amazon.com Inc.
NASDAQ symbol AMZN, is the leading bookseller on the Internet, as well as a leading video and music seller. It also has numerous other store categories, including electronics, computer games, toys and tools. Through Amazon Services, the company also offers programs that let sellers market on its web sites.
CARFINCO FINANCIAL GROUP INC., $10.20, symbol CFN on Toronto, provides car loans to consumers who don’t meet the criteria of traditional lenders, like banks. Carfinco has now expanded into the U.S. through its $9.5-million purchase of Persian Acceptance Corp., an automotive lender that also caters to less affluent borrowers. Persian operates in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Vermont. It works with about 362 car dealers who use the company to get loans for their customers. Persian currently has $42.7 million U.S. in outstanding loans. To put that in perspective, Carfinco has $195.0 million of loans....
AMERIGO RESOURCES $0.43 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 172.3 million; Market cap: $72.4 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from waste rock at Chile’s El Teniente, the world’s largest copper mine. The contract runs at least through 2037. Amerigo also has an agreement to process material from the nearby Cauquenes tailings pond.
Amerigo gets 94% of its revenue by processing copper. The remaining 6% comes from molybdenum.
In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Amerigo’s revenue fell 22.0%, to $31.4 million from $40.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). That’s because Amerigo’s copper production fell 17.5%, and molybdenum output declined 23.1%.
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Amerigo gets 94% of its revenue by processing copper. The remaining 6% comes from molybdenum.
In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Amerigo’s revenue fell 22.0%, to $31.4 million from $40.0 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). That’s because Amerigo’s copper production fell 17.5%, and molybdenum output declined 23.1%.
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POWERSHARES QQQ ETF $76.42 (Nasdaq symbol QQQQ; buy or sell through brokers; www.invescopowershares- .com), formerly called Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares, holds stocks that represent the Nasdaq 100 Index, which consists of the 100 largest shares on the Nasdaq exchange, based on market cap.
The Nasdaq 100 Index contains shares of companies in a number of major industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain financial companies. The fund’s expenses are about 0.20% of its assets.
The index’s highest-weighted stocks are Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, Cisco Systems, Intel, Amazon.com, Gilead Sciences, Comcast Corp. and Amgen.
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The Nasdaq 100 Index contains shares of companies in a number of major industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain financial companies. The fund’s expenses are about 0.20% of its assets.
The index’s highest-weighted stocks are Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, Cisco Systems, Intel, Amazon.com, Gilead Sciences, Comcast Corp. and Amgen.
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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set up to mirror the performance of a stock-market index or subindex. They hold a more-or-less fixed selection of securities that represent the holdings that go into the calculation of the index or sub-index.
ETFs trade on stock exchanges, just like stocks....
ETFs trade on stock exchanges, just like stocks....
AMAZON.COM $278.16 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $128.3 billion; No dividends paid) has invested heavily in cloud computing. This is now paying off with some big contracts: earlier this year, it won a $600-million deal with the U.S....
DOREL INDUSTRIES, $35.10, symbol DII.B on Toronto, fell over 10% this week after it announced that its earnings will fall below expectations in the current quarter. Dorel makes a wide range of products, including ready-to-assemble home and office furniture; juvenile products, such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, toddler beds and cribs; and recreational products, mainly bicycles. Continued poor weather across the U.S., Canada and Europe has led to lower-than-expected sales volumes, particularly for bicycles (which account for roughly 34% of Dorel’s sales). The slowdown has also prompted the company’s competitors in the bicycle industry to cut their prices....
AMAZON.COM $278.16 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $128.3 billion; No dividends paid) has invested heavily in cloud computing. This is now paying off with some big contracts: earlier this year, it won a $600-million deal with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to build a cloud-computing service.
The CIA has traditionally awarded many of its big computing contracts to IBM (New York symbol IBM), a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter.
IBM has protested the awarding of this deal to Amazon, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently recommended that the CIA reopen negotiations. The CIA now has 60 days to say whether it will follow this recommendation.
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The CIA has traditionally awarded many of its big computing contracts to IBM (New York symbol IBM), a recommendation of our Wall Street Stock Forecaster newsletter.
IBM has protested the awarding of this deal to Amazon, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently recommended that the CIA reopen negotiations. The CIA now has 60 days to say whether it will follow this recommendation.
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POWERSHARES QQQ ETF $70.39 (Nasdaq symbol QQQQ; buy or sell through brokers; www.invescopowershares- .com), formerly called Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares, holds stocks that represent the Nasdaq 100 Index. That index consists of the 100 largest shares on the Nasdaq exchange, based on market cap.
The Nasdaq 100 Index contains shares of companies in a number of major industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain financial companies. The fund’s expenses are about 0.20% of its assets.
The index’s highest-weighted stocks are Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, Cisco Systems, Intel, Amazon.com, Oracle Corp., Comcast Corp. and Amgen.
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The Nasdaq 100 Index contains shares of companies in a number of major industries, including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain financial companies. The fund’s expenses are about 0.20% of its assets.
The index’s highest-weighted stocks are Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, Cisco Systems, Intel, Amazon.com, Oracle Corp., Comcast Corp. and Amgen.
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AMAZON.COM $262.96 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $122.4 billion; No dividends paid) plans to start selling original TV shows through its website.
Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows....
Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows....
AMAZON.COM $262.96 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206- 266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $122.4 billion; No dividends paid) plans to start selling original TV shows through its website.
Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows. If broadcast or cable networks like a pilot, they order a series of about 13 episodes.
Amazon recently began streaming pilots for 14 new shows on its website, which viewers can watch for free. If enough people like a show, the company will produce more episodes and sell them through Amazon Prime, its $79-a-year rewards program, which offers free two-day shipping and access to other online content.
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Traditionally, TV producers make pilot episodes of new shows. If broadcast or cable networks like a pilot, they order a series of about 13 episodes.
Amazon recently began streaming pilots for 14 new shows on its website, which viewers can watch for free. If enough people like a show, the company will produce more episodes and sell them through Amazon Prime, its $79-a-year rewards program, which offers free two-day shipping and access to other online content.
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