Tag Archives: MSFT

Selling A Sliver – MVIS

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

I made money. I lost money. Take your pick of perspectives, but it may be best to pick both because both things are true. After a lot of research, analysis, and thought I wanted to pop myself in the forehead … Continue reading →

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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020 Six months ago, who thought the world would look like this? (Let me check my notes. Nope. I was reading about but didn’t start writing about the pandemic until February 2020.) Six months from now, … Continue reading →

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Stock Price And Market Cap

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Tom Trimbath

Surprising things happen when I have to put something sweet aside. Or maybe I’m just easily entertained. What a way to spend a gorgeous day – inside on the computer. Oh well, so it goes, especially when there’s work to … Continue reading →

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Three Hundred Days Of Chromebook

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Chromebooks are the new beginning. Or rather, the idea of a Chromebook is the new beginning. Just like many people xerox things without owning a Xerox, put things in the fridge without owning a Frigidaire, or Google things without using … Continue reading →

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Getting Real With Tiny Stocks

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Let’s get real. Put the emotions aside. Let the data talk for a while. I think emotions belong in personal finance, because otherwise persons won’t care about finance. I also know that math belongs in finance because finance is driven … Continue reading →

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Patience Is Precious

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

As I type it is about as far from Christmas as you can get in the calendar. The turn around day was last week, June 25th. Since then there have been three pieces of good news that seem like presents … Continue reading →

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Chromebook Disruption

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Tom Trimbath

Chromebooks are the answer, but don’t ask too many questions. Four months ago I bought a Chromebook (Unwrapping My Chromebook). Despite the inevitable complaints I’m about to list, I’m convinced that Chromebooks are going to usurp the laptop the way … Continue reading →

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Keeping AAPLs

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Tom Trimbath

News alert: Apple is worth more than Poland. Nope. Apple’s market cap is over $500B. Poland’s GDP is about $480B. It sounds like a story, but it is comparing a sum to a rate, a savings account to a paycheck,  … Continue reading →

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Splitting Stocks

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Tom Trimbath

Take a 20 ounce cup of tea and pour it into to two 10 ounce cups. Of course, the amount of tea hasn’t changed. The taste of the tea hasn’t changed. Microvision announced that it might split its stock (MVIS) … Continue reading →

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Micro Vision

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Tom Trimbath

Micro was probably a frowned upon prefix in company names prior to Microsoft. Why start a company that starts with something small, something micro? Words become symbols where we overlook the components. Microsoft, small and squishy, and yet a mega-corp … Continue reading →

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