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Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has grown from a humble bookseller that Jeff Bezos started in his garage to the biggest e-commerce company on earth, complete with web services and advertising business verticals.
Over the last five years, Amazon’s share price is up more than 50%. Of course, that’s folloing the big market downturn of 2022. At the time of the stock’s last all-time high, in November 2021, shares of AMZN had gained more than 250% over the previous five years.
If those numbers have you eager to hitch your wagon to Amazon, here’s what you need to know.
How to Buy Amazon (AMZN) Stock
1. Open a Brokerage Account
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