On May 29, 10:51 am, "Subway steel" <f...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> <ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:e59af298-f72a-4941-878f-5bdbb8af0428@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Stock quotes, May 29, 2008 vs 1 year ago (source: Yahoo finance)
> > First today, next a year ago, then percentage change
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> > MSFT 28.62 30.35 -6%
> > AAPL 187.86 114.35 +64%
> > GOOG 582.41 487.11 +23%
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> > Yes, the year in which Vista was introduced has really lifted
> > Microsoft's spirits.
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> Evidently you changed the time frame being looked at. Roy posted "for the
> year" meaning Year-to-Date and the 21% decline is consistent with a year to
> date time frame.
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Yes, everyone agrees that stock prices in the short term don't mean
much. That's one reason why I took a somewhat longer look. Let's
look at an even longer time frame, comparing Micrdosoft and its two
most important competitors (which VA Linux is not, BTW).
Today and 2 years ago:
MSFT 28.62 22.51 +27%
GOOG 582.41 371.94 +57%
AAPL 187.86 61.22 +207%
You do invest for the long term, don't you? Would you like to look at
4 years ago?
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