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.
Investors weren't jolted by the downgrade because they already know the fractured state of U.S. politics, the size of the country's public debt, and the challenges it faces to pay for Social Security, Medicare and other expenses.
The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today's prices at the pump remain far lower than they were last year, when energy costs soared worldwide in the months following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, experts say such a jump is unusual.
