MSFT

IHadTacosYesterday

If you're "betting" big on AI, I think you might want to rebalance a bit. Contrary to popular belief, no company is more invested in AI than GOOG. Nobody started as early as Google either. If you look at the paper on transformers, it was pretty much written exclusively by Google employed machine learning specialists. They've considered themselves AI first since 2016. They bought DeepMind outright in 2014. The only reason everybody doesn't realize that Google = The AI Future, is because of ChatGPT this, ChatGPT that. Google's internal AI efforts are far beyond ChatGPT, but Google isn't that preoccupied with trying to have the best large language model app that works well with the general public. But that's ok, a great opportunity to pick up the No.1 AI company on planet earth for cheap. Nvidia of course is an obvious AI play, and I'd put them right behind Google in overall AI importance. There's an AI gold rush on the way, and Nvidia sells the equipment that's needed. Meta is way more of an AI play than anyone realizes. If you really want to be heavy into AI, you want GOOG, NVDA & META in that order. But Meta is top 3. They're employing some of the best AI talent available. Some of the top minds. Honestly, only Google has more qualified AI engineers. MSFT is late to the party on AI, but they do have tremendous resources, so I'd probably put them as the 4th most important AI play. AMD isn't a bad pick at all, not necessarily AI focused, but they will try to eat Nvidia's leftover scraps, so a worthy holding in the portfolio. I know C3 AI has gone on a crazy run over the last 4 or 5 months off the AI hype, but the ticker symbol is AI, afterall. As silly as it might sound, there is something to that ticker symbol. When all AI is blowing up, goof balls that aren't up on anything will be buying ticker symbol AI, not even knowing what they're investing in. Luckily, they will be investing in a decent company that could be a force in the not too distant future. I remember Thomas Seibel from the old Seibel System days. He knows his ish. It's all about CRM type software that has been infused with advanced AI capabilities, and I think he can pull it off. TSLA is a decent AI play, not really related to their cars but their actual AI system that keeps learning more and more. The amount of data that every Tesla on the road is beaming back to the mothership could end up being quite valuable for developing anything that has to navigate a complicated environment.

bzl33

> [1/ This is the most unstable situation I've ever seen in public equity markets. 7 companies - $AAPL $MSFT $AMZN $GOOGL $TSLA $NVDA $META - make up 24.22% of $SPX and 51.13% of $NDX. That's concentration risk that's off the charts.](https://twitter.com/RJRCapital/status/1638995522710130703?s=20) Same shit that happened when the dotcom bubble burst but even higher concentration IIRC.

CoDrummer08

33 years old. Here is my Roth IRA breakdown. Thanks for any feedback! VOO - 45% VYM - 19% BND - 15% NU - 4% VXUS - 4% SCHD - 3% SCHM - 3% VNQ - 1% APPL - .008% MSFT - .007% VTV - .007%

KKrum41302

AAPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG, and NVDA now make up 21.45% of the S&P 500 5 stocks keeping this market afloat, let’s see how long that lasts 

Charming_Rice

It's just flight to safety. MSFT is up like 13% for the week.

throwmefuckingaway

The most obvious one is MSFT. Owns 49% of OpenAI.

seank11

QQQ is the NASDAQ 100, not the entire nasdaq. Pretty sure AAPL/MSFT/AMZN/TSLA/NVDA are like 40% of the ETF or seomthing wacky like that.

VisualMod

>The market is currently in a state of flux, with the Federal Reserve signaling an imminent pause in rate hikes. This has caused some investors to shift their focus to tech stocks that are seen as more resistant to interest rate changes. Among these stocks, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) and Amazon (STARQ: AMZN ) have all risen by 2% or more.

seank11

NVDA. AAPL. MSFT. All higher weights in QQQ than nasdaq

VisualMod

>FANG+ Constituents: \>$AAPL 160.61 +1.76% $AMZN 100.34 +1.65% $AMD 101.74 +4.25% $GOOG 106.8 +2.47% $META 206.73 +3.46% $MSFT 280.37 +2.96% $NFLX 320.81 +9.15% $NVDA 273.97 +3.51% $SNOW 137.16 +1.12% $TSLA 195.81 +2.44% ^IGSquawk ^[@IGSquawk](http://twitter.com/IGSquawk) ^at ^2023-03-23 ^13:05:40 ^EDT-0400

