Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) just delivered a quarter that forces investors to separate headline profit from real operating momentum. The Anthropic gain made earnings look much bigger, but the underlying business still showed strength across AWS, retail, advertising, and AI infrastructure. The key question is whether heavy spending today creates a stronger, stickier cloud platform tomorrow.
Stock prices used were the market prices of May 6, 2026. The video was published on May 11, 2026. On the date of publication, Rick Orford did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this video.