January 26, 2021 @ 7:35 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT |
Microsoft (MSFT) reported its earnings for the company’s fiscal second quarter 2021 earnings today, Tuesday, January 26, after the close. Revenue of $43.1 million easily beat Wall Street projections of $40.2 billion. Earnings per share of $2.03 crushed...
October 1, 2020 @ 7:41 pm | AMZN, Breaking News, IFNNY, MSFT |
The economic news today was at best “not terrible.” Initial claims for unemployment for the week showed a job market recovery that has stalled. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi adjourned their talks for another day without...
July 23, 2020 @ 7:14 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT |
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) were down 4.35% as of the close today in spite of the company’s strong beat of Wall Street projections for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter that ended on June 30. The company reported earnings of $1.46 a share, versus Wall...
October 24, 2019 @ 7:24 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT |
Last night, October 23, after the market close, Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings and revenue beats for its fiscal first quarter. Revenue climbed 14% year over year, beating Wall Street forecasts by $860 million. Earnings of $1.38 a share exceeded Wall Street...
October 21, 2019 @ 6:56 pm | AMZN, Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, MSFT |
This week brings an earnings “showdown” between Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) in the cloud space as the two companies report earnings only a day apart (on Wednesday October 23 for Microsoft and Thursday October 24 for Amazon.) Microsoft’s cloud...
October 16, 2019 @ 7:42 pm | AAPL, Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, MSFT |
The Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) may indeed follow the technology sector of the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index. But don’t expect much in the way of diversification from the ETF. The latest figures on Yahoo Finance show that 19.55% of the...
July 22, 2019 @ 6:39 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT |
Technology stocks drove the market higher today in an expansion of last week’s subdued but important “Microsoft rally” on that company’s earnings. With earnings from Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), and Amazon (AMZN) on tap on Wednesday and...
July 20, 2018 @ 7:42 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT, Update, You May Have Missed |
Going into yesterday’s earnings report from Microsoft, I felt torn. On the one hand, the stock had hit an all time record high on the strong guidance for the June quarter back in April. How much higher could the stock go? Would guidance for the September quarter...
July 17, 2018 @ 7:35 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT, Update |
The Netflix (NFLX) drop yesterday (14.27%) and today (5.24%, which actually showed a recovery from the after-hours tumble) on the company’s disappointing guidance for the third quarter says that we’re still on track for a test of the earnings rally. But...
June 14, 2018 @ 6:52 pm | Breaking News, Buy, Jubak Picks Portfolio, MSFT |
As I wrote in Part 3 of my Special Report “Investing in a Late Cycle Market,” (available to subscribers to my paid JubakAM.com site), I’m adding Microsoft to my Jubak Picks portfolio. The April third quarter earnings “miss” sets Microsoft...