ThefirstoneNS

Who needs a bank when you have NVDA NFLX AAPL GOOG MSFT

taplar

All based on their current prices. MSFT dividend yield is 1% APPL dividend yield is 0.58% JNJ dividend yield is 2.82% NKE dividend yield is around 3.9% ​ So excluding Blackrock, MSFT and APPL I would not consider dividend stocks. JNJ and NKE you could say are dividend stocks. Based purely on their dividend yields. Also based on those, I believe APPL has had the largest growth of all of them, and it has the lowest dividend yield. So I'm still not seeing much of an argument that focusing on dividend yields are better than focusing on growth. Even going off of your provided examples, you're about 50/50 on growth/dividends also, so there isn't much of a focus there.

DrummerCompetitive20

Who is buying MSFT, aapl, nvda, it Netflix 

TheGlassDie

These GOOGL and MSFT iron condors are looking terrible right now, but I'm highly doubting we just keep going up from here over the next four weeks.

scott_jr

What justifies these valuations? AAPL $2.5 T mkt cap MSFT $2 T GOOG $1.3 T AMZN $1 T

Tfarecnim

Depends on index, QQQ is especially bad because it has things like NVDA and MSFT leading the pack, but the other indices aren't much cheaper, SPY is about 20x or so. And yeah, the P/E's seem too high given the current climate, market risk, and implied returns. If I'm taking on market risk, I want more than +.5% implied yield over risk free for my trouble.

pcpxtc

Spy call still fucked but MSFT flying! I wasn't going to look today after yesterdays bs, but I'm glad I did now.

1xndsu

It was a meme a few weeks ago but the market really is being held up by AI - MSFT and NVDA. LMAO

AP9384629344432

Set AMD limit orders for 100 (check) and 110. Bet we hit the second by next week at this rate. Will sell some of my MSFT too if it rises another 3-5%. I said, and this was viewed a bit derisively by some of you, that my 'fair value' for META is $250. So that's when I'll start trimming my position.

BrainsNotBrawndo

*Looks at NVDA,AMD, MSFT, GOOG mooning* We can’t spell **mania** without AI

WickedPras

MSFT is gonna hit $285 today and $320 by 04/25

Ok_Vermicelli_9259

yea ik, i just hate NVDA the most, but it's NVDA and gang: TSLA, NVDA, AMZN, GOOGL, AAPL, MSFT

Ok_Paramedic5096

What the actual fuck are these moves in NVDA and MSFT right now.

whatsaburneraccount

MSFT has been paying my bills ever since the chat gptc3po shit

FoodCooker62

EPS yield of 3.6% on AAPL? 0.7% on NVDA? 3.3% on MSFT? 2.8% on COST? Markets be like **DEAL ALERT!**

Jaded_Ingenuity_6657

Got it, I’ve noticed MSFT did as well

putsRnotDaWae

Did you see the MSFT copilot presentation? Feels like a change in fundamentals to me.

Crowleyer

25-30 age group, UK based, low-mid income My disposable income goes to: 10% salary sacrifice 30% travel + fun budget 40% Interest account with +5% AER (cash to buy a property, not LISA as I'm not sure if I'll buy it in the UK). 20% stock market + crypto _______________________________________________ 50% - ETFs (S&P500, IUKD for divs, (new) BNKS to make money on the recent fear). 30% Cash (I just sold my MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN again for ~15% profits during the last run, keeping it for the next dip). Usually I keep 5-15% of cash 15% NIO, ATVI, WAF (high risk high reward) 5% BTC

EnginrA

MSFT pumpin

iamtracefree

$NVDA for the chip, $MSFT for stake on OpenAI, $AMZN for the cloud, $SMCI for servers, $VRSSF for the operating system.

