Fred Barstein, founder and CEO of The Retirement Advisor University, saw recently the margins of US asset manager companies shrinking. Even though the dapen (pension fund) market a defined contribution (DC) has 90 million investors and trillions of dollars are ready to be contested. For this reason, it is expected that BlackRock will find a new way to the DC market. What are the possibilities of pivoting they will do? One possibility is that asset managers invest more in technology. In December, BlackRock announced a partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to develop what they call "the next generation pension platform." "The company has not announced the details of their plans, possibly because the project is still in early development. But the general idea is to combine Microsoft technology with" next generation investment products "made by BlackRock. Investment in technology I think is an opportunity to distribute investment products directly to participants of defined contributions without working with advisors. This also enters a market consisting of millions of people who are unable to work with traditional financial advisors, "he said recently.
MICROSOFT STILL MOVES AT 0.09% LEVEL For all people in different parts of the world from various circles beware! Soon the April Fool's attack will arrive. The April Fool's Day celebration that fell on April 1 attracted technology companies to be even more careful. Not just mere prank, prank like April Fool's Day can be dangerous and terrible on social media. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), this year's technology giant Bill Gates strongly opposed the April Fool's Day warning through a note in the memo. Chris Capossela as the Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of the Consumer Business Executive at Microsoft sent a memo with a request, "do not take April Mop Day actions that address the public." The reason is that such actions have unwanted negative impacts
The Comeback Stock of the Decade: Microsoft (MSFT) After winning the 90s by having its Windows operating system on the large majority of PCs, Microsoft (MSFT) experienced a lost decade in the 2000s. From its peak in December 1999 to its trough in March 2009, Microsoft (MSFT) fell 75%! Throughout the 2000s, "Mr. Softy" as it was called was considered "dead money," and it was all but forgotten by momentum and growth investors. If there was an award given out for "Comeback Stock of the Decade," there's no doubt that MSFT would be an odds on favorite for the 2010s. After missing out on search and social media, MSFT hit a homerun with its transition from a traditional software company to a "software as a service" (SaaS) cloud company. The long-term price chart for MSFT is something to behold. While the stock experienced bigger gains in percentage terms during its run in the 1990s, its sheer price move this decade totally dwarfs the 90s move at this point. The point at which MSFT really took off was after it finally broke above its 1999 highs back in late 2016. This is one of the best examples you'll find of a breakout from a long-term base. Since its Financial Crisis low in 2009, MSFT's price has moved up 809%. Since breaking out above its 1999 highs in late 2016, the stock has more than doubled with a gain of 131%, making it the largest company in the world once again with a market cap of $1.06 trillion! Unfortunately for those that missed out on MSFT's epic comeback decade (which is most investors), the chart below is certainly not one you would want to go out and buy right now! You certainly can't make the argument that you'd be "buying low."
At the start of the Microsoft company in 1986, the price of a Microsoft share is shown to have been around 10 cents. At the start of the Amazon company In 1997, the price of an Amazon share is shown to have been around 1.7 dollars. The current Microsoft share price is 158 dollars. The current Amazon share price is 1,874 dollars. At first, it might seem that a person who had bought one Amazon share in 1997 would have more money now than a person who had bought one Microsoft share in 1986. But I have read in the following link that the Microsoft company has split multiple times in its history, which explains why its share price is much lower than that of the Amazon company: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-price-of-Microsoft-stock-so-low I need to find answers to the following questions: 1) If one person had bought one Microsoft share in 1986, whereas another person had bought one Amazon share in 1997, who would have more money now? 2) Is it inadvisable to buy shares of a company which is going to split, as compared with a company which is not going to split? 3) Does a person’s share automatically multiply by the number of times a company splits, so that if a person has 1 share, he will eventually have 9 shares if the company splits 9 times in its history? 4) I want to buy a number of shares which are currently very inexpensive in a recently started company with the hope of seeing them appreciate significantly in the future. How would you recommend me to determine what new company to choose which may grow significantly?
