[Am-info] MSFT stock - last 4 years

[Erick Andrews]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 15:50:49 -0400, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

>MSFT closed down again today.  The stock is having trouble staying above
>$50.
>
>I'm not a technical expert, but I know that one technique is to draw
>lines connecting recent highs and recent lows for a stock.  In MSFT's
>case, the highs are trending lower and the lows are trending lower.
>This is an indicator of further drops to follow.
>
>One more cheery note for MSFT shareholders - except for one week around
>January 1, 2001, anyone who bought MSFT in the *last four years* and has
>held it has lost money.  And those who bought in Jan, 2001 have only
>made about 5 bucks in almost 2 years
>
>Gates can see this.  That's why he's dumping his Microsoft holdings and
>buying Pfizer, Home Depot, etc.
>
>To paraphrase:
>
>"Microsoft - how much do you want to lose today?"
>
> - or -
>
>"When is a good time to buy Microsoft?  Not lately!"
>
>John

I wonder if anyone here has access to "FirstCall" and "FactSet", 
two WAN subscription applications that give up to date info, 
history, trends and graphics on stocks.

It's been a few years since I had access to them so I don't know
how they have changed, but they were standard bearers for
traders and gave the closest thing to 'inside information' without
being 'insider trading'.  The subscription prices weren't cheap, tho'.

-- 
Erick Andrews