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I have recently gotten out of MSFT completely and never was happier of any stock market decision.
A long-term MSFT investor sold all shares, criticizing its extreme volatility, poor 2-year performance, and overhyped status.
- MSFT has performed terribly over the past two years, underperforming the broader market and missing out on doubling or tripling opportunities.
- The stock exhibits extreme downside volatility, dropping 2-3 times harder than the index and swinging 20% in a week without major news.
- It is overhyped on Reddit despite poor actual performance, leading to trapped investors with stagnant returns.
Long term MSFT investor here. I was accumulating this stock since the end of 2017 until mid-2024, also this was one of my first stocks ever.
Kept DCAing since then, until mid-2024 when I focused more on other stocks. Managed to collect 90 shares for an average purchase price of $198 and sold my initial part of 40 shares in December 2025 for $500 a share.
This stock is dogshit for 2 years. Whenever indexes fall, MSFT tanks 2 or 3 times harder. Look at it now, the Beta indicator for MSFT is supposed to be 1.12, but it's just bullshit - look at the ride down from $460 a week ago to $390 now. 20% swing in a week for such a big company and no major events is just pure joke.
Well, I'm happy of the recent pump to $460, as I sold this crap stock entirerly. Keep loading and keep flatening your money.
Why is even MSFT so popular among investors? 100 reddit posts a day, and this stock is performing like pile of shit for 2 years now. You could've doubled (or even tripled) your money since then, but y'all bought MSFT 😂