$Microsoft(MSFT)$ Today was a perfect example to demonstrate to you how retail investors lose money.
$60B buyback announcement and dividend increase comes out at After the market close on Monday. After hours traders load up.
Retail traders see the announcement in the morning and try to catch the rise,
MSFT stock gains $10/share and day traders sell into the strength......retail buyers lose money.
MSFT stock closes up $3.81 (0.88%). No real gain from the announcement.
However if you are a long term investor and not a day trader you bought MSFT and will hold it for over a year. The daily trading back and forth won't concern you. MSFT is on an unbelievable path to higher earnings from AI.
Forget the day trading, you'll make more buying and holding.
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