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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave who wrote (62446)	11/1/2001 1:34:31 PM
From: David Howe	Respond to of 74651

<< how on earth do you figure that MSFT's investment losses are "one-time" when they reported investment losses for each of the past two quarters? >> Maybe not "one-time", but infrequent. They reported something like 58 consecutive quarters with investment gains. It's rather logical to conclude that the losses are nearly all written off and MSFT is soon to be in a position to report strong gains on their investments going forward. Perhaps for the next 58 quarters. Remember, They invest a large part of their equity in bonds. 5% per year on $36 billion is around $1.8 billion. That's nice cash flow.