If you own a stake in Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN), the odds are good that its fast-growing cloud computing arm is the key reason you do. While Amazon Web Services (AWS) may only account for 15% of the company’s top-line revenue, Amazon’s cloud business accounts for two-thirds of the company’s operating profits. Better still, AWS’ sales improved …
Some innovations, like e-commerce and the cloud, are so big they can take many years to play out. The companies that create the best investment returns can tap into that growth and ride it for decades. It’s still early, but it looks like artificial intelligence (AI) is the next great tech frontier. Three Fools combed …
Despite Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla delivering some of the best gains in stock market history since they each came public, they aren’t the best performing names in the S&P 500 index over the last 10 years. In fact, none of them even crack the top 10. However, the time frame does play a very important …
Warren Buffett, an American businessman and philanthropist, is regarded by many as the world’s most successful investor. Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), has focused its investment strategy on finding businesses with strong fundamentals and holding them indefinitely. In a letter to shareholders in 1988, Buffett stated, “When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding …
Tech giant Microsoft’s (MSFT) growth story began long before artificial intelligence (AI) entered the picture. With a strong product portfolio, it has built a very successful business, steadily increasing revenue and earnings over the last decade. Microsoft stock has returned 973% over the last ten years. In 2023, the stock gained 56%, driven by the …
One of the biggest investment themes in 2023 was artificial intelligence (AI). Each of the “Magnificent Seven” stocks is playing a role in AI, and they helped fuel the Nasdaq Composite over 40% last year. This momentum seems to have carried over into 2024. The S&P 500 recently hit a new all-time high, and investors …
After a stock has skyrocketed, it’s fair to take a step back and ask whether that particular player still makes a good buy. You may be thinking that this kind of momentum can’t last forever and the stock is looking pretty expensive now. Often, you could be right. But some stocks, even after enormous gains, …
Are you one of those investors who wish they could go back in time and buy Amazon (AMZN) shares before it became the giant it is today? It still might not be too late to buy this outstanding stock. As the world’s reliance on digital solutions and e-commerce grows, along with the artificial intelligence (AI) rush, the …
Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) soared 80% in 2023, so you may think the e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s potential for gains this year is limited. But it’s important to remember that just because a stock advanced significantly today doesn’t mean it will decline tomorrow. Instead, the price movement generally is linked to the company’s earnings potential or …