The Market Sours on Amazon's Eye-Popping $200 Billion Investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here's Why It Could Pay Off.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) demonstrated strong growth in the 2025 fourth quarter, as reported last week. Sales increased 12% year over year, beating analyst estimates, although earnings per share (EPS) of $1.95 missed expectations of $1.97. However, the big talk after the report was management's announcement that it plans to spend $200 billion in capital expenditures in 2026. The market is starting to become wary of all of the artificial intelligence (AI) spending, impatient for results. Where to invest $1,000 ...