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There were rampant comments in related articles along the line of “why bother with BABA stock when AMZN stock is a no-brainer?”. Numerous write-ups also called Amazon a “no-brainer” investment. Alibaba shareholders who listened to the chorus of “advice” telling them to dump BABA stock for AMZN are finding themselves in another hole.
mildly negative