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  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    i invested in MSFT in april....but then im a genius. I even beat the Goldman Sachs analyst which upgraded Microsoft. SUCK IT Goldman!
    Comment by assman
    Nov 20 00:29 am |
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  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Thanks for response Peter. But the answer to your question: "The question I ask every company I analyze is "how much return (in percent)... More »
    Comment by Sunil Shah
    Nov 9 01:59 am |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    seems to me that MSFT is a nice investment for Bill Gates and his friends. The company is basically run to benefit them. Dividends and... More »
    Comment by danf
    Nov 3 23:45 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    I sell at 30 times Free Cash Flow going forward. So if we are in 2009 and my forward 2010 estimated Price to Free Cash Flow hits 30 then... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 22:54 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    If you are accumulating on the way down once the stock hit your two criteria, what will be your exit criteria or exit multiple?
    Comment by Game
    Nov 3 20:51 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Microsoft has a 91.6% market share in the global operating system market place. Linux who was rumored to crush MSFT years ago has a... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 13:04 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    I understand your points and thank you for them but I have designed the FROIC for the non-professional investor to use and it would be... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 12:49 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Do you not expect Microsoft's market share to decline under hugely more competition from many fronts? It doesn't matter how you dress... More »
    Comment by Jon T
    Nov 3 12:37 pm |
    Rating: +1 -1
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Thank you for an interesting article. I consider myself a fellow value investor and I also focus mainly on Cash Flows in order to... More »
    Comment by TLassen
    Nov 3 12:11 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    This is one of the best articles explaining how to use Free Cash Flow and Return on Capital to give a consistent measurement for all... More »
    Comment by GimliJan
    Nov 3 11:47 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Hi John, I am very disciplined as I have to be, as I am investing other peoples money for a living. I do the FROIC and P/FCF as part... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 10:12 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Thanks your your reply. I was under the impression that Buffet didn't set a nominal price and wait. He said something to the effect... More »
    Comment by John Galt
    Nov 3 09:56 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Like Warren Buffett, I set my price that I am willing to pay and then just wait for it to hit that price. I sell at 30 times P/FCF so in... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 09:18 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    Not to mention you get a 2 % dividend while you wait for appreciation. I own MSFT and will carefully add to my position in the near... More »
    Comment by Pericles
    Nov 3 09:03 am |
    Rating: +4 0
  • Microsoft: Free Cash Flow Analysis [View article]
    They are the last current price on Microsoft on the day of analysis. All the other prices are December 31st closing prices for each... More »
    Comment by Peter Mycroft Psaras
    Nov 3 08:51 am |
    Rating: +3 0