This sales growth, combined with the company's cost-reduction initiatives and automation investments, should help to drive Amazon's profits sharply higher over time. Amazon's advertising business also stands to benefit from the expansion of the e-commerce market. Amazon's constantly expanding array of seller services is helping these merchants scale their businesses. Read More...
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How I’d Invest $20,000 Today if I Had to Start From Scratch
It certainly still applies to most facets of my relatively long life, including my years as an investor. With that as the backdrop, and based on a few-too-many years’ worth of accumulated wisdom, here’s what my portfolio would look like if I was just starting out with $20,000 worth of cash. There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it — I’d invest half of any new portfolio of any size in an index fund like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY), trusting that over time the market’s inherent bullishness will do lots of heavy lifting.
