Amazon is opening a beauty and health products store in Milan, marking the company's latest brick-and-mortar experiment.The store is located in the city center of Milan, Italy, and features a range of beauty and personal care items, as well as non-prescription drugs, Amazon said in a blog post. The first store, which is called Amazon Parafarmacia & Beauty, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday.The store will be stocked with products from beauty and skincare brands including La Roche-Posay, Eucerin ...

After 43+ years working for one investment research company or another, I finally retired. So now, I’m completely independent. And for the first time on Seeking Alpha, I won’t be working based on anybody else’s product agenda. I have only one goal now… to give you the best actionable investment insights I can.I have long specialized in rules/factor-based equity investing strategies. But I’m different from others who share such backgrounds. I don’t serve the numbers. Instead, the numbers serve me… to inspire ...

I recently joined The REIT Forum and if you are looking for more investment ideas like this one, get them exclusively at The REIT Forum with access to our subscriber only portfolios.Amrita runs a boutique family office fund in beautiful Vancouver, where she leads the investment strategy for the family fund. The fund's objective is to invest capital in sustainable, growth-driven companies that maximize shareholder equity by meeting their growth-oriented goals. In addition, she also started her own award-winn ...

Chinese start-up DeepSeek rocked the artificial intelligence (AI) market when it announced one particular accomplishment. The company said it trained its model in two months for less than $6 million. This is compared to the billions of dollars big tech companies are pouring into their AI programs. Immediately, investors worried this would prompt the tech giants to rein in spending and follow in the footsteps of DeepSeek -- and that would weigh on the revenue of many AI companies, such as chip powerhouse Nvi ...

Market indexes continue to trade close to new highs, but investors should be prepared for more volatility in 2025. Historically, the stock market experiences a correction, which is defined as a pullback of at least 10% from the recent high, once every two years. A short correction occurred in late summer of 2024, but there could be another one in 2025 given elevated valuations for leading stocks. The average price-to-earnings multiple for the S&P 500 is 30, which is well above the historical average.It's al ...

This account is managed by Noah's Arc Capital Management. Our goal is provide Wall Street level insights to main street investors. Our research focus is mainly on 20th century stocks (old economy) undergoing a 21st century transformation, but occasionally we'll write on companies that help transform 20th century firms as well. We look for innovations in a business model that will cause a stock to change dramatically. Associated with SA contributors Thomas Potter and Elijah Buell.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we h ...

Shares of Amazon (AMZN 1.74%) slipped as investors were disappointed with the company's first-quarter revenue forecast. However, the company remains very upbeat about its opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), calling it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and the biggest technological shift since the advent of the internet. Amazon' stock is still up about 35% over the past year, as of this writing.Let's dive into the company's fourth-quarter results and guidance to see if this is a good opportunity to ...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ) shares have been under pressure following its q4’24 earnings release as a result of lower-than-expected AWS growth in the quarter. Despite demand for compute capacity remaining strong, Amazon is faced with certain exogenous constraintsMichael Del Monte is a buy-side equity analyst with over 5 years of industry experience. Prior to working in the investment management industry, Michael spent over a decade in professional services working in industries that range from O&G, OFS, Mids ...

There was much anticipation for Amazon’s (AMZN)  Q4 results last Thursday as the e-commerce giant had previously disclosed it saw a record holiday shopping season.While Amazon surpassed Q4 top and bottom line expectations, the company’s guidance was underwhelming to many on Wall Street. That said, let’s see if it’s time to buy, sell, or hold Amazon stock.    Amazon’s Q4 ResultsAmazon’s Q4 sales rose 10% year over year to $187.79 billion and topped estimates of $187.27 billion. Staying ahead of Alphabet (GOO ...

Amazon ((AMZN) didn’t hold back during Thursday’s earnings call, unveiling a capital spending program that stunned investors. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant not only reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings but also delivered 10% year-over-year sales growth—right in line with analyst projections.But the real headline was Amazon’s AI investment plans. In the most recent quarter, Amazon spent a staggering $26.3 billion on capital expenditures, signaling an intent to maintain that pace. Tha ...