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It's incredible that the largest companies--megatech--keep going straight up. But it's inevitable to take profits, like she recently did with Apple. Still a fine company. She added to Microsoft because she sees a little more runway ahead. Markets will more further, because the money sitting on the sidelines is entering the market. But eventually, the market will scrutinize valuations.
Loves the company. Wouldn't add right now. Recently trimmed on valuation, north of 30x earnings, and free cashflow yield is lower than in the past. Will do exceptionally well over the long term. Risk of multiple contraction. If there are no tax implications, consider trimming just a bit to take some off the table.
A top 5 holding for him. Led the charge in generative AI. He trimmed when it approached his price target of $338. Good entry points are $325, 315, and 300. Doubts an entry below $300, as it has so many horses in the race. He has a 3.5% weighting. If you don't want to trim, you could write calls against it with strikes around $335-345.
It deserves its re-rating. The report was a relief and its numbers beat: slightly better revenue and costs, making some disciplined margin improvement, and generated a lot of free cash flow. Generative AI is important, though they didn't stress it in the call. MSFT's beat benefits the market as a whole, given its 6% weight in the S&P. MSFT is on the verge of acceleration. Bulls say it's the way to play AI safely (cushioned by its various businesses), but bears say the valuation is too high and it isn't a pure-play AI. Her answer: the chart has climbed a wall of worry and has made a beautiful move higher after bottoming at the end of 2022. Also, the UK blocks Microsoft's takeover and she's glad--videogames are cyclical and is a tough business.
He doesn't sell it, just trims. In all the right areas. Exposure to cloud, gaming, AI, enterprise software. Pricing power, global. Expensive, but not egregiously. Sees 10-15% compound growth for many years to come.