Category: Microsoft
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
3 Investing lessons I learned in Italy / Companies / Microsoft
By: Stephen_McBride
My wife and I took a birthday trip to Tuscany over Memorial Day weekend.
There was love, laughter, and lots of wine.
I’m always on the lookout for investing ideas on my trips. You often find inspiration in the strangest places, and Tuscany didn’t disappoint.
Today, I’m sharing three investing lessons I learned from the trip… and how you can use them to make money.
Monday, January 30, 2023
Microsoft MSFT Q4 Earnings - Buy the Rumour Sell the News / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
MSFT - $242.6, EGF 0%, EGF12M 10%, PE 26.1, Fair Value 250
GPT Microsoft trading on 26X earnings not cheap when compared to it's Quantum AI tech stock brethren. However it is the cheapest it's been at for many a year having traded down to equal it's pandemic low valuation which also illustrates why many so called analysts waiting for the PRICE to revisit pandemic levels don't have a clue what they are doing. In terms of downside risk Microsoft is shouting that it is reluctant to trade down to $200, so in terms of buying the $228 to $208 range is the best one can expect to accumulate in. The EGF's say it all, 0%, and +10% whilst most are negative, thus is sowing the seeds for a resumption of it's bull market so I expect a positive response to earnings likely to increasing to boost their coffers by capitalising upon GPT3-4-5, that they hope can finally put a dent into the Google search money making machine, though I seriously doubt they will! I am currently 37% invested and will continue to seek opps to increase exposure to this primary AI tech stock.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
How to Us WIndows 10 Memory Diagnostics Tool to Diagnose Why Your PC is Crashing Check list / Personal_Finance / Microsoft
By: HGR
Here is a useful tool built into Windows 10 to help diagnose why your Windows 10 System is unstable, prone to blue screening. Windows 10 Memory Diagnostics which at least will eliminate failing memory stocks from your why is my PC crashing check list.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
MICROSOFT Stock Short and Sharp / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
If you blinked you missed the plunge on earnings! For most folks the best they could have got was about $277 via limit orders. I bought Microsoft in the green zone all the way down to $280, but got greedy with my big order at $274, not filled. so I remain stuck at about 18% invested of target exposure (1% of portfolio) as I still await the big buys to be triggered. Microsoft is reinforcing itself as a gaming giant by bidding $64 billion for Activision. To imagine that Microsoft is not going to have a big foot print in the meta-verse is a big mistake whilst they do have their own VR headsets however so far they are tethered to PC's apart form the augmented reality Hololens which I see as an expensive stop gap, so far behind where Facebook is.
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Friday, October 01, 2021
Microsoft Stock Valuation 2021 vs 2000 Bubble - Buy Sell or Hold Invest Analysis / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Microsoft's stock price in March 2000 was trading at $120 on a earnings multiple of 56 as the stock was in a race to become the worlds first $1 trillion market cap stock. Set this against today's price of $289 and multiple of 36, coupled with an EC score of 71.
This video is an excerpt form my recent in-depth analysis evaluates the current state of the tech stocks bubble of 2021 in comparison to 2000. AI Stocks Portfolio Buying and Selling Levels, Bubble Valuations 2000 vs 2021
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Thursday, June 03, 2021
Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Trend Analysis / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
3. MICROSOFT - $252.5
Microsoft is up 12% since my last update, and is now over priced on an EC of 70, against fair value of 55. Unless I am missing something, the stock needs to consolidate it's powerful advance before considering going higher as it is not healthy for a stock to keep becoming more expensive. Maybe it's the 2.1% dividend yield that's attracting investors? But on an EC of 70 it is a little expensive for my taste. Not a good buy at current levels so the Buy % is 35%.
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Thursday, May 06, 2021
What If You Turn Off Your PC During Windows Update? Stuck on Automatic Repair Nightmare! / Personal_Finance / Microsoft
By: HGR
If you turn off your computer or it loses power while it's WIndows is updating does that automatically spell disaster?
Find out in this video !
