[Am-info] Microsoft's $48Bn liquid assets

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.08.13 08:39 AM, John Poltorak typed: ============

>Some months ago there was some discussion of MS liquid assets amounting to 
>around $48Bn. I don't know what this sum was composed of but apparently it 
>wasn't cash but investments. Does anyone know what affect the collapse in 
>the stock market may have had on the value of those assets?

    Doesnt liquid generally mean cash or quickly-disposed investments 
like regular stock? Most of Microsoft's major investments (like the AT&T 
deal, or Comcast) are in long-term commitment special class stocks that 
don't fall into that category. And last I heard they had about $42 
billion in cash money growing at a rate of $1B per month, so $48 would be 
pretty close to the current figures.


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