After Earnings Miss, Wall Street Cools on Amazon Just a Bit

Wall Street’s year-long love affair with Amazon cooled just a bit today. Shares are down by about 10 percent after the e-commerce giant reported revenue, earnings and guidance that were all below consensus expectations. Important side note: Since Amazon gives investors very little help, terms like “consensus expectations” are woefully vague, as this Fortune story illustrates.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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