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Friday, April 23, 2021
Azure AI Cloud Computing Driving Microsoft Tech Stock Giants Profits - Tech Stocks Investing 2021 / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Microsoft stocks risen by 10% since my last update but the valuations have stayed constant on an EC of 55, which is why Microsoft remains a great primary stock that stealthily continues to deliver as AI is driving this tech giants exponential growth continuing to beat Wall street expectations after all the analysts think linear whilst the trend trajectory is exponential. With Microsoft AI Azure cloud computing division growing by 50% per annum, converts into a Buy rating of 65%.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Microsoft AI Azure Cloud Computing Driving Tech Giant Profits / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Microsoft stocks risen by 10% since my last update but the valuations have stayed constant on an EC of 55, which is why Microsoft remains a great primary stock that stealthily continues to deliver as AI is driving this tech giants exponential growth continuing to beat Wall street expectations after all the analysts think linear whilst the trend trajectory is exponential. With Microsoft AI Azure cloud computing division growing by 50% per annum, converts into a Buy rating of 65%.
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Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Microsoft Stock Analysis - Top AI Tech Stocks Investing 2021 / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Microsoft is currently trading on an EC of 55 up from 50, basically awaiting earnings to play catch up to the stocks earlier spectacular bull run from a low of $131 to a high of $232. Where revenue growth is concerned AI is at it's very heart in terms of it's Azure cloud services platform revenues which are growing at a spectacular pace of approaching 50% per year much as Amazon's growth is increasingly being fuelled by AWS.
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Monday, December 28, 2020
Microsoft - Top 10 AI Tech Stocks Buying Levels Analysis / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is a continuation of my in-depth analysis into the buying levels for the Top 10 AI stocks to ride the electron mega-trend the whole of which was first made available to Patrons who support my work so immediate first access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for just $3 per month.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
MICROSOFT Transforming from PC Software to Cloud Services AI, Deep Learning Giant / Companies / Microsoft
By: N_Walayat
This analysis will now seek to update potential buying levels for AI stocks during Q2 of where stocks could trade down to in terms of technical support levels during the anticipated general stock market correction of about 15% that should be imminent.
Top 5 AI Stocks are all primary, the ordering of which is arbitrary for instance of the 3 Google, Amazon and Microsoft it's a toss up of which comes first. For instance If I was compiling the list today then I would likely put Amazon at No1 ahead of Google. So keep in mind that the rankings are more in terms of primary, Secondary and Tertiary rather than their number order.
3. MICROSOFT (MSFT)
I have owned microsoft stocks for over 2 decades! So a favourite of sorts. Yes it was dead for a decade but as soon as the world started waking up to AI in the Mid 2010's it started rocketing higher, literally going parabolic, a trend that continues to this day!
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Microsoft is Crushing the S&P 500, Secret Trait Of Stocks That Soar 1,000%+ / Companies / Microsoft
By: Stephen_McBride
Microsoft (MSFT) has been on a tear over the past year. Shares of the software pioneer have jumped 70% since last February—triple the S&P 500’s gain, as you can see:Keep in mind, Microsoft is the furthest thing from a volatile penny stock. It’s a $1.39 trillion company—the second biggest stock in the world.
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Thursday, February 06, 2020
Microsoft Made the Same Move That Launched Amazon 3,848% / Companies / Microsoft
By: Stephen_McBride
Have you seen Microsoft stock lately? It’s shot off like a geyser, tripling in value in the last few years.
You rarely see such humongous companies soar like that. Since 2015, Microsoft has added $800 billion to its market cap—the equivalent of 5.5 Netflix’s!
In this article, I’ll let you in on Microsoft’s “master plan” that’s driving its stock to the moon. As you’ll see, the company has quietly gone “all in” on one lucrative but under-the-radar business. Amazon made this same move in 2006 and leapt 3,848%, as you can see below:
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
MICROSOFT Stock Investing in AI Machine Intelligence Mega-trend 2020 and Beyond / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The juggernaut that is Artificial Intelligence continues to rumble along towards an inexorable future, one that most still fail to grasp the magnitude of the changes that are just around the corner as humans think in linear terms whilst the AI trend is EXPONENTIAL. Where developments that even the proponents of AI thought would take several years are taking place in mere MONTHS! That is the power of the unfolding AI MEGA-TREND!
AI has already CHANGED THE WORLD! EXPONENTIALLY! You have an AI super computer right in your pocket for likely less than £1000!
