2009 Top Performer: Tech
By: It seems the recent rally in tech has some pretty impressive coat tails. Even Microsoft is higher!
That’s right, lugubrious Mister Softee is making a move to the upside. Over the past five days the stock has climbed about 5% -- that’s like a rocket taking off to Microsoft investors.
Don’t believe us? Consider these numbers -- from January 1st the stock lost 8% -- and over the past 52-weeks its down 39%. See what we mean by rocket?
And we’re not the only one’s who've noticed that this long sleeping giant has finally woken . So has UBS analyst Heather Bellini. But she thinks the move has more to do with short covering than anything else.
“Investors sold everything hard and I think (Microsoft's) catching a bounce because the shorts are being caught off guard,” she says.
However there could be a fundamental reason to become bullish. Bellini also says if there are signs of stabilization in the PC market then Microsoft could catch a tailwind. She rates Microsoft stock as a ‘buy.’
And as for other stocks in the sector, Bellini told our producers ahead of the show she likes Intuit , Oracle and SAP .
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