NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc.’s market value topped $2 trillion for the first time in afternoon trade on Wednesday.

The increase in Amazon’s stock market valuation comes just over a week after Nvidia reached $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable firm on Wall Street.

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Amazon Crosses $2 Trillion In Stock Market Value For The First Time

Nvidia’s chips power numerous AI applications, so the company’s price has skyrocketed.

Amazon has also made significant investments in AI as the technology’s popularity has increased worldwide.

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Amazon Crosses $2 Trillion In Stock Market Value For The First Time

The majority of the company’s attention has been on business-oriented products, such as AI models and a chatbot named Q, which Amazon makes available to businesses that use its cloud computing unit AWS.

In April, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that AI capabilities have reaccelerated AWS’s growth and that it was on track to generate $100 billion in annual revenue.

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Amazon Crosses $2 Trillion In Stock Market Value For The First Time

Last year, the unit’s growth slowed as companies trimmed expenditures due to high inflation.

The digital behemoth has also invested $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco-based AI business, to develop foundation models for generative AI systems. Amazon also creates and designs its own AI processors.

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Ahead of Monday’s market opening, GameStop shares are rising on speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock frenzy owns a sizable number of shares in the video game retailer, potentially worth millions.

GameStock’s stock rose more than 87% in premarket trading.

Keith Gill, also known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media platforms YouTube and X, goes by the handle Deep F- – – – – Value on Reddit. Late Sunday, a Reddit user posted a screenshot in the r/SuperStonk thread, which some believe is an image of Gill’s GameStop shares and call options. The graphic suggested that Gill may own 5 million GameStop shares worth $115.7 million as of Friday’s closing price. The picture also revealed 120,000 call options at GameStop with a strike price of $20 that expires on June 21. The call options were purchased at approximately $5.68 per piece.

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Gill’s account on X also tweeted an image of a reverse card from the popular game Uno on Sunday night. There was no associated text for the image.

This latest behavior comes just three weeks after Gill emerged online for the first time in three years, causing GameStop’s stock price to rise. In May, the “Roaring Kitty” account shared an image on X of a man sitting forward in his chair, a meme commonly utilized by gamers when things become serious.

Following the post on X, there was a video from years ago on YouTube in which Gill defended the troubled company GameStop and concluded by saying, “That’s it for now because I’m out of breath.” FYI, here’s a fast 4-minute video I made to summarize the $GME bull argument.

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In 2021, GameStop was a video game retailer battling to survive as consumers shifted fast from discs to digital downloads. Big Wall Street hedge funds and major investors were betting against or shorting its stock with the expectation that its shares would continue to fall precipitously.

Gill and many who agreed with him reversed the course of a firm that appeared to be on the verge of collapse by purchasing thousands of GameStop shares despite practically all acknowledged indicators indicating that the company was in serious trouble.

That triggered what is known as a “short squeeze,” in which large investors who had bet on GameStop were obliged to buy its swiftly increasing stock to offset significant losses.

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The Strange Exception Where A Lower Stock Price Can Be Better For Investors

Others that joined the viral rush on Monday include movie theater company AMC Entertainment Holdings, which is up more than 26% in premarket trading. Koss Corp., a headphone producer, increased by more than 14%, while BlackBerry, the once-dominant smartphone maker, increased by more than 4%.

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Shares of GameStop are jumping ahead of Monday’s market start, fueled by suspicion that the man at the core of the pandemic meme stock frenzy owns a big number of shares in the video game store, potentially worth millions.

GameStock’s stock rose more than 87% in premarket trading.

Keith Gill, also known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media platforms YouTube and X, goes by the handle Deep F- – – – – Value on Reddit. Late Sunday, a Reddit user posted a screenshot in the r/SuperStonk thread, which some believe is an image of Gill’s GameStop shares and call options. The graphic suggested that Gill may own 5 million GameStop shares worth $115.7 million as of Friday’s closing price. The picture also revealed 120,000 call options at GameStop with a strike price of $20 that expire on June 21. The call options were purchased at approximately $5.68 per piece.

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GameStop Leaps In Premarket As Roaring Kitty May Hold Large Position

Gill’s account on X also tweeted an image of a reverse card from the popular game Uno on Sunday night. There was no associated text for the image.

This latest behavior comes just three weeks after Gill emerged online for the first time in three years, causing GameStop’s stock price to rise. In May, the “Roaring Kitty” account shared an image on X of a man sitting forward in his chair, a meme commonly utilized by gamers when things become serious.

The post on X was followed by a YouTube video from years ago in which Gill defended the troubled corporation GameStop, saying, “That’s it for now because I’m out of breath. FYI, here’s a fast 4-minute video I made to summarize the $GME bull argument.

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GameStop Leaps In Premarket As Roaring Kitty May Hold Large Position

In 2021, GameStop was a video game retailer battling to survive as consumers shifted fast from discs to digital downloads. Big Wall Street hedge funds and major investors were betting against it or shorting its stock with the expectation that its shares would continue to fall precipitously.

Gill and many who agreed with him reversed the course of a firm that appeared to be on the verge of collapse by purchasing thousands of GameStop shares despite practically all acknowledged indicators indicating that the company was in serious trouble.

That triggered what is known as a “short squeeze,” in which large investors who had bet on GameStop were obliged to buy its swiftly increasing stock to offset significant losses.

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GameStop Leaps In Premarket As Roaring Kitty May Hold Large Position

Others that joined the viral rush on Monday include movie theater company AMC Entertainment Holdings, which is up more than 26% in premarket trading. Koss Corp., a headphone producer, increased by more than 14%, while BlackBerry, the once-dominant smartphone maker, increased by more than 4%.

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