Microsoft (MSFT) Offering Possible 19.76% Return Over the Next 28 Calendar Days

Microsoft's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Microsoft is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $185.00 short put and a strike $175.00 long put offers a potential 19.76% return on risk over the next 28 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $185.00 by expiration. The full premium credit of $1.65 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $8.35 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $175.00 long put strike price.

The 5-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the short-term momentum for Microsoft is bearish and the probability of a decline in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.

The 20-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Microsoft is bullish.

The RSI indicator is at 66.17 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.

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LATEST NEWS for Microsoft

Zoom Video backtracks, will offer end-to-end encryption to all users
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:10:00 +0000
Zoom Video Communications Inc. reversed course Wednesday, announcing it would offer end-to-end encryption to all of its users, not just those on its premium tier.

Nintendo Hits 12-Year High on Pokemon, Concerns of ‘Second Wave’
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:34:05 +0000
(Bloomberg) — Nintendo Co.’s stock has surged to levels not seen since the height of Wii mania.Shares in the videogame maker climbed as much as 2.7% in Tokyo Thursday, lifting the stock past the 50,000 yen barrier for the first time since September 2008. Shares have in recent days been driven by rising fears of a coronavirus second wave, and were boosted further by the announcement of new Pokemon games for both Switch and mobile.The announcement of the Pokemon games by Nintendo and Pokemon Co., in which Nintendo owns a significant stake, was long overdue. The Nintendo 64 game Pokemon Snap will be getting a sequel on Switch, while a paid expansion was announced for the Switch titles Pokemon Sword and Shield, which have sold more than 17 million copies. Pokemon developers also said they would share news on a further “big project” on June 24.Nintendo’s Switch console-handheld hybrid was a hit product during global lockdowns, sold out in many regions and was buoyed by the surprising success of laid-back social simulator Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With cases reappearing in Beijing and increasing in the U.S., the prospect of more lockdowns has helped boosted the shares out of its two-month plateau.“The stock had been struggling the past two months with demand for stay-at-home stocks dropping as the economy re-opened and the state of emergency in Japan was lifted,” Katsuyuki Fujii, an analyst at Asunaro Investment, said Thursday. “But as fears for the second wave of coronavirus grow, people are taking a second look at those stocks.”Shares hit an all-time high of 73,200 yen in November 2007, when the Wii was the must-have hit product.Investors and gamers alike have been wondering what the company has in store for the rest of the year, with Nintendo’s slate looking remarkably bare. Beyond Pokemon, there are almost no titles in its hit franchises with set release windows — despite Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. both preparing to spend big as they roll out new generations of their PlayStation and Xbox consoles this holiday season.“The shares have remained range-bound due to concerns over the lack of upcoming titles,” Daiwa Securities analyst Takao Suzuki wrote in a note dated June 9 in which he raised his price target to 55,000 yen. “We look for new title announcements and a surge in digital sales, other than those for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.”Sony announced more than 20 new titles when it showed off the PlayStation 5 for the first time last week, while Microsoft showcased more than a dozen Xbox Series X titles in May. At Nintendo’s most recent earnings in May it had no major titles listed for release in the rest of 2020.All eyes will now be on the Kyoto gamemaker to say that it will hold one of its own “Nintendo Direct” online presentations, which has been the company’s favored method of revealing showcase titles in recent years. It has been almost a year since Nintendo held a major one of these announcements in which it unveiled key new titles, with the Mario Kart and Zelda franchises among those due to receive new entries.Beyond this year’s slate, hopes are also high for the company in 2021. JPMorgan analyst Haruka Mori on June 10 raised her price target for Nintendo by 18% to 52,000 yen, saying that the Covid-related demand growth didn’t look temporary. “We believe the Covid-19 pandemic has expanded earnings opportunities for the Nintendo Switch platform beyond one-off special demand,” Mori wrote.Despite a lack of short-term causes for the stock to move, Nintendo has multiple opportunities in the mid-term, Mori said in a note, citing catalysts for 2021 that included a possible new Switch model, a price cut for existing models and advances for its team-up with Tencent Holdings Ltd. in China.(Updates throughout with latest share price and Pokemon information.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.

The first crack appears in bulls’ thesis that the stock market will rise no matter what
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 21:34:00 +0000
Money printing by the Federal Reserve has propelled stocks for more than a decade. But that effect may soon wear off.

Dow Jones Stalls At Key Area Of Resistance; Two Leading Tech Stocks Remain In Buy Range
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:31:50 +0000
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit some resistance at its 200-day moving average as it continued to recover from last week's sell-off.

Microsoft announces quarterly dividend
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:06:00 +0000
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 10, 2020, to shareholders of record on Aug. 20, 2020. The ex-dividend date will be Aug. 19, 2020.

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