How Much Would $1,000 Be Worth Today after buying Microsoft?
Back in 2005: Boring but Brilliant: Microsoft looked stagnant post-dot-com. The stock had gone nowhere for years, but under the hood:
• Windows and Office dominated.
• Cash flow was massive.
• It started paying dividends in 2003.
To value investors, it was a reliable cash machine trading cheaply. No hype, just fundamentals.
In 2015: The Nadella Pivot When Satya Nadella became CEO in 2014, things changed fast:
• Azure gained ground in cloud.
• Office 365 turned software into SaaS.
• Microsoft embraced open-source and developers.
A “boring tech giant” suddenly became agile—and investors who saw that got in before the real growth wave.
💰 $1,000 Then and How Much Now?
• 2005 ~$17,500 ~15.3%
• 2015 ~$9,770 ~24.6%
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