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What to Do with Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) "No Big Surprises" Earnings Report

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - April 24, 2014

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock surged to finish up 3.87% at close today (Thursday) ahead of its Q1 2014 earnings reveal. Shares continued to rally in after-hours trading, up another 0.8 % around 4:45 p.m. EDT.

"I don't care whether Amazon misses today, I just care that it's the company's status quo," Money Morning Chief Financial Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald said. "With Amazon, I'll take anything but no big surprises - only if there's a big surprise will I be concerned."

Fitz-Gerald was keen to watch two areas in the company's release today to hint at Amazon's future profitability: Amazon's shipping model, and its sales.

Here's how the company did - and how investors should react based on today's earnings...

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What to Do with Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) "No Big Surprises" Earnings Report

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - April 24, 2014

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock surged to finish up 3.87% at close today (Thursday) ahead of its Q1 2014 earnings reveal. Shares continued to rally in after-hours trading, up another 0.8 % around 4:45 p.m. EDT.

"I don't care whether Amazon misses today, I just care that it's the company's status quo," Money Morning Chief Financial Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald said. "With Amazon, I'll take anything but no big surprises - only if there's a big surprise will I be concerned."

Fitz-Gerald was keen to watch two areas in the company's release today to hint at Amazon's future profitability: Amazon's shipping model, and its sales.

Here's how the company did - and how investors should react based on today's earnings...

What Is Fire TV? A New Way for Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) to Sell You Stuff

By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - April 3, 2014

While the pundits try to figure out how Amazon's new Fire TV stacks up to competition like Apple TV and Roku, Amazon is looking forward to how much it will fatten its bottom line. Amazon knows FIre TV will make gobs of money because

it has seen this movie before...

5 Reasons Why Amazon's (Nasdaq: AMZN) Prime Price Hike Was Necessary, Reasonable, and Will Boost Amazon Stock (Nasdaq: AMZN)

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - March 13, 2014

Amazon.com stock (Nasdaq: AMZN) stands to get a boost from a move it implemented this morning (Thursday). We'll call it "Operation Prime."

Around 8:30 a.m. EST, Amazon Prime members received the following email, notifying them of a 25% price increase from $79 per year to $99 per year, effective upon membership renewal.

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Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) Stock Drop Is Chance to Buy

By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - January 31, 2014

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock has dropped 10% today (Friday) prompting the Nasdaq to implement a short-sale restriction on the stock.

The short-sale restriction is triggered when a stock falls 10% in one trading session from the previous session's closing price. The restriction aims to prevent share-price manipulation by short sellers.

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Today’s Stock Market News And Earnings Calendar

By Garrett Baldwin, Behavioral Trading Specialist, Money Morning - January 31, 2014

Today's stock market news, Jan. 31: U.S. markets rose on Thursday, Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) reported strong earnings, and fourth-quarter GDP increased 3.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7% to 15,848, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 1.1% to 1,794. U.S. stock futures were down Friday before the bell after Eurozone inflation levels unexpectedly fell by 0.7%.

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Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN): The Best Stock to Miss Earnings

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - January 30, 2014

Thursday Amazon.com announced Q4 earnings that missed analysts' aggressive estimates of a growth increase of 238% from a year prior. That sent the stock tumbling. But there are at least four reasons why Amazon investors should not let this report scare them out of the stock.

Here's why this pullback is actually a buying opportunity...

What's Next For Tech Stocks in 2014

By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - January 15, 2014

Tech stocks like Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) are "where the action is" in tech. They make the most money and create the most innovative products and services.

These tech stocks also serve as good benchmarks for how the whole industry is performing.

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Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Stock: Bullish Forecast for 2014

By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - January 8, 2014

On Friday, Topeka Capital Markets upgraded its price target on Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock to $485.00 per share, another boost for the company that seems to do no wrong of late. The share-price target indicates potential upside of 23.21% from Amazon stock's present value of $396 per share.

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The Most Interesting Companies of 2013

By Guest Admin, Money Morning - December 31, 2013

Today (Tuesday), Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to discuss whether the most interesting companies of 2013 will make for next year's best investments.

The four "interesting" companies highlighted by host Stuart Varney: Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), and Tesla Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA).

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Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Stock: Going Higher with New Subscriber Services?

By Guest Admin, Money Morning - December 30, 2013

Today (Monday), Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to tell investors what he sees in retail web giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN)'s future.

The big question for Amazon stock in 2014 is if this e-commerce and online retailing giant can keep going to record highs. Amazon stock has gone up 60% this year to about $394 per share.

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Best Investments 2014: How to Find the Tech Stock Winners

By Guest Admin, Money Morning - December 26, 2013

Today (Thursday), Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to discuss whether the tech companies that are driving the market right now will be among the best investments in 2014.

Robinson believes the growth and earnings of tech companies continue to offer investors what they want - good cash flow and solid earnings. When Varney co-host Charles Payne points out that "Amazon hasn't made a nickel since day one," Robinson counters by saying that "each company has a unique story to tell."

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Will Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) Stock Surge With News of Pantry Venture?

By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - December 13, 2013

Today (Friday), Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson appeared on FOX Business' "Varney & Co." to tell investors what he sees for the future of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock.

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Are Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) Good Stocks to Buy Now?

By Guest Admin, Money Morning - September 25, 2013

Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani joined FOX Business' "Varney & Co." today (Wednesday) to discuss whether two hot stocks in the market right now, FB and AMZN, are good buys.

Gilani shocks Varney when he tells him what he's doing with AMZN right now...

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Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) Stock Surge Has Silenced Critics

By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - April 27, 2012

Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock is soaring today, and analysts are rushing to raise price targets and ratings.

The world's largest online retailer showed its muscle by reporting healthy earnings after the close Thursday, handily beating Wall Street estimates.

The news sent shares soaring almost 15% in after-hours trading. AMZN stock was up more than 16% Friday by 1:30 p.m. EDT to $228.59.

The Seattle-based company reported first-quarter sales jumped 34% to $13.18 billion, compared with $9.86 billion in the first quarter of 2011. Estimates were for $12.9 billion.

Net income slipped to $130 million or 28 cents per diluted share, compared to $201 million or 44 cents a year ago. Despite the decline, it was still heads above the mean forecast for 7 cents a share.

Worldwide media sales surged 19% to $4.71 billion and worldwide electronics and other media merchandise swelled 43% to $7.97 billion.

But the number that really triggered a slew of analyst upgrades was Amazon.com's profit margin increase. The company's gross margin widened to 24% from 22.8% for its best year-over-year improvement in years.

"Bulls have been waiting a long time for this gross margin upside and it finally came in the first quarter," Macquarie Equities Research analyst Ben Schachter told Reuters.

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