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cryptica on March 29, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Perso...

That's speculation. Maybe the low prices are the real reason why Amazon is doing so well.

adenadel on March 29, 2017 [–]

The reason Amazon doesn't issue dividends is not because their prices/margins are too low. It's because they are constantly reinvesting in the business.

Scuds on March 29, 2017 | [–]

AWS is their real cash cow, but it gets stupid amounts of R&D funds put back into it. Azure is right behind them.

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