Microsoft Long-term Profitable Returns Trounce Unprofitable Returns
Microsoft's (MSFT) 20-year price chart shows its strong price upside that generated 93% profitable returns.
3D Chart of All Buy any Sell Returns
The following 3D chart of buy and sell percent returns from January 2004 to June 2024 uses 246 monthly closes.
For that period there were 30,135 buy and sell percent returns. 28,059 (93.11%) buy and sell returns made money (green areas) and 2,076 (6.89%) lost money (red areas). The ratio of unprofitable returns to profitable returns was 13.52.
Important Lesson
Prolonged price upsides produce profitable returns.
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