Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock just received a major new catalyst this week when it announced it will acquire the India-based payment company Emvantage.
This purchase gives Amazon access to an industry that could be worth as much as $100 billion. And that's not even the biggest reason why we're bullish on the AMZN stock price in 2016.
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock just received a major new catalyst this week when it announced it will acquire the India-based payment company Emvantage.
This purchase gives Amazon access to an industry that could be worth as much as $100 billion. And that's not even the biggest reason why we're bullish on the AMZN stock price in 2016.
First, here are the details of the acquisition...
Expectations for Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) stock are high this close to earnings, and the volatility I'm seeing with AMZN shares tells me traders are afraid Amazon might not deliver this week.
But I'm going to show you a cool chart - one that less than 1% of all traders and investors ever see - that reveals a juicy opportunity for us in this atmosphere of nervous anticipation.
So let's keep our cool and make some money as Amazon's "moment of truth" gets closer...
Even though Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) suffered a PR hit over the weekend, Amazon stock emerged Monday unscathed. An hour into trading at 10:30 a.m. ET, AMZN stock was flat at $530.34 a share (-0.22%).
The New York Times ran a scathing story Saturday about the largest American Internet-based retailer. Therein, testimonials from 100 current and former employees depicted a "bruising" workplace, where employees are expected to "toil long and late," and where workers suffering from personal crises, including cancer, miscarriage, and bereavement, are simply edged out.
Money Morning Technical Trading Specialist D.R. Barton appeared on CNBC World after Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) blew away all analysts' expectations and turned in a stellar profit of $0.19 per share on $23.18 billion in revenue.
Life is about to get even better for shareholders as the e-commerce giant looks to put revenue worries to rest forever.
Don't miss D.R.'s look at CEO Jeff Bezos' "take over the world's retail" mentality...
Hot on the heels of its controversial "Prime Day," Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced earnings after closing bell Thursday, July 23 - and it was a doozy...
The historic report sent Amazon stock soaring more than 17%, pushing the company's net worth well past that of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT).
Here are the need-to-know highlights in Amazon earnings for Q2 2015...
Watch for the Amazon stock price today to make a big move. America's largest Internet retailer launched its new "Prime Day" on July 15. The day ahead of Prime Day's debut, AMZN stock hit a record intraday high of $465.95, and shares finished up 2.2% at $465.57.
Here's everything investors need to know about AMZN stock right now...
Amazon Prime Day is being touted as Christmas in July with more deals than Black Friday.
While the event will likely be a good deal for consumers, it likely won't do much for shareholders.
Last week, investors drove up the market valuations of both Amazon.com and Microsoft by tens of billions of dollars based on excitement over the companies' "cloud computing" hosting businesses.
For both companies, cloud revenues and growth were the catalyst of the big moves.
Amazon stock has been up and down over the course of the year.
It could be headed for trouble if it doesn't move back up above crucial support levels.
But despite the uncertainty, Amazon stock still should help traders snag some quick profits.
Several airlines report earnings Thursday, including American Airlines, United Continental Holdings, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Air Group, and JetBlue Airways.
Today's hot stocks to watch also include a couple of tech heavyweights, a key automaker, a pair of drug giants, and more.
Here’s our full list of eight stocks that will be on the move today as earnings season continues…
Amazon stock (Nasdaq: AMZN) won't be hurt for long by the Alibaba IPO, due to hit Sept. 18. While both companies are e-commerce giants in their own right, the two may not be as competitive with one another as you think...
Amazon stock (Nasdaq: AMZN) enjoyed a bump Wednesday after ChannelAdvisor released its August same-store sales (SSS) report. Amazon's at the top of the e-commerce pack, nearly quadrupling the industry average.
It's a promising signal that Amazon's fundamentals are healthy and thriving...
On Tuesday at its gala event, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) unveiled its mobile payment device, the "Apple Pay." It will compete with Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), which just launched its own swipe-to-pay device, the "Amazon Local Register," in August, and current market leader Square.
Here's a side-by-side comparison of how Local Register, Pay, and Square stack up...
Amazon stock (Nasdaq: AMZN) - and its investors - is going to see huge upside from the company's expansion into the exploding gaming industry. The late August purchase of Twitch Interactive made sure of it.
On Monday, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced it bought Twitch Interactive Inc. - the world's largest gaming arena and the fourth-largest source of all U.S. web traffic - for $970 million. That makes Twitch AMZN's biggest acquisition of all time.
Here’s what you need to know about Twitch – and why it was worth every penny AMZN spent to buy it…