Especially, when one marries AI with other big world changing tech mega-trend "Quantum Computing"! Put the 2 together and we are literally going to see an explosion in SUPER INTELLGENCE that would soon far exceed that of human intelligence, following which it won't be that many years before the AI exceeds the intelligence of the sum of ALL humans! For better or worse, that's the path we are on.
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Thursday, January 09, 2020
Last Chance to Get Microsoft Windows 10 for FREE! / Personal_Finance / Microsoft
By: HGR
The next 5 days could be your very last chance to grab a copy of Windows 10 Home or Premium for FREE!
All you need is an old computers Windows 7 licence key, then you can either upgrade or do a fresh install of Windows 10 for FREE!
This video takes you though the process from start to finish including several obstacles to over come that you could face. But usually it should not take more than an hour from start to finish.
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Sunday, January 05, 2020
Last Chance for FREE Windows 7 Upgrade to Windows 10 in 2020 / Companies / Microsoft
By: HGR
Here's how to successfully UPGRADE your Windows 7 system to Windows 10 for FREE! This video takes you though the process from start to finish including several obstacles to over come that you could face.
This upgrade Works for ALL versions of Windows 7.
And you may only have a couple of weeks to get the FREE upgrade to Windows10, as Microsoft will cease making updates available as of 14th January 2020 as part of it's Windows 7 end of life programme which could also mean Microsoft shuts down it's Windows 7 upgrade servers.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Windows 7 Last Chance to Update Before Microsoft End of Life Support 14th Jan 2020 / Personal_Finance / Microsoft
By: HGR
Microsoft will cease making updates available as of 14th January 2020 as part of it's Windows 7 end of life programme. Here we find out what to expect when one updates a Windows 7 PC that has NOT been updated for over 5 years!
So like us, if you have been putting off updating your Windows 7 system in case it introduces instabilities then it's a case of update now or never!
Find out if updating a Windows 7 system for the first time in many years survives 108 recommended updates or not, and how long the process is likely to take as we countdown to Windows 7 End of Life.
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Saturday, July 20, 2019
MICROSOFT Cortana, Azure AI Platform Machine Intelligence Stock Investing Video / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Are you ready for the exponential machine intelligence mega-trend?
In this series of videos I present my Top 10 AI stocks to invest in to profit from the exponential machine intelligence mega-trend.
My Top 10 AI stocks are ranked in terms of risk vs reward and volatility. So I consider my Top 5 stocks as primary, then the next 3 as secondary and the last 2 as far more risky tertiary stocks. And remember that when investing in the stock market that your capital is at risk. There are NO SURE BETS!
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
MICROSOFT - MSFT Stock Investing to Profit From AI Machine Learning / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Where to invest to profit from the exponential machine intelligence mega-trend. I have ranked these stocks in in terms of risk vs reward and volatility. Do remember that when investing in the stock market that your capital is at risk. There are NO SURE BETS!
If you've not already done so then watch my following video from November 2016 which illustrates why everything will start to change exponentially by 2021.
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Don’t Keep Your Personal or Financial data on a Windows 10 Machine! / ConsumerWatch / Microsoft
By: Paul_Behan
Well not if you want to keep it private. Like many people I was surprised at the Edward Snowden revelations a few years ago. Nothing has seemed to change and in many cases things have got worse. Some corporations are in partnership with government agencies in regard to collection of data. Whilst the government has the right to collect data to try and protect is citizens from harm, in my opinion this data collections has gone way too far and is now breaching personal liberties.
Sunday, August 02, 2015
What Microsoft’s Dismal Earnings Report Really Tells You / Companies / Microsoft
By: ...
MoneyMorning.com
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The markets are quiet right now, even the typically volatile technology sector. But as the saying goes, past is prologue. Recent events surrounding Microsoft Inc. (NYSE:MSFT) presage big investment opportunities to come.
