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Amazon.com is one of the world’s largest technology and e-commerce companies.
Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Amazon began as an online bookstore but quickly expanded into selling a vast range of products, including electronics, clothing, household goods, and more. Today, it operates a massive global online marketplace where individuals and businesses can buy and sell goods.
Beyond e-commerce, Amazon is a major player in several other industries:
- ☁️ Cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the largest cloud platforms in the world
- 🎬 Digital streaming with services like Prime Video
- 📦 Logistics and delivery, with its own shipping network
- 🧠 Technology and AI, including devices like Alexa and Echo
Amazon is known for its focus on customer convenience, fast delivery (such as Prime shipping), and a wide selection of products and services.
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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....
Pat McKeough responds to many requests for specific advice on what stocks to buy and other questions on investment strategy and the economy from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle. This week an Inner Circle member asked us about the popular online movie and TV service Netflix. A pioneer in sending DVD’s by mail and offering online entertainment at a low monthly fee, the company has seen its share price rocket by over 360% in less than a year. Pat examines the company’s aggressive thrust into producing original content as it seeks to maintain its dominant position in an increasingly competitive industry. ...
Netflix, $244.96, symbol NFLX on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 56.1 million; Market cap: $14.4 billion; www.netflix.com), is the largest online entertainment subscription service in the U.S, with over 100,000 DVD titles for rent. The company has various subscription plans—including monthly plans starting at $4.99—that let users stream movies or rent DVDs with no due dates or late fees. The company’s distribution centres across the U.S. allow most subscribers to get next-day delivery. In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Netflix’s revenue rose 20.3%, to $1.09 billion from $889.2 million a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $0.49 a share, up from $0.11....
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....