Should You Short Amazon.com?

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Amazon.com was recently described as being a compelling short opportunity by a site called firstadopter. The author felt that Amazon was essentially an uneconomic business that had completely bungled its Kindle Fire launch. In this video, Dave considers this argument, and then offers up his own thesis on Amazon.com. Is this one a possible short? Or a very attractive long-term buy?

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