Microsoft’s latest earnings report landed with a resounding thud last week, catching millions of investors by surprise and prompting yet another round of debate about where to invest your “tech” dollars.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Should Stock Investors You Buy Microsoft On the Dip? / Companies / Microsoft
By: AnyOption
Microsoft has had a rocky relationship with investors over the years, especially the last one. If you look at the numbers over the last two years, it looks like the stock has soared with a 48.59% increase. But if you take a look at the last year alone, it’s up only 5.37%. Year to date it’s even worse at 1.79%.To say the company has struggled to stay innovative amid competition with the likes of Apple and Google is an understatement. There’s a cartoon that’s been floating around the internet for years showing two small children representing Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox fighting it out, while another small child representing Windows Explorer is off in the corner eating glue.
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Friday, May 01, 2015
Your Best Stock Investment in the "Cloud" Is Right Here / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: Last week, investors drove up the market valuations of both Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) by tens of billions of dollars based on excitement over the companies' "cloud computing" hosting businesses.
For both companies, cloud revenues and growth were the catalyst of the big moves.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Here’s Why Microsoft Stock Is Poised to Bounce Back / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Last week’s second-quarter earnings report from Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) disappointed Wall Street and plenty of other investors – and they punished the company by slashing its share price by 10% in one day, on Jan. 26.
However, that just makes the Microsoft story – which I began two weeks ago – more interesting.
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Why Microsoft Stock Will Provide Major Investing Returns / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: On January 26, software giant Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced a disappointing quarter that sent Microsoft stock reeling by 10% on three times its normal trading volume.
It was the second major technology "miss" Wall Street had to digest in the last week's time, coming after a disastrous earnings release by IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM).
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Friday, October 03, 2014
Bill Gates Says he's 'very happy' / Companies / Microsoft
By: Bloomberg
Bill Gates sat down with Bloomberg Television anchor Erik Schatzker at the Sibos conference in Boston today, where they discussed Microsoft's strategy, the Ebola outbreak, his philanthropic efforts, financial payment systems in Africa and more.
On whether Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving fast enough, Gates said, "I'm very happy with what he's doing. I see a new sense of energy. There's a lot of opportunity there, some things the company isn't the leader on, and he sees that he needs to change that."
On Ebola hitting the U.S., Gates said, "...the fact that this Dallas patient was identified, the contacts are being traced, I feel confident the CDC is very much on top of that. I wish every country had a health system like that...the US government's really stepping up on this and I think that is going to let the world get on top of it."
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Friday, August 15, 2014
The Biggest Lesson from Microsoft’s Recent Battle with the US Government / Companies / Microsoft
By: Casey_Research
By Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor, InternationalMan.com
A court ruling involving Microsoft’s offshore data storage offers an instructive lesson on the long reach of the US government—and what you can do to mitigate this political risk.
A federal judge recently agreed with the US government that Microsoft must turn over its customer data that it holds offshore if requested in a search warrant. Microsoft had refused because the digital content being requested physically was located on servers in Ireland.
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Friday, July 25, 2014
Why Microsoft Old Tech Stock Is Relevant Again / Companies / Microsoft
By: DailyGainsLetter
George Leong writes: The other day I talked about my growing optimism toward Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/AAPL) under the stewardship of CEO Tim Cook.
Now, I’ve noticed that a similar situation appears to be unfolding at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ/MSFT), which is currently under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella is transforming the former Wall Street darling into an enterprise-driven company that’s focused on capitalizing on new technologies, rather than simply on operating systems, as my stock analysis indicates.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Why Microsoft Will Continue to Rebound, Huge Upside Potential / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: Just under a year ago, Capital Wave Forecast Editor Shah Gilani said it was time to buy Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqGS: MSFT).
It was a surprising call. The once-great software giant had become a moribund also-ran, and Wall Street clearly saw no future for the Redmond, Washington-based company.
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Stock's Forgotten Muscle / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: We've talked a lot about the importance of targeting growth stocks as a great way to become financially independent.
In fact, growth is one of the five rules that my tech-wealth-building strategy uses to identify the best profit opportunities.
But you can't ignore "value" stocks - especially since "special situation" plays such as corporate turnarounds can generate windfall gains for your portfolio.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Future of Microsoft Stock Hinges on the Cloud / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: In his first “report card” since taking the reins of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) in February, CEO Satya Nadella showed why he was exactly the right choice to get MSFT stock moving again.
