January 26, 2021 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, MSFT |
Microsoft reported its earnings for the company’s fiscal second quarter 2021 earnings today, Tuesday, January 26, after the close. Revenue of $43.1 billion easily beat Wall Street projections of $40.2 billion. Earnings per share of $2.03 crushed expectations for $1.64 a share. Microsoft’s shares were up 1.22% in the regular session and then gained another 4.30% in after-hours trading.
July 23, 2020 | Daily JAM, Jubak Picks, MSFT |
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) were down 4.35%at 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 Street projections...
February 17, 2020 | Daily JAM, MSFT, Stock Alerts |
When I revised my Dividend Portfolio back on November 11, 2019, the idea was to add a few stocks that paid very low dividend yields now but that showed a likelihood of raising dividends substantially in the coming years. That way, you'd be buying future higher yields...
November 12, 2019 | CMI, CMWAY, Daily JAM, DLR, IEF, ITW, KMI, MRK, MSFT, OKE, PAC, PFXF, Special Reports, VZ, WBK |
Just to put all the changes in my Dividend Portfolio in one list after my Special Report 3 Ways to Higher Income in a Low Yield Desert Here are the sells: Bank of America (BAC) as of November 1 ING Group (ING) as of November 1 Tapestry (TPR) as of November 1 Westpac...
October 24, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, MSFT, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
Last night, October 23, after the market close, Â 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 19, 2019 | AMZN, Daily JAM, MSFT |
...a "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 effort--Azure--is growing faster than...
October 16, 2019 | AAPL, Daily JAM, 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 ETF's assets...
July 22, 2019 | Daily JAM, MSFT, Stock Alerts |
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 Thursday, the odds are that...
October 24, 2018 | Daily JAM, MSFT |
After the close of trading today, October 24, in New York Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings of $1.14 a share, a big 18 cents a share above analyst estimates. Revenue climbed 18.5% year over hear to $29.08 billion, well ahead of Wall Street projections of $27.92...
July 20, 2018 | Daily JAM, MSFT, Stock Alerts |
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 prove...
July 17, 2018 | Daily JAM, FB, GOOG, MSFT, Short Term, Volatility |
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 the test has...
June 14, 2018 | Daily JAM, MSFT, Stock Alerts |
As I wrote in Part 3 of my Special Report "Investing in a Late Cycle Market," I'm adding Microsoft to my Jubak Picks portfolio. The April third quarter earnings "miss" sets Microsoft up for a huge fourth quarter when the company reports on July 19. Plus whenever this...