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Investors in Amazon.com Inc (Symbol: AMZN) saw new options begin trading today, for the November 24th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AMZN options chain for the new November 24th contracts and identified one put and one

2023 is the year of efficiency for Amazon ( NASDAQ:AMZN ), as the company is looking to enhance its profitability through cost discipline. In addition, the Internet commerce and cloud company is prioritizing its  AI (artificial intelligence) strategy to integrate this transformative technology into its AWS’ (Amazon Web Services) suite of services to maintain its leadership in the cloud space. These initiatives keep analysts, who see substantial upside potential in AMZN stock, optimistic about its prospects.  Therefore, let’s delve into AMZN’s initiatives aimed at driving profitability and strengthening its position in the AI space. Amazon Shuttering Businesses As part of its broader cost restructuring strategy, Amazon is closing down several of its businesses, as they weren’t producing the returns the company hoped for. Amazon is winding down its live radio app Amp, which enabled users to take on the role of DJs, offering commentary while playing music tracks, as reported by  Bloomberg.  Besides Amp, the company shuttered its health-focused Halo division. Further, several media outlets reported that Amazon had closed the tests of its home delivery robot Scout as growth slowed amid macro challenges.  Along with shuttering businesses and scaling down experiments, the company eliminated 27,000 corporate roles. These moves are intended to drive revenue, operating income, and free cash flows in the long term and enhance AMZN's return on invested capital.  While Amazon focuses on driving efficiency, it has invested heavily in AI to accelerate its growth. Let’s look at the company’s AI initiatives.  Amazon's AI Push  During its Q2 conference call, Amazon said it is leveraging Nvidia’s H100 graphics processing units to develop generative AI applications. Further, the company announced a strategic collaboration with Anthropic to boost its AI initiatives.  Regarding its partnership with Anthropic,  Wedbush analyst Scott Devitt expressed that this arrangement holds the potential to accelerate the uptake and integration of generative AI capabilities for AWS customers. Further, the analyst added that this “should ease investor concerns that Amazon has been less proactive than its peers in its approach to generative AI.” Devitt reiterated a Buy recommendation on AMZN stock on September 25.  With this backdrop, let’s look at what other Wall Street analysts are saying about AMZN stock.  What is the Future Outlook for Amazon Stock? Amazon stock has gained 45% year-to-date. Despite the significant appreciation in value, Wall Street analysts are bullish about its prospects. With 40 Buys and one Hold recommendation given in the past three months, Amazon stock has a Strong Buy consensus rating. Further, the average AMZN stock price target of $176.02 implies 41.3% upside potential from current levels. The Takeaway Amazon’s focus on cutting costs and driving efficiency should cushion its bottom line. Further, the signs of stabilization in the cloud business and its focus on AI initiatives bode well for future growth, as reflected through its Strong Buy consensus rating on TipRanks. Disclosure

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is more than just the new buzzword on Wall Street. Companies ranging from world-class enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly investing in the technology for fear of falling behind their competitors.

This year began in stark contrast to its predecessor, with the major market indexes gaining 20% or more from their respective bottoms to kick off 2023. That said, the market recovery has been largely uneven, with technology stocks leading the gains while other sectors of the mark

December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are trending down -0.10% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices closed higher on Wednesday as the latest batch of U.S. economic data prompted investors to scale back forecasts for Federal Reserve tightening this year, with the focus now turning to Friday’s U.S. jobs data.

Online sales during the crucial U.S. holiday season are expected to rise 4.8% from a year earlier as retailers go all out to woo inflation-hit consumers with even bigger discounts and promotions, a report from Adobe Analytics showed on Thursday.

December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are trending up +0.14% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices closed higher on Wednesday as the latest batch of U.S. economic data prompted investors to scale back forecasts for Federal Reserve tightening this year, with the focus now turning to Friday’s U.S. jobs data.

Wall Street started October with a volatile trading pattern like the last two months. The Fed kept the benchmark lending rate unchanged at the existing 5.25-5.5% range at its September FOMC meeting. Market participants were widely

U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as Treasury yields held on to recent highs, while investors awaited more data to gauge the strength of the labor market.

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are down -0.17%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ23) are down -0.05% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices closed higher on Wednesday as the latest batch of U.S. economic data prompted investors to scale back forecasts for Federal Reserve tightening this year, with the focus now turning to Friday’s U.S. jobs data.

About a week ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) alleging that the e-commerce behemoth is a monopolist, and asserting that it uses its dominant size in unfair and anti-competitive ways to make it difficult for rivals and sellers a

U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday as investors awaited more data to gauge the strength of the labor market, while elevated Treasury yields still pointed to worries about high interest rates for a prolonged period.

Alphabet unit Google has agreed to change its user data practices to end a German antitrust investigation aimed at curbing its data-driven market power, the German cartel office said on Thursday.

Only five stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges boast market caps of $1 trillion or more. These giants share several common denominators, including dominating their core markets and delivering huge gains so far in 2023.

(RTTNews) - Ofcom in the UK has referred the public cloud infrastructure services market to the Competition and Markets Authority or CMA to carry out a market investigation. The CMA will conduct an independent investigation.

British media regulator Ofcom on Thursday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate U.S. tech giants Amazon and Microsoft's dominance of the UK cloud market.