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• (2 points) So, what are everyone's earnings predictions for July? MSFT will beat, Amazon is tricky, Google will beat, Apple beat(maybe? Supply issues), NVDA and AMD both questionable

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• (2 points) LI Auto 😂 LinkedIn is owned by MSFT
• (2 points) Did you know that you can have a realistic conversation with an AI Jerome Powell powered by the "sentient AI" google has? Basically they took the text of all his testimonies and interviews and trained a natural language model in OpenAI’s GPT-3 ($MSFT) The transcript is pretty entertaining: >Interviewer: You’re giving a major speech on Friday [August 27, 2021]; what topics will you be covering? >Mr. Powell: So today the world economy is strong. We have just seen an acceleration in growth. Some countries are performing particularly well. It’s really a worldwide expansion that is having, in our view, a continued broad-based, moderate expansion. I will be talking about that in the context of the theme of Jackson Hole, which is the importance of moving in a more thoughtful and gradual way toward a more neutral monetary policy. >Interviewer: Does climate change factor into your monetary policy? >Mr. Powell: Sure, we monitor it closely. This is a data-driven institution, so we consider all relevant information. If the data indicate a significant risk to financial stability that requires a more assertive policy response, the Federal Reserve will act as appropriate. >Interviewer: What do you think of electric cars? >Mr. Powell: I’m a big fan of electric cars. I think we have to keep finding ways to reduce emissions, to get better mileage in our cars. I’m a big fan of electric cars. >Interviewer: Do you think you’ve done a good job? >Mr. Powell: Yes, I do. I’ve had an excellent team at the Fed. I think we’ve had a lot of successes at the Fed. I think we’ve provided a very stable economic and financial system. I believe we’ve done a good job. https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1tktmhcfdyqsk/An-Interview-With-a-Hyper-Realistic-AI-Powered-Simulation-of-Jerome-Powell

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• (6 points) Oil is the new MSFT

• (7 points) I keep seeing all these posts: "Imagine holding for MSFT for 20 years just to break even after dotcom bubble pop". Do people actually believe when you invest, you're just one and done?? Take advantage of the dips, pullbacks, crashes. My shares are down, but I'm over here still making 20% annually through selling FDs to the WSB gamblers.

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• (4 points) Which company spent more on R&D in recent quarters? - MSFT (2 T market cap) - AAPL (2.3 T market cap) - META (460 B market cap) [Answers](https://imgur.com/a/qmO0TxP) [Goog (1.5 T market cap) does more than all of them, though](https://i.imgur.com/3cIfsvR.png). Amazon (1.2 T market cap) crushed even Google though, with 14B last quarter in R&D!

I've been doing some due diligence on Wall Financial (WFC.T) and thought I'd share some of my current thoughts, and hoped some others on this forum may have some thoughts to add. I've really enjoyed u... Read More

• (2 points) Interesting to see this level of research presented in this forum. There are several ways of looking at this: 1. What is your expectation and investment thesis for owning this one? Are you expecting it to return to previous highs? This would be a \~300% return which would be say 100% if they do it in 3 years. 2. Alternate investments. Are there better other options? Looks to me like there are many alternative more mainstream stocks that can do 100-300% in three years, especially from current levels. CCO went from below $10 to $40 recently. Many oil plays have gone up 10x since early 2020. Look at the pullback on the tech sector. Is MSFT going out of business any time soon? 3. Company specific: A) liquidity: Currently, I see $0.77 spread between bid/ask with 0 volume today. It's often recommended that you don't invest in anything you can't quickly get out of. B) Ownership: ownership, where the family relies on equity/dividend growth to pay themselves, should be positive but there is a theory that it only takes a few generations to ruin a successful business. See Eatons. You say they have been around for decades, usually, the second generation learns from the founder but the third generation is often the one to screw up the business. C) complicated structure: Nothing wrong with a holding company. However, it does complicate things and reduces transparency. Developers often create subsidiaries for each project to protect the company from financial failure. If the project doesn't work out, it's the buyers (in the case of a condo) who end up holding the bag and can't go after the mothership. You might find that the number of subsidiaries approximates the number of projects they have had. Regarding the partnerships, it sounds like a tax-reduction strategy if they are limited partnerships. This could be a preferred way of deriving income for the connected family members instead of paying out dividends/salaries etc. It could also be a way of raising funds rather than issuing new shares or raising funds through bonds. My question would be why list on a public exchange in the first place? If you don't want to disclose information or issue new shares/debt what's the point? I don't know how much the listing fees are but I'm guessing they're not cheap. D) Valuation: You may want to look into if you're doing the discounting future cash flows properly as based on what you have provided I'm not sure it's correct. Typically companies are given a certain multiple based on the business type and how they earn their revenues. As soon as they're assigned a multiple i.e. 2x/3x.... the market expects them to grow their earnings accordingly. It then becomes a show-me story. It looks like they had even earnings which may be sufficient for the owners but wouldn't satisfy the market. E) Past performance: it looks like they were doing well prior to COVID and actually increased their dividends each year. This is probably what prompted the share price appreciation. Typically the market increases valuations when a company starts paying dividends, especially if they grow that dividend. Look what happened to Tesla shares when they became profitable in 2020. No dividends but positive earnings sent the shares flying. F) Getting financial information: Every listed company must have an investor relations group, even if it's a single person. The fact they have an email contact proves that, however, AFAIK they must respond to questions within a reasonable time. If they don't, I'm sure you can report them to an appropriate governing body. Also, AFAIK, if you own even a single share you have the right to request to speak with company insiders. Again, if they refuse, you should be able to report it and gain some traction. They must also hold a public annual meeting that shareholders can attend and ask questions. Failing all else, you can go to their annual meeting. You can often mingle and speak to company insiders after the meeting. This can be a good opportunity to get inside information or get a feel for where they're at. Depending on how much you invested the above may be worth your while. G) According to the other comment by a previous tenant they don't have well-maintained buildings. This is bad for tenants, but unfortunately, it's good for business. However, this could be bad if they're looking at future large capital outlays if they get to a point where they have to fix things. Final comment: Again, unless you see a huge disconnect between the share price and what you think they should be worth, I would stick with liquid stocks. There are many setting new 52-week lows that would be much safer than betting on this one horse. Scotia just set a new 52-week low today. Banks have always recovered to their previous record highs. If it goes lower still and you get in you could easily be looking at a 50% gain and collect a reliably growing dividend that may exceed 6% when you buy. That's just one option that is much safer. But again this depends on your individual situation and goals. BTW: sometimes relatively unknown companies can do really well. It just means that they didn't need to raise money and therefore don't have analysts following them. Patient investors can be rewarded by waiting for the market to recognize these companies. Good luck. Report back how it worked out for you.