Microsoft

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Microsoft stood out for its OpenAI investment and partnerships across the industry. The emerging strength of Google Gemini has shown Alphabet can stay relevant in the AI race.

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has delivered solid returns in 2025, but shares remain below their 52-week high of $553.50.

This article presents a diversified, fund-based portfolio targeting market-matching growth and a 6%+ income yield, with lower tech exposure than the S&P 500. The model portfolio, comprising 5 ETFs and 6 CEFs, emphasizes asset class diversification—spanning blue-chip dividends, tech, real estate, gold, materials, energy, and utilities. The portfolio presented uses ahands-off approach, and it is diversified among many asset classes to be able to withstand different economiccycles in the next 10 years.

I have historically avoided Big Tech stocks, focusing instead on value and dividend investments outside the information technology sector. My investment approach is shaped by skepticism toward Big Tech's vulnerability to rapid disruption and intense competition. Despite not holding Big Tech, I have outperformed the market since 2021 by prioritizing value stocks amid inflation and cyclical drawdowns.

Microsoft announced Thursday it would buy 3.6 million carbon removal credits from a biofuels plant in Louisiana owned by C2X. The plant, which is slated to begin operating in 2029, will process forestry waste into methanol, which can be used to power ships and planes and as a raw material for chemical manufacturing.

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Microsoft (MSFT) concluded the recent trading session at $483.47, signifying a +1.03% move from its prior day's close.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Presents at Barclays 23rd Annual Global Technology Conference Transcript