Microsoft (MSFT) Offering Possible 31.23% Return Over the Next 15 Calendar Days

Microsoft's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Microsoft is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $220.00 short put and a strike $215.00 long put offers a potential 31.23% return on risk over the next 15 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $220.00 by expiration. The full premium credit of $1.19 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $3.81 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $215.00 long put strike price.

The 5-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the short-term momentum for Microsoft is bullish and the probability of a rise 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 64.48 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.

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LATEST NEWS for Microsoft

Microsoft (MSFT) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:45:10 +0000
Microsoft (MSFT) closed the most recent trading day at $224.15, moving -0.36% from the previous trading session.

Intel Pushed to Explore Options by Activist Investor Loeb
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 20:17:36 +0000
(Bloomberg) — Activist investor Dan Loeb has built a position in Intel Corp. and is urging the company to explore strategic alternatives, including a possible breakup of the chipmaker and the sale of assets.Loeb’s fund, Third Point LLC, has “built a significant stake” in Intel and plans to push for changes, including potentially nominating directors, he said Tuesday in a letter to Intel Chairman Omar Ishrak. Loeb said the company has dramatically underperformed its peers in the past five years, including losing more than $60 billion in market value this year alone.“We cannot fathom how the boards who presided over Intel’s decline could have permitted management to fritter away the company’s leading market position while simultaneously rewarding them handsomely with extravagant compensation package,” Loeb said in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg. “Stakeholders will no longer tolerate such apparent abdications of duty.”Intel said in a statement that it welcomed input from all investors to create shareholder value, and looked forward to engaging with Third Point toward that goal. Loeb also said he expected the discussions to be productive, but reserved the right to nominate directors should he sense a “reluctance” to address his concerns.Intel is in the midst of its worst crisis in at least a decade. The Santa Clara, California-based company has been the largest chipmaker for most of the past 30 years by combining the best designs with cutting-edge factories. Most other U.S. chip companies shut or sold plants and tapped other firms to make the components. Intel held out, arguing that doing both improved each side of its operation and created better semiconductors. That strategy is being questioned now as the company’s manufacturing capabilities fall behind the new industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.Read more: Intel’s Chipmaking Throne Is Challenged by Taiwanese UpstartIntel’s factories are struggling to keep up with the latest 7-nanometer production process, while TSMC has already moved beyond that to an even more advanced version. Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan is considering outsourcing some production and has said he will decide on this in early 2021. That would be a radical change for the company and even his suggestion caused the stock to plunge earlier this year.Loeb urged Intel to hire an investment bank to evaluate strategic alternatives, including whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer and to explore the divestment of “certain failed acquisitions.” He said there were other issues he would like to discuss privately, and planned to file with regulators to allow for Third Point to continue to buy shares in the company and engage more actively with it.Shares rose more than 5% to $49.50 in New York, giving the company a market value of about $200 billion. Reuters reported on the letter earlier Tuesday.“Perhaps the letter will act as a push, but the company is (supposedly) currently engaged in exactly this sort of exercise,” Stacy Rasgon, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote in a note to clients. “We already know Intel is in the process of considering alternatives in the wake of their manufacturing issues (we are supposed to get a plan in January) though so far recent public commentary has been more suggestive of ‘evolutionary’ approaches.”Read more: Intel ‘Stunning Failure’ Heralds End of Era for U.S. Chip SectorLoeb argued in the letter that Intel has fallen behind the technological advances of its competitors, and is at further risk now that many of its customers, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc., are developing their own in-house chips. He said Intel must figure out a way to serve its competitors as customers, like Netflix Inc. has by using Amazon’s AWS for cloud services, for example.“You must be able to offer new independent solutions to retain those customers rather than have them send their manufacturing away,” he said.Third Point has pushed for changes at some some of the largest corporations in the world, including Walt Disney Co., Sony Corp. and Campbell Soup Co., among others.(Updates with analyst comment in ninth paragraph.)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.

Is Shopify Stock A Buy After Coming Off Record High?
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:50:17 +0000
Shopify is a big winner in 2020. Earnings are booming and the company plans to compete more with Amazon.

Dow Jones Rallies To Record High As House Approves $2,000 Stimulus Checks; Apple Hits New Buy Point
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:15:06 +0000
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 150 points to hit another record high, as the House approved $2,000 stimulus checks. Apple hit a new buy point.

Dow Jones Futures Rise: Apple Eyes Breakout As Tech Giants Lead Stock Market Rally
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:16:54 +0000
Dow Jones futures: Apple stock is eyeing a breakout after pushing the stock market rally to new highs Monday with Amazon and Google. Hot growth stocks fell.

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