| dallas said: Safe investment??? You must have loved msft's recent "lost decade" where the year over year price gains were basically zero |
MSFT pays dividends.... so I'd take a stable stock that pays dividend, over any floating stock that don't pay anything.... but it's not as clear cut as that anyway... you don't do stock investment on the simple historical track record of the stock variation.... that would be way too easy to find the winning horse otherwise.... and it also depends how you want to handle your portfolio(s)
do you want to do day trading
mid term investments with high risks, high returns or high loss (2-5 years)
or long term investments (10-30) with less risks less returns or lots, depends a on many things....
or a mix of all three... and more
then you don't buy just one stock if you are smart and have the capital you spread risk over dozens or hundreds of companies over dozens or hundreds of different sectors and if you can different market... to reduce your risk.... but in short and with few words, with a diversified portfolio and the right capital you can hope for 3% a year of minimal gain with almost no risk.... (Almost because you always have some)
so yeah all in all MSFT stock is a quiet safe investment long term..... and can be a great cash cow short term.... but then again a lot of it is opinion based in that business.... but based on hard facts and what you expect to hold true in the future.... it's a great science actually.... I miss my grad student days when we were in the NYSE simulation room with all those graphs and quotation flashing on all screens.... it's better than the horse track or poker nights and way more intellectually rewarding :D
