Could Buying Amazon Stock Today Set You Up Life?

Amazon (AMZN 0.73%) is one of the best-performing stocks of all time, up more than 200,000% since its IPO in 1997. A $1,000 investment back then would have turned into more than $2 million today.For early investors who held the stock, Amazon has delivered life-changing returns. It's done so by pioneering and establishing itself as a leader in two massive industries, e-commerce and cloud computing, and it has used that to support the growth of high-margin businesses like advertising, its third-party marketpl ...