Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the everything e-commerce behemoth and one of the world’s largest companies by market capitalisation. It generates sales from its namesake e-commerce platform, its AWS web server business and countless other complementary services, such as Amazon Prime. The company started from humble beginnings in the late ’90s by Founder Jeff Bezos selling books online. In 1997, Amazon served 1.5 million customers. Today, Amazon serves hundreds of millions of customers through its global e-commerce stores, millions via its AWS cloud server business and touches many more with its technology (e.g. Prime Video, Echo, Kindle).
Another positive end to the week sent US markets higher on Friday, the Dow Jones up 0.9%, the S&P 500 up 0.8% and the Nasdaq up 0.5%.
The Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT) share price has experienced meteoric growth. I think optionality holds the key to future growth.
Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF (ASX:VTS) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could be one of the best long-term options.
The Airtasker Ltd (ASX: ART) share price has continued to descend towards its opening price. In these circumstances, I try and focus on the business’s long-term growth potential.
The ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) is set to fall when the market opens on Wednesday. CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) and Metcash (ASX:MTS) shares are making headlines.
The ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) is set to open lower following another weak session for US tech stocks overnight. Challenger (ASX:CGF) and AMP (ASX:AMP) shares are in the news.
The S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) is expected to open flat on Monday. News Corporation (ASX:NWS) and REA Group (ASX:REA) shares are in the news.
The S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX:XJO) is tipped to open lower on Thursday. The share prices of Domain (ASX:DHG) and Amcor (ASX:AMC) are making headlines.
Google parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) have released record fourth-quarter results to cap off an incredible 2020 for both companies.
