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Untamoi on 20 March 2014
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etking said:
maverick40 said:
Wish I had shares in Microsoft. Will have to wait until I get my bonus in work

You probably should wait for the next world economy crisis and buy right in the middle of it to get cheap prices. It is never intelligent to buy at a peak, especially if the the current near future doesn't look too bright for that company because the overall PC market is dying much faster than expected, Microsoft has almost no market share in smartphones and tables and the X1 doesn't run nearly as good as the 360 in both the US and worldwide markets. If I'd get a bonus now, I would consider buing put stock warrants instead.

It is too late to buy shares right now, this should have been done when Ballmer announced that he will step down because this was the only reason for the shares to rise.


You should know that consumer market is just minor part of revenues for MS and most revenue from sales to other businesses. This might come as surprise to you but for example IBM is still one of the biggest companies in the world (bigger than MS actually) and it makes huge profits too. And IBM has no consumer products at all. And console business is minor part of MS and always has been.