26 May, 2008
The classic tech behemoth, Microsoft, has both a consumer and business customers. Most of us are familiar with its consumer side, though its business side is actually which brings in most of its revenues. Most of my knowledge is about Microsoft’s consumer side, whose prospects are looking increasingly atrocious in my opinion.
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1 May, 2008
One stock I bought during the March freefall was Google (
GOOG). I bought some originally at around $520 and then after it dipped, some more in the $420-$450 range.
After outperforming in its recent quarter, the stock is trading around $575 right now. I’ve taken a bit off the table, but I still have about 80%+ of my shares. I’m still deciding what sort of price I’d sell it at. To me, it was an obvious and clear buy when it was in the low $400’s, but now I’m not so sure. Here are my pros and cons:
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25 Apr, 2008
I had a nice little run with Apple stock in the past couple of months (ticker symbol
AAPL). In the midst of a
Wall Street panic, I was able to pick up shares in the $130-$135 range.
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22 Jan, 2008
After checking the futures over the weekend, I knew the market was going to drop a lot at the open. Like most people, I was happily surprised that the Fed decided to cut interest rates by .75%, which likely averted a market catastrophe.
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