Another typical Amazon quarter–revenue beat and earnings miss–despite corona virus
Amazon reported first quarter earnings today and fell $1.10 a share short of Wall Street estimates for $5.01 a share (GAAP earnings). That was a 30% year over year decline. Revenue, however, of $75.5 billion was up 26.5% year over year and beat estimates by $1.41...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
... earnings drama. The week features reports from Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Microsoft (MSFT), ExxonMobil (XOM) General Electric (GE), Caterpillar (CAT), Ford (F), Tesla (TSLA), Starbucks (SBUX), McDonald's (MCD), Pfizer, and Gilead...
They shoot momentum stocks don’t they?
The last two days of a plunging stock market on fears that the outbreak of coronavirus will last longer and spread farther than previously imagined have taken a huge chunk out of some momentum stocks. Just today shares of Nvidia (NVDA) fell another 4.11%, Twilio...
Little stock market movement by the close today is actually a good sign
The Standard & Poor's 500 closed dead even for today December 27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was head just 008%. The NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.17% and the Russell 2000 small cap index was off 0.62%. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets EFT (EEM) was up by...U.S. consumers deliver the sugar plums for holiday shopping
Amazon (AMZN) reported today, December 26, that the holiday shopping season broke records for the company this year. Among other high-lights five million new customers started Prime free trials or paid memberships globally, and the number of items delivered with...
Amazon launches new second version of server chip against Intel
When you have 90% of the very high margin market for server chips, you should expect to have people make a run at you. So Intel (INTC) is once again facing off in its never ending battle with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.) That company is shooting to gain more than 10%...
An Amazon quarter disappoints but not for the usual reasons
You know what an "Amazon quarter" feels like right? Lots of revenue growth but no earnings as capital spending eats profits? Well, that's sort of what the company delivered today. But not quite. And the not quite is important. Usually an Amazon quarter is...
Microsoft’s earnings beat last night sets up Amazon and Apple earnings to come
Last night, October 23, after the market close, Â Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings and revenue beats for its fiscal first quarter. Revenue climbed 14% year over year, beating Wall Street forecasts by $860 million. Earnings of $1.38 a share exceeded Wall Street...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
...a "showdown" between Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) in the cloud space as the two companies report earnings only a day apart (on Wednesday October 23 for Microsoft and Thursday October 24 for Amazon.) Microsoft's cloud effort--Azure--is growing faster than...
Justice Department to step up antitrust scrutiny of Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple
According to the Wall Street Journal this afternoon, the Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition. "The new antitrust inquiry is the strongest signal yet of Attorney General...
Making Amazon my #9 pick in my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Rest of 2019
Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings for the second quarter after the close of trading in New York on July 25. The results from Amazon's Prime Day(s) on July 15 and 16 are a reminder of why we want to own this stock in the second half of any year that has a Christmas in it....Jim’s Stock Alerts
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