What's going on fellas, welcome back to the blog. I'm still trying to figure out where all these new followers are coming from, it's whatever though I guess it's the new normal to see 5 to 15 new Facebook page followers every other day. I was at 100 last month, now I'm approaching 200. I must have somehow kicked the Facebook page algorithm into gear, possibly with specific keywords. (Cool fact: I used to study keywords/create online stores a lot with Alex Becker's old YouTube series back in the sweet high school days)......good times 😏. The reason why I add all this extra content in the blog is because like.........let's be real, the blog would only be 2 sentences long. It would be bland/boring if I came on here and just talked about a dividend payment........that's it? Anyways guys I only have one stock to talk about for this update which is Microsoft. Before we get to that let's scroll through the dividend income.
Roth IRA
Total: $94.62
Taxable Account
Grand Total: $130.71
YoY: 10.33%
Purchases: 2 shares of MSFT & 1 share of MA
Alright so have you heard the news about Microsoft replacing Internet Explorer with Microsoft Edge? This is a good move because Internet Explorer currently only has 1.7% of the browser market share. On my FB page, I was like "get rid of that crap", replace it with Microsoft Edge which has 8% of the market share according to Microsoft. ( btw all this information is from Seeking Alpha.com) Hopefully, the Edge can bring in more cash flow for Microsoft, I just wonder how much it cost to run an Internet browser. I bet the advertising cost is higher for Microsoft Edge because they have it all over the place on the Xbox interface, and in few places on Internet Explorer itself. I feel they need to advertise it on Bing.com. I went to double-check and I couldn't find Microsoft Edge anywhere on the search engines front page, not even on bing rewards. I could have sworn I saw it on there before like 3 years ago. Anyways to wrap up my point in all of this. Think of this question.............how much does it cost Microsoft to run Internet Explorer compared to how much revenue it brings in every quarter? Unfortunately, I don't have that answer I would have to make a phone call with the Ceo to find that out but he's probably very busy right now lol. Running cost, gross revenue growth, & (most important) net profits are what first come to mind when looking at specific software businesses within Microsoft. hopefully, Microsoft Edge will some subtle changes to its quarterly balance sheet. That's where I'm going to end this little thought discussion, i really wish they would invest more to make Microsoft Edge more attractive to the general browser users in the market (to where it could possibly compete with google chrome). If they do they could potentially grow their market share (slowly over time)........you get what saying? Wouldnt that be cool? Anyways that's enough for this one I don't do those 2-3 page long blogs that you see others do because.............ain't nobody got time for that lol. Alright, guys hope you enjoyed the blog post, ill see you guys in the next update.
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