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David Burrows Microsoft Corp MSFT-Q PARTIAL BUY Jul 17, 2025

In a RRIF, time to trim?

Giant cashflow generator. Great dividend grower, though dividend's not big. Making new highs. Winner in cloud, lots of opportunity with Copilot. Great business platforms generate fees. He does have a significant underweight in tech, only about 7%. Expensive, but proved it can execute. Large-cap growth is one of the strongest areas of the market.

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Excellent company that meets his criteria. If you made him choose one or the other today, he'd have to say META based on valuation (with the assumption that the investor would hold a position for the long run). MSFT trading ~37-38x PE, whereas META is in the mid-high 20s.

TRADE

One of his top-performing stocks. He targets $514. Very well-run company. Boasts solid moats in enterprise software and operating systems, which ensures recurring revenue and customer retention. Azure Cloud remains second only to AWS. The valuation may be elevated, but MSFT is good now for selling some calls given volatility. Keep the calls pretty sure, writing calls around $490-495.

BUY

You still have to see how they will capitalize on AI, but they are in the best position to capitalize.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Jun 24/24, Up 8%)

Hitting all-time record highs, with more upside. Still holds. His biggest exposure to technology.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Historically trades at 25x PE, but is now 37x, not cheap.

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PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Mar 27/25, Up 26.9%)Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly

Our PAST TOP PICK with MSFT is progressing well.  To remain disciplined, we recommend trailing up the stop (from $412) to $453 at this time.  

COMMENT

Is doing incredibly well, being the software and cloud services and gaming plays. Also, it has embraced AI strongly such as savings in call centres while increasing customer satisfaction.

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PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Mar 27/25, Up 29.2%)Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly

Our PAST TOP PICK with MSFT has achieved its target at $505.  To remain disciplined, we recommend covering half the position at this time and maintaining the stop at $453.  

PARTIAL SELL

He trimmed a bit yesterday. 12-month price target of $514, so it's pretty close. He had a 7.5-8% weighting and brought it down. You can also write some short-dated (1 week, perhaps 2) calls. Doesn't see any catalyst until earnings come out.