http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft Time to Sell Microsoft Is it time to sell Microsoft or short the stock in trading if you do not own it? the wall street journal writes about Microsoft’s Cloudier Future. Microsoft has had a new CEO for a year during which time the stock rose thirty percent. Then Microsoft released second quarter results and poor projections for the year to come. the stock tumbled by 9% tuesday afternoon, on pace for its worst single-day drop in 18 months, following monday’s release of fiscal second-quarter results and the company’s accompanying outlook. the midpoint of microsoft’s revenue outlook for the current fiscal quarter is nearly $3 billion short of wall street’s consensus forecast. some of that relates to currency effects and struggles in china and japan. but some reflects the fact that microsoft is transitioning a rather large business to a new model, and not getting any uplift from a stagnant personal computer market in the meantime. so investors are left with a quandary: is microsoft an aging tech giant that is scrambling rather late in the game? or is it a fast-growing cloud business that also generates sizable profits in a legacy business? The question the Journal poses is whether to look at the stock as a failing tech company or to focus on it promising cloud business and huge legacy business profits. Bad News Microsoft does not like the prospects for the rest of 2015. Microsoft warns of soft sales and incomes as they transition to a cloud business and otherwise adjust their business model. the first reason, mentioned repeatedly, was that businesses are no longer frantically upgrading their xp pcs anymore. microsoft ended support of xp last year, forcing all companies using the old operating system to move to a newer version already. most moved to windows 7. but now, buying patterns have returned to their normal “pre-xp” levels. that means that windows sales to businesses will shrink compared to the boom going on last year. the company mentioned several times on its earnings call that it’s having trouble with sales in the big growth market of china. it is also struggling in japan. the strong dollar means unfavorable foreign-exchange rates compared with last year. that will hurt revenue to the tune of 4%, microsoft warned. The future for Microsoft is their cloud computing business which they are financing to a tune of $1.5 billion this year. There will be a lag between giving away these services to entice users and getting to charge at a later date. The question is if it is time to sell Microsoft or short the stock while all this is happening and wait to buy at a later date? Not Just Microsoft It was not just Microsoft that was hit recently. The strong dollar has hurt sales and services for other companies as well. Caterpillar fell seven and a half percent on poor earnings forecasts. bloomberg notes the Caterpillar plung

1. TIME TO SELL MICROSOFT
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Is it time to sell Microsoft or short the
stock in trading if you do not own it?

3. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
the wall street journal writes
about Microsoft’s Cloudier Future.

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Microsoft has had a new CEO for a
year during which time the stock
rose thirty percent.

6. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
Then Microsoft released second
quarter results and poor projections
for the year to come.

7. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
the stock tumbled by 9% tuesday
afternoon, on pace for its worst
single-day drop in 18 months,
following monday’s release of fiscal
second-quarter results and the
company’s accompanying outlook.

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the midpoint of microsoft’s revenue
outlook for the current fiscal quarter
is nearly $3 billion short of wall
street’s consensus forecast.

9. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
some of that relates to currency
effects and struggles in china and
japan.

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but some reflects the fact that
microsoft is transitioning a rather
large business to a new model, and
not getting any uplift from a stagnant
personal computer market in the
meantime.

11. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
so investors are left with a quandary:
is microsoft an aging tech giant that
is scrambling rather late in the
game?

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or is it a fast-growing cloud business
that also generates sizable profits in
a legacy business?

13. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
The question the Journal poses is
whether to look at the stock as a
failing tech company or to focus on it
promising cloud business and huge
legacy business profits.

14. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
Bad News

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Microsoft does not like the prospects
for the rest of 2015.

16. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
Microsoft warns of soft sales and
incomes as they transition to a cloud
business and otherwise adjust their
business model.

17. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
the first reason, mentioned
repeatedly, was that businesses are
no longer frantically upgrading their
xp pcs anymore.

18. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
microsoft ended support of xp last
year, forcing all companies using the
old operating system to move to a
newer version already.

19. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
most moved to windows 7. but now,
buying patterns have returned to
their normal “pre-xp” levels.

20. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
that means that windows sales to
businesses will shrink compared to
the boom going on last year.

21. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
the company mentioned several
times on its earnings call that it’s
having trouble with sales in the big
growth market of china.

22. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
it is also struggling in japan. the
strong dollar means unfavorable
foreign-exchange rates compared
with last year.

23. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
that will hurt revenue to the tune of
4%, microsoft warned.

24. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
The future for Microsoft is their cloud
computing business which they are
financing to a tune of $1.5 billion this
year.

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There will be a lag between giving
away these services to entice users
and getting to charge at a later date.

26. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
The question is if it is time to sell
Microsoft or short the stock while all
this is happening and wait to buy at a
later date?

27. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
Not Just Microsoft

28. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
It was not just Microsoft that was hit
recently.

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The strong dollar has hurt sales and
services for other companies as well.

30. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
Caterpillar fell seven and a half
percent on poor earnings forecasts.

31. http://profitabletradingtips.com/trading-investing/time-to-sell-microsoft
bloomberg notes the Caterpillar
plunge in stock price.

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caterpillar plunged 7.5 percent after
forecasting 2015 results that trailed
estimates as plunging oil prices
signal lower demand from energy
companies.

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The dollar is too strong and low oil
prices have reduced demand for
Caterpillar equipment in the energy
sector.

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It is not only time to sell Microsoft but
many other stocks as well.