Microsoft beat expectations when it reported earnings yesterday (Thursday) after the market close mostly on the strength of its cloud computing products – Nadella’s area of expertise, and the single most promising business segment for the Redmond-Wash.-based tech giant.
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Friday, September 06, 2013
Nokia Deal Could Mark the Last Chapter for Microsoft / Companies / Microsoft
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
As a value investor I used to spend a great deal of time in Microsoft hell – on one hand there was the company with enormous cash flows, an incredible return on capital, a huge moat, a cash-rich balance sheet, and trading at single-digit multiples (if you adjust for cash). But on the other hand it threw away cash away for multi-billion-dollar acquisitions, followed up by inevitable write-offs. Its founder and chairman was not interested in running the company, so he delegated to his best friend, who has been wrong at every single technological inflection point, and quite frankly not a very good leader. Every few years the company airbrushes its old products (think of Office), calls it an upgrade, and goes on charging subscription fees; but new products quite frankly … suck. Microsoft's competitors are getting better, and while a strong balance sheet helps in bad times, it is not a competitive advantage against competitors that have even more cash.
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Why I Like Microsoft’s Proposed Acquisition of Nokia’s Cell Phone Business / Companies / Microsoft
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong writes: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ/MSFT) is finally doing something that I have been calling for over the past several years. With CEO Steve Ballmer set to leave the company (read “Why Microsoft May Finally be Set to Turn its Fortune Around”), the former Wall Street favorite is making plans to aggressively expand its presence in the growing mobility market. How? Through its proposed acquisition of the cell phone business Nokia Corporation (NYSE/NOK), a deal valued at up to $7.2 billion, in an effort to expand in a sector dominated by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Microsoft: Look at This Chart Before You Decide to Invest / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Judging from the 7.28% "Ballmer Bounce" that followed his announcement, the markets love the idea of long-suffering Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stepping down.
So do a lot of investors who believe now - finally - it's time to buy Microsoft.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Why Microsoft May Finally Be Set to Turn Its Fortune Around / Companies / Microsoft
By: Profit_Confidential
George Leong writes: Steve Ballmer’s run as the head of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ/MSFT) is winding down after his somewhat surprising decision to exit the company within a year.
Yet the move may make the difference between Microsoft being a mediocre technology company or a technology company blazing ahead of its competitors, right at the forefront of technological advances.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Why the Microsoft Reorganization Plan Won't Fix What's Wrong / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes: With a Microsoft reorganization plan expected to be announced on Thursday, investors at this point must be wondering: will it matter?
Shareholders of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) have only recently gotten a glimmer of hope. Microsoft stock had languished in the $25-$30 range for more than a decade until this year, which has seen MSFT pop about 30%.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Is Microsoft Stock Price About to Break Out of Its 10-Year Slumber? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Mamos writes: Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the world's largest software company. It's also the world's largest afterthought for most investors.
"It's an ancient relic," they say, "Apple and Google are the only games in town."
Or there is always this complaint: "Microsoft has no attractive products and there is no growth"...blah, blah, blah.
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Microsoft Stock Investing for Growth and Income / Companies / Microsoft
By: Charles_Carnevale
Microsoft Has Been A Better Business Than It Has A Stock, But That Is About To Change
Currently Microsoft (MSFT) is attracting a lot of attention thanks to its launch of Windows 8 and many exciting new products based on this important upgrade. However, within all this attention there is a lot of negative bias applied to this blue-chip technology behemoth. Consequently, the goal of this article is to provide the truth about Microsoft, the company and the stock.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Big Blast-Off for Microsoft Windows 8 / Companies / Microsoft
By: Doug_Horning
Recent days have seen a blizzard of Microsoft-related activity, as a host of new products has blanketed the marketplace.
First and foremost: the release of Windows 8, the most radical change in MS's flagship operating system in 17 years. The Redmond behemoth wants you to switch over, and fast. If you don't want to swap your old computer for one with the new OS pre-installed, the company has put an attractive $39.99 price out there for an in-place, downloadable upgrade (or $69.99 if you want a disc mailed).
