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Amazon's Surprising Rise to the Top

Motley Fool Money

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Amazon.com soars after big earnings. And Chipotle, Starbucks, and UnderArmour get in on the party as well. Our analysts tackle those stories and debate the future of McDonald's. Plus, behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks about his new book, Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles.

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0:00.0

Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

0:07.0

From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.

0:16.0

It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. I'm Chris Hill and joining me in studio this week

0:23.0

for Million Dollar Portfolio, Jason Moser and Matt Argus Singer and for Motley Fool Deep Value.

0:27.0

Ron Gross. Good to see you as always, gentlemen.

0:29.0

Thank you.

0:30.0

Earnings, Paloosa Rolls-On this week. Best selling off their Dan Arieli is our guest

0:34.0

and as always we will give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar.

0:38.0

But we begin with the new King of Retail and that is Amazon.

0:42.0

Second quarter sales rose 20% and the company surprised everyone by delivering a profit

0:47.0

when Wall Street was expecting a lot, a loss and Mattie, the stock was up big on Friday

0:52.0

and it is now bigger than Walmart.

0:56.0

The story of the year so far for me in 2015 that Amazon's market cap is now bigger than Walmart.

1:01.0

I think a lot of us around the table probably predicted that would happen eventually.

1:04.0

I bet we didn't predict it would happen this fast. I mean it's been remarkable.

1:08.0

And the quarter was great. Sales rose 20% really beating the street estimates

1:12.0

and Amazon's own ranges.

1:14.0

And I know they had a surprise profit but for me it's really about the operating cash flow.

1:19.0

Up 69% to 9 billion over the last 12 months.

1:23.0

So anyone who says Amazon is not really a profitable company.

1:26.0

Just wait. Look at the operating cash flow. Wait until they really stop spending in the years to come.

1:30.0

It's going to be massive and of course another big story was Amazon Web Services.

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