Is Buying Amazon Stock Now a Brilliant Move or a Disaster Waiting to Happen? | The Motley Fool

Is Buying Amazon Stock Now a Brilliant Move or a Disaster Waiting to Happen? | The Motley Fool

The market is unhappy with the company’s AI spend, but is Wall Street getting it all wrong?

Amazon (AMZN 2.38%) can rarely catch a break from market negativity these days.

The company, which is now the largest company in the world by sales on a trailing 12-month basis, should be receiving accolades based on its strong performance and seemingly endless opportunities. There are few industries at this point where it doesn’t touch some kind of base. But Amazon stock plunged after earnings recently, and it’s down 8% over one year as of this writing.

Is this an incredible opportunity for investors? Or is it a huge mistake to buy now? Let’s check it out.

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Investing for the shift

One of CEO Andy Jassy’s favorite things to talk about on company earnings calls is the unprecedented opportunity in artificial intelligence (AI) and the cloud. He keeps discussing the massive shift that is already happening, with the 85% to 90% of company informational technology spend that’s…

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