gstrawboy

BREAKING: $GME announced that they use a pirated version of $MSFT software. All in on puts.

whatsaburneraccount

MSFT, TSLA and NVDA right back up lol

davidbigham

Buy put on Google then if this is real.  Call on MSFT

scott_jr

AAPL $2.5 T mkt cap MSFT $2 T GOOG $1.3 T AMZN $1 T and this is after a significant decline. Yeah, we're not in a bubble ....

stickman07738

I just do not see MSFT as innovative as there really has not been any really innovation with the Office Suite except moving it to the cloud. The AI will be tool to populate but not innovate. Just my opinion.

9tacos

Cathy buying MSFT as a cover for her impeccably timed COIN dump 🤔

Prestigious-Ad-7927

OK, this trade will cost you $1,875. It consists of two trades. Let me explain. First trade is a 50 point directional call butterfly with strikes of 270-320-370. Buy one Jan 19 2024 1 270 call, sell two 320 call and buy one 370 call for a debit of 13.00. Max risk is $1,300 and max reward is $3,700. The problem with this trade is that it is theta negative if the stock is below 285. MSFT is trading at 272 as of today. So if you put this trade by itself, it will slowly lose value from time decay. To offset the negative theta, I threw in a calendar spread at 290. This will give you positive theta and make time decay work in your favor. The trade goes like this: Buy one Jan 19 2024 290 call and sell one Oct 20 2023 290 call for 5.75. This will lower your breakeven to 263 so even if MSFT pulls back a bit from 272, you will still be above breakeven. The good thing about this calendar spread is that if MSFT is slightly below 290 by Oct. , the shorts will expire worthless and you will still own the Jan 2024 call which will be long deltas to add to your bullish sentiment or you can sell calls against it or turn it into a bull call spread,. The total for the trade is 13.00 for the butterfly and 5.75 for the calendar or time spread for a total of $1,875 for gain of $3,700 or more depending on how you adjust the trade.

ArmlessRetard

Business Insider Article, Apple, MSFT and how The S&P hasn't been *this* dependent on two stocks since 1978 (IBM, ATT) Not sure, but this probably isn't a good thing. [https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-microsoft-stock-market-weighting-sp500-dominance-index-aapl-msft-2023-3?mc\_cid=236ba27187&mc\_eid=cb3f817cfa](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/apple-microsoft-stock-market-weighting-sp500-dominance-index-aapl-msft-2023-3?mc_cid=236ba27187&mc_eid=cb3f817cfa)

whatsaburneraccount

I have 390s and 388 for Friday for free with all my NVDA and MSFT profits. Had a lotto 4100c but more than made up for it

sNeKbIt99

Imagine being a greedy little fuck and not taking profits on NVDA, AMD, MSFT today... 

VisualMod

You already have a bet going - MSFT to 380.0 before 24-Mar-2023 10:11 AM -05

Aarschotdachaubucha

Your top 3 buying opportunities in today's market economy: 1) MSFT below 250 2) TSLA below 150 3) GME below 20.

Phuffu

You’re getting a lot of answers like AAPL, MSFT, BRKA/B, so I’ll offer something more contrarian: INTC, C, or BABA. Really unloved stocks right now and I think that presents an opportunity. Should you go out and buy these stocks right now? No, please don’t buy a stock because so dude on reddit said so.

whatsaburneraccount

Same. Made bank on NVDA, tsla (yesterday) and MSFT. Literally no clue what’s next.

sassybrat123

You should have put without the typical overated companies that people recommend here. Like apple, tesla, MSFT, and Nvidia, Google, BRK.

pass-me-that-hoe

MSFT

red_fluke

MSFT has monopoly on enterprise. They are the only ones with access to knowledge about how humans work and how to make them more productive. Enterprises will pay huge premium to reduce their costs with AI.

