Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its Shares

Re:Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its... by tvladeck on Friday April 25, 2014 @05:10PM (#7649057)

The stock is down from when it was up, but it's still up from when it was down!!

In all seriousness, 8-10% is a big move, but definitely not "seismic", especially after an earnings release. Apple went up that much yesterday. Today YELP fell 8% and TWTR fell over 7%.

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Re:Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its... by r00fus on Friday April 25, 2014 @05:16PM (#7649085)

It's not the move per-se, just that AMZN has previously been impervious to (or even benefited from) unprofitable quarters and missed wall st. estimates.

Unless there's another reason for this sell-off, it means perhaps Amazon's teflon-coating when it comes to it's profit-aversion might be wearing a bit thin.

That's a shift.

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Re:Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its... by spacehome on Friday April 25, 2014 @06:52PM (#7649573)

Earnings don't miss estimates; estimates miss earnings.

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Re:Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its... by wpietri on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:48PM (#7650206)

Possibly the most ignored fact in finance and management.

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Re:Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its... by jeffers_hanging on Friday April 25, 2014 @05:56PM (#7649256)

Seismic shift inside Amazon. S-team now emphasizing making money on the previous "strategic" projects. Dismissing directors and restructuring projects currently scored unprofitable. Project I was worked on is reevaluated to maybe not launch. Other project worked on replaced management team and using new engineering teams from Bangalore and Chennai.

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