When a stock breaks out of a well-formed base, you normally want to see the Relative Strength Rating exceed 80.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been on a winning streak for decades now. One of the biggest tech companies in the world, it's currently valued at nearly $3.2 trillion. This isn't surprising

Microsoft is set to report fiscal second-quarter earnings after the market closes Wednesday, with analysts largely bullish despite what Morgan Stanley called a growing “wall of worry."

With gains of just over 12% last year, Microsoft (MSFT) stock underperformed not only other “Magnificent 7” constituents but also the S&P 500 Index ($SPX). 2025 hasn’t looked good for the stock either and it is in the red so far this year.

If you own a computer, you know of Microsoft Windows. In fact, it's the most widely used operating system in the world, with 7 out of 10 computers using it. As a result, Microsoft is one of the

Microsoft 's ( MSFT 0.22%) quarterly results contained several offsetting factors to the mostly good figures overall. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 2, 2025. The video was published on Feb.