Amazon Does Everything

Currently, our US portfolios are focused on technology and healthcare. So we are always fired up by companies that straddle the two sectors.

Amazon is working hard to break into healthcare services, in addition to being the world's largest online pharmacy.

They have over 1 million employees in the US alone, so Amazon rolled out a telehealth service that it is now selling to other companies.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is developing a whole operating system for managing healthcare records, and deploying AI to predict when a person may become ill.

Amazon's Alexa assistant is being used in an experimental, voice-activated operating theatre at a hospital in Texas. Surgeons are taken through vital steps in operations, verbally confirming each stage. The system records each activity, matches it up with baseline patient life-support data, and also links to the hospital billing system.

All of this stuff has great potential. Another reason to own lots of Amazon shares in your portfolio. The stock had a great run in 2020 but has stagnated a little in 2021, making this a good time to accumulate more.