive, and its rivals aren’t simply standing by to watch AMZN conquer the world. This means lower margins … and likely a lot of disappointed investors.

Source: Investor Place

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We Think This Stock is Headed Even Higher

By Diane Alter

Amazon reports Q3 2016 results on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Wall Street is expecting earnings per share of $0.78, up from $0.76 one month ago.

Of the 45 analysts who cover Amazon stock, 34 have a “Buy” rating, six maintain an “Overweight,” and five rate shares “Hold.” None rate Amazon stock as a “Sell.”

Source: Money Morning

http://dailytradealert.com/2016/10/16/w ... -higher-2/

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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock Is Still the King of E-Commerce

Yes, Amazon stock took a pause after earnings, but don't underestimate how much market AMZN still has left to eat

By Hilary Kramer

Source: Game Changers

http://investorplace.com/2016/10/amazon ... B2-9_l96M8

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

Amazon stock has delivered outstanding gains for years, but can it continue?

By Laura Hoy

Source; Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/11/amazon ... C6I4vl96M8

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Now’s a Great Time to Consider Adding This Stock to Your Portfolio

By Bob Creed

Last year, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) generated around 60% of total U.S. online sales growth.

The giant brought in $23 billion more in 2015 than it did the previous year.

And it should continue to see bigger numbers this year, next year and beyond.

Remember, e-commerce sales are projected to surpass $600 billion over the next four years. By 2019, more than 206 million shoppers will be spending money online.

As the biggest name in online retail, Amazon is likely to gain a huge percentage of these shoppers.

Source: Investment U

http://dailytradealert.com/2016/11/21/n ... portfolio/

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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Stock Will Be a War Zone in 2017

AMZN stock offers something for both the bulls and the bears

By Serge Berger

Source: The Steady Trader

http://investorplace.com/2016/12/amazon ... F3kWvl96M8