VisualMod

#Ban Bet Won --- /u/ConsentToTreatment made a bet that MSFT would go to 280.0 within **4 days** when it was 272.27 and it did, congrats fucker. Their record is now 3 wins and 4 losses

vegaseller

MSFT is the new cash in mattress

heuiseila

AAPL, MSFT and NVDA rn: fuk ya rate hikes Fuk ya rate hikes

junkaccount1999

Would/do you buy single stocks in your IRA or only ETFs? Tech stocks like TSLA, MSFT, AAPL, AMD, NVDA etc a good/bad idea for a smaller % of portfolio? Main holding is VTI and SCHD

TraderMikes

please rate my port age 31 seeking high growth all positions just entering in last month or 2: ​ BAC: 8.1% SCHW 16.46% PERI: 14.62% OXY: 40.86% (long oil here its not going anywhere in next 10 years imo and safe play with high interest rates) MSFT: 19.96% ​ Have 35% cash on sidelines looking to get into aapl and tsla on dips ​ Open to all suggestions. Thanks reddit!

ban_evader3

Sold the top of MSFT calls. Up 44% today, 209% this week, 441% this month, and 4% all time  I’ve come to the conclusion that no one makes money, everyone is just trying to make their money back

maxintos

I'm surprised MSFT is so low on your list below APPL and AMZN and on the same level as META. All AMZN has is customer purchase data. MSFT has linkedin, github and the second most popular operating system behind android and the second most popular search engine in bing to pull data from.

AP9384629344432

Added to small cap energy. Otherwise probably buying not much else this week. Excited to finally start trimming AMD/MSFT if the price continues rocketing up (I haven't bought any AMD since it was trading in the 50s). Haven't seen that Hazardous dude hyperventilating about the -0.2% price changes recently. You'd think he'd be in his element during a good ol' banking meltdown.

zuniloc01

Hey all, a young college investor here as well, so I would really appreciate some feedback or constructive criticism on my portfolio / asset allocation. Thanks so much! AMAT: +14.60% CAT: +11.7% COST: +6.62% MSFT: +23% NVDA: +140% OUST: +4% PANW: +27%

WickedPras

Can MSFT hit $285 today?

VisualMod

**Ban Bet Created:** **/u/ban_evader3** bet **MSFT** goes from **276.19** to **380.0** before **24-Mar-2023 11:11 AM EDT** Their record is 0 wins and 0 losses.

ban_evader3

!banbet MSFT 380 2d

pocketsleeves

AAPL above 160, NVDA above 270, MSFT above 275. Look around you, nothing supports these valuations. We can have a dovish Fed and Powell presser and still drop below yesterday's lows from here.

ban_evader3

I'm up 30% on my MSFT calls exp 3/31 and could clear a nice profit but ughhh every time I sell, shit rockets up to 3-5x gains

EnginrA

If MSFT can break 285 it’s off to the races

Individual-Being-639

MSFT is taking shortest path to Mara

ConsentToTreatment

Finally MSFT!!! 

Basic-Clock-5895

ChatGPT investment saved MSFT

TheOriginalRK

So MSFT falls when market goes up now but when it starts falling it goes up?? Make it make any sense

TheOriginalRK

I legit don’t know how much longer I can watch SPY and other big tech go up while MSFT falls at the same time. It doesn’t even fucking make any sense at all. Only because I’m in calls. Every other day it runs with google, apple, amzn, but nope I touch it yesterday it does absolutely nothing sense despite marketing flying

ban_evader3

MSFT for the love of god DO SOMETHING

ReThinkingForMyself

It has been a pretty good run with Google. However the differences in functionality between Google and MSFT are getting smaller and smaller. Our IT support team doesn't support Google questions anymore, the answer is always "just use Edge" these days. There are a thousand ways that MS can continue to grow.

