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3 Top Cloud Stocks to Buy in December

Billy Duberstein, The Motley Fool
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3 Top Cloud Stocks to Buy in December
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Believe it or not, the stock of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has done basically nothing over the past year and half. Looking underneath the hood, AWS accelerated 39% versus 37% in the prior quarter and 29% in the prior-year period. Operating margins came in over 30%, despite Amazon's heavy investments in growth.

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