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MICROSOFT CORP. $51 (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.9 billion; Market cap: $402.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.6; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) is the world’s largest software company. Its Windows operating system powers about 90% of the world’s personal computers. Microsoft’s other main product— its Office suite, which includes a word processor (Word) and spreadsheet program (Excel)— controls 90% of its market. The company also makes computer-hardware products, including its Xbox video game console and Surface tablet computer. High U.S. dollar dampens results ...
L BRANDS INC. $79 (www.lb.com) owns several home and apparel retail chains, including the Victoria’s Secret lingerie stores. As part of a new strategy, it will reorganize this business into three divisions: Victoria’s Secret Lingerie, Pink (aimed at younger shoppers), and Victoria’s Secret Beauty....
NEWMONT MINING CORP. $32 (www.newmont.com) earned $0.34 a share in the first quarter of 2016, down 26.1% from $0.46 a year earlier. Higher gold and copper production pushed up its operating costs and offset a 3.0% rise in revenue, to $2.03 billion from $1.97 billion....
In the 1980s, the Vancouver Stock Exchange was a world centre for trading speculative stocks. I used to advise buying some Vancouver stocks that seemed like they had a chance of success, and recommend selling or avoiding others. I noted a recurring pattern: when I advised selling a stock, the company hardly ever responded in any way. Assuming they knew about the sell recommendation, it seemed they just wanted to avoid any unfavourable attention. The rare exceptions were companies that were particularly successful in promoting their stock, but seemed to have the least likelihood of success as a business. Rather than ignoring our sell advice, promoters of these successful-promotions/doomed business ventures would send incredibly long, detailed, indignant letters. They would insist that I explain how I came to such a ridiculous conclusion, and demand a retraction. Sometimes I would print an update or clarification about the company’s business. But I never did find reason to change any of these recommendations. So I’d add at the end of the piece, “We still think it’s a sell.”...