dansdansy

Cathie Wood bought MSFT yesterday

stickman07738

In my opinion, the companies with the largest datasets will prevail - GOOG=BIDU > APPL> AMZN=BABA > MSFT=META but there will also be industry specific players (like healthcare , possibly UNH or defense maybe PLTR, travel = BKNG)

andytall23

Synthetic covered call (diagonal). Sell a .30 delta call 30 days-ish out (apr 21, 290 strike), buy an .80ish delta ITM call for the end of year (Jan 19, 210 strike). Bullish play. If MSFT goes up, you’re golden. Sell monthly calls against the long position for monthly income while the long calls make money. Much more capital efficient and less risk that a traditional covered call

gundawg300

Watching the great ai war (Google Bard, MSFT Bing, OpenAi ChatGPT) unfold is really enjoyable. They’re all really great and have their unique strengths, and now they’re competing to become better than one another. American capitalism at its finest 🇺🇸🦅

kaktusgt

Currently implied volatility of MSFT is higher than historical one, so maybe worth to hold a week or so, at least for FOMC meeting.

mikmass

If you’re as capital constrained as it seems, you probably shouldn’t be buying options at all. Just stick to buying a few shares or fractional shares of MSFT. There’s really no reason for someone to use options unless they have a large portfolio and/or have investment experience. But if you’re going to use options anyways and you’re very capital constrained— then a bull call spread is your best bet. Buy a close to the money strike call and sell a higher up call with the same expiration. And you’ll want expirations that are further out to get the most bang for your buck (if you go to short term, you lose a lot of money to time decay). Note: this will cap your upside, so not idea if you truly believe MSFT will perform well. And like most others have said— if you’re not opposed to spending more, then just a long term in the money call will also work but that can still cost several thousands of dollars

Prestigious-Ad-7927

How much funds is "don't have enough funds" are we talking about and where do you think MSFT will be in about a year?

ban_evader3

I have $15k tied up in MSFT calls exp 3/31. Idk why I did it, I just wanted to have a position

Interesting_Ad5025

Wait until Biden the FEd really F up the market and put us in a deep recession. Then Buy AAPL AMZ MSFT sit and wait. High chance to double within 2 years

littleHiawatha

ICs don’t make sense for your thesis. You would be buying volatility with the expectation that it will increase. How is this AI tech going to make MSFT more volatile? To speculate profitably with pure call options, you need the underlying to move quickly AND in the direction you predict. Again, your thesis that CGPT will strengthen MSFT long term doesn’t align with a pure calls strategy. I would recommend looking for some type of negative correlation between MSFT and a competitor in their industry that is not utilizing AI. Then sell LEAPS in the competitor to fund MSFT LEAPS

ban_evader3

MSFT calls at open

gls2220

I've been crunching the numbers on doing the PMCC with MSFT and given the cost of the premiums, it's tough to make work without risking having to close out your position at a loss. One way I made it work mathematically was by looking at the 18 Aug ITM calls and then looking for a covered call premium of $15 or more. The problem is that cuts it so close that I'm not sure it's even worth the time and effort, and so I'm wondering if it makes more sense to simply buy the longest LEAPS I can find and just hold on for a while, hoping the stock price moves up to the point where I can start collecting covered call premiums with lower risk of a loss on assignment, or having to take a loss buying back the covered call. One could buy a 19 DEC 2025 call, which as of this moment would have 1004 days to expiration. That isn't too different from buying the stock so long as you understand the time decay aspect. But if Microsoft climbs to $400 a share in the next year that won't matter. And you could collect SOME premiums along the way I suppose, but you'd want to be careful. Personally, I'm a believer in Microsoft. I've worked there in a number of different groups and I know reasonably well how the money machine works. If there's one thing MS does really really well, it's booking revenue. And I think Satya is one of the best CEO's in the world.

karnoculars

That's actually pretty damn good. Brb, going to buy some MSFT!

FunCranberry112122

Oh no MSFT to 220 soon

FunCranberry112122

Oh no MSFT to 220 soon

FunCranberry112122

Oh no MSFT to 220 soon

GymRaynor

Wait...so Cathie decided that today was the day to buy MSFT for the first time ever? It's been ripping for like a month because of chapgpt, but right now after the pump and fed hike tomorrow? Holy fuck, to think I ever invested in ARKK in the past. Really ashamed to admit that. Crash coming soon