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Why Windows 8 Made Me Sell Microsoft Stock / Companies / Microsoft
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
I sang love serenades to Microsoft in the December issue, but a few weeks ago we sold our shares of Microsoft. Because we believe the stock is undervalued, that decision was not easy. What changed? A very important part of my thesis was the success of Windows 8, an operating system that Microsoft made for both PCs and tablets. When I saw Windows 8 demonstrated in early 2011, it looked like a very innovative, un-Microsoft-like product. Windows 8 was very important for Microsoft’s response to Apple’s iPad — a tablet that was deservingly stealing market share from low-end laptops. Windows 8 was supposed to take Microsoft to the next level, leapfrogging Apple and Google.
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Saturday, June 02, 2012
Is Microsoft About to Get Left in the Dust? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: Boy, Microsoft should have paid more attention to all those bright young hackers. A lot more.
Back in November 2010, when Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveiled its Kinect product to the public.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Microsoft Kinect is Virtual Goldmine / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes:
Not long ago, the future of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was slipping through its grasp.
Then it introduced Kinect.
Today, the tech giant is using Kinect to win big on a breakthrough that will literally touch millions of lives.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Microsoft Strikes Back at Apple and Google With Windows 8 / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has radically retooled its flagship product, Windows 8, to fight for a bigger piece of a mobile computing market currently dominated by its rivals.
Microsoft unveiled a beta version of Windows 8 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Microsoft Is Not as Boring as it Appears / Companies / Microsoft
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
I am bored and exhausted. I am on my third cup of coffee, but my lack of excitement has not changed, as I am about to explain why the sleepiest, most boring stock in the universe—Microsoft Corp.—offers a very compelling reward with very reasonable risk.
Microsoft was the bright light in the tech firmament in the 1980s and ’90s. Then it got too successful, overconfident, lazy and uncreative, and started making bad products and wasteful acquisitions. Worthy competition eventually emerged from the likes of Apple and Google, and Microsoft had to fight for its existence and relevance.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Microsoft Ready for a Rebound on Mobile Revolution? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
There are monopolies. And then there's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).
With its Windows operating system installed on virtually all of the world's PCs - the market share peaked at about 95% - Microsoft became synonymous with the personal computer revolution.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Microsoft-Nokia Deal Doesn't Guarantee a Spike in Smartphone Market Share / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
While two major research firms predict that the February deal struck between Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE ADR: NOK) will result in a huge jump in smartphone market share for Windows Phone, such gains won't come easily - if at all.
The two companies announced on Feb. 11 that they would jointly enter the mobile smartphone market - in what some might call a "shotgun marriage" - with Nokia making the hardware and Microsoft proving the operating system (OS).
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Monday, November 08, 2010
Microsoft Sitting on $44 Billion in Cash, Time for Investors to Buy? / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
The last time I recommended Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Bill Clinton was in the White House. But it's time to take another look at the "cash-flow-engine" that Bill Gates built - and to explain why Microsoft is a "Buy" in today's stock market.
Microsoft is one of the safest investments in the world, but the software giant's stock price has done essentially nothing for the last 10 years. But the company is still a monopoly, has no debt, and continues to generate a torrent of cash.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Will Give Microsoft a Boost / Companies / Microsoft
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes: Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a lineup of smartphones that use its revamped Windows Phone 7 mobile-operating system in its boldest move yet to return to prominence in the mobile business.
The new operating system, which it spent two years developing, is the software giant's latest assault on the crowded smartphone market, where it has struggled to gain a foothold.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7 Operating System for Smart Phones / Companies / Microsoft
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Microsoft plays catch-up by rolling out its Windows Phone 7 operating system for smart phones that aims to retake market share lost to Apple, RIM, Nokia and Google.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Comparing DELL to MSFT When Added to Goldman Buy List / Companies / Microsoft
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Friday, Goldman Sachs raised Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) to its Conviction Buy List, which could have a meaningful impact on the technology sector, and possibly the overall market.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Microsoft Emerging Market Growth Threatened by Rampant Software Piracy / Companies / Microsoft
By: Mike_Caggeso
Earlier this month, Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT ) announced its second "Fair Play Day" in 14 Latin American countries, where investigations led to the seizure of more than 160,000 counterfeit copies of Microsoft software. The contraband had an estimated street value of $18.2 million.
This is just the latest attempt by the software giant to try to stem the rising tide of counterfeit products that costs the company millions of dollars annually in some of its most promising markets.
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