cor

okay,
i need pros and cons of investing in microsoft as of right now

here's what i have so far

pros:
current ratio 2.951, industry ratio 2.87
company isn't going to just disappear tommorrow

cons:
contingent liabilities (lawsuits up the wazoo)
profit margin smaller than industry, 25.98% compared to 29.73%
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advice?

moonraker

investing in MSFT meaning for short term, long term... whats your time period here?

RSI is higher than it has been in a while which isnt a good sign for buying right now. depends on what youre tryin to do here... need some more info

Scrib

long term it's a buy IMHO. You'll get consistent returns.

Short term... meh

cor

its sorta a general question for my financial accounting class.

doing a presentation on microsoft's financial statements and the last question is "would you invest in the company?"

bkknight369

used to be at $30 last year

moonraker

oh shit haha you in b240 with shaftel? i guess it changed names tho to like acct200 or whatever. that project is easy man no big deal...

just say yea youd invest in it long term due to their proven track record, but not for short term because the gains might not be there due to volatility as of late. theyre not gonna be like checking out technical analysis and stuff for that project hah, dont worry

elliot

I just bought 200 shares of MSFT a few weeks ago. It's a sure-bet in the long run -- dividends and a well-backed company with plenty of products and patents to continue.

As for short term, it hasn't moved in a year (been hovering around $24-26) but now seems like a great time to jump in.

cor

haha, yup. right, it's acct200. i know it'll be easy, i haven't spent much time on the project at all and my TA is pretty damn cool, he's like "dress business casual, but i actually wont count you down for that. i think that would be stupid for you to get a B or a C just because you didnt wear a dress shirt" --

KavexTrax

P/E to Growth suggests its going nowhere fast. $25 aint cheap either considering the entire nasdaq/tech sector is down, they're all relatively cheap but not cheap enough.

Take a look at the charts for 5 year and 10 year Relative Strength Index and MACD.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor...sp?Symbol=MSFT

It's going nowhere in the long term either. The only thing going on for this stock is its dividends.

jdone

More like hasn't moved in three years. It has moved over five years but unfortunately that move was south.

Five year chart for Mr. Softee

Seems you have to change the chart to five years but easy enough.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

I just bought some as well. With the XBox announcement, the stock will rise just before the announcement, and shortly after it's release to the public (and the big earning income). Then I'll dump it afterwards.

Davediego

xbox will push ATI up more then MS, ATI is smaller and has more to gain. same with Nvidia and the ps3 announcement

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

Yeah MSFT is a long term hold. Same with Intel, & Dell. You want a short tern tech stock take Apple.

derrick

I want to buy more M$FT. I bought it back in 2001 near the peak of the dot com boom (or bust) ... I'm down 50% ... want to do some cost averaging. Stupid me should have done it after 9/11 ... but now I have more $$$ ... I should go in. Looks like some like the news from the quarterly report today. However, some don't like why Windows & Office aren't growing that much (ie their main cash cow).

Still a long term buy, IMHO.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

Hey, I've already made $70 so far. w00t!