E*TRADE Generation Trader: Preview of Amazon Earnings
In this episode of Generation Trader, sponsored by E*TRADE, Cheddar Anchors Hope King and Tim Stenovec take a look at Amazon's stock performance leading up to the company's fourth quarter earnings report.
54 percent of the Cheddar community voted that they turned to Amazon for holiday gifts this past holiday season, according to a Twitter Poll.
Research firm GHB Insights said Amazon captured between 45-50 percent of all online holiday sales, thanks in large part to its Prime subscribers. Shares of Amazon are up more than 30 percent in the past three months.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of President Trump’s tariffs on its business. Apple’s earnings for the first three months of the year topped Wall Street’s expectations thanks to high demand for its iPhones, and the company said tariffs had a limited effect on the fiscal second quarter’s results. Cook added that for the current quarter, assuming things don’t change, Apple expects to see $900 million added to its costs as a result of the tariffs.