As markets continue to rally, investors are becoming more confident. The vibe is now that COVID-19 will pass soon and it will be business as usual. In reality, that is unlikely. Until there is a vaccine, there will be no ‘business as usual’. Having said that, the rally can last a little longer. Microsoft is likely to head up to the major technical chart resistance at $178.50. That is my key short level to attack. Once there, I will pull the trigger. I will also begin shorting the S&P and NASDAQ 100. Based on all technical cycle work, there is still another leg lower that could take us lower than the recent $SPY low of $220.00. See the chart here: https://inthemoneystocks.com/short-microsoft-msft-here-is-the-technical-level/ Gareth Soloway InTheMoneyStocks Chief Market Strategist
<mafioso style> So I give a ten billion dollar contract for cloud services over AWS. Ya know what I mean? Now you buy TikTok. No, you will buy TikTok. You owe us at least that much. Better yet, pay up some back to us for making this deal possible. You owe us that much. You make it happen, Ok? Ok? You make it happen. Would hate to see the 10kG's go to Amazon. OK? Just make the boss happy. Oh, and he wants all 6000 of your boys outta China. Capiche? </mafioso style> Now, I know this post could come across as partisan meme'ing, but it is not. Not at all. In actuality it is exactly what is happening. It is a leveraged power play over one of the largest most powerful international companies ever.
Microsoft. I worry about how this company could end up like Xerox. Obsolete and only a footnote in history. IBM is almost there. Lost half it's value over time. Or like Nokia. A penny stock. Barely more than a shrimp company or Kartoon Channel which nobody watches. Or, it could go Kodak. Sudden government contract to do something it never did before. Singer Sewing Machine made guns. Ford made ventilators. Maybe we will get Microsoft food in the military MRE.
Microsoft partners with SpaceX to connect Azure cloud to Musk’s Starlink satellite internet https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/20/mic...ure-cloud-with-spacexs-starlink-internet.html
This is probably one of the more interesting acquisitions in a while. The gaming community IS discord. There is not a single community in the gaming area that does not have a discord server. This ties in well with Microsoft's gaming dev efforts.
Hopefully it'll help with cross-play communication with Xbox players. My PC friends all transitioned from Xbox within the last 15 years (at different paces). Some still have Xbox. When we're playing something cross-play like Sea of Thieves just to relax sometimes, the PC players all have to use the shitty "party chat" built into Windows. Discord integration on Xbox would be awesome.
That would be interesting. Servers are usually player made, but official game servers, overlays, bots to control content.. its all in there already.
MSFT: Not just micro-bullish For a lot of long-term investors, it’s either AAPL or MSFT. Or maybe both. Anyways, I have more positions on MSFT than any other FAAMG. I like how diversified they are, including OS, cloud service, cybersecurity, SaaS applications and games. Here’s my reasons for holding MSFT till I’m dead. ---Promise or Non-sense?--- - Financial of MSFT Just look at Bill, man. Everything is totally great - revenue is growing steadily year after year, and MSFT is flooding with cash flows. This is the most solid reason of all time for you to invest in this company. I’m telling ya, this company just can’t fall, not even with two crashes. - Products: Windows 11 Did you see the Windows 11 teaser? It definitely looks a lot better than Windows 12 lite. It’s a chance for MSFT to redeem themself, even a chance to bump up their stock price. I personally love the interface, hope it won’t be as buggy as Win10. Tell me what you think about the new OS. Is it promising and profitable? Or is it VISTA bad? - The breaking news of divorce Three months ago the stock price went down after the divorce, but taking a toll on the future of MSFT? From my perspective, I believe it will not affect the company’s operation in any way nor affect Bill’s wallet since he’s way too rich to give a damn. - Make it absolute clear right here: It’s a MUST BUY, MUST HOLD. In my opinion, it’s one of the safest companies to invest in. Financially stable, still growing strong, and the office is still expensive asf. They even have a higher credit rating than the government (There’s only two of them on planet earth, along with Johnson & Johnson). Even if they’re not growing, they still have great dividends. What do you guys think? Is there any hidden risk you think we’re overlooking? Let me know what you guys think about MSFT. Leave me anything and I'll get back to you.
