💪 Microsoft maintains its winning streak

Microsoft's ready to play | Johnson & Johnson's results were good & bad | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for January 26th in 3:08 minutes. 🏡 Pro investors love real estate, and for good reason: investing in property helps you bring in passive income and diversify your portfolio at the same time. So join Fund That Flip CEO Matt Rodak for [Alternative Investing In Real Estate](%20investing%20in%20real%20estate/?utm_campaign=daily-global-26-01-2022&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Daily%20Global%20Edition%20Users) on Friday, and find out how to buy into buildings like the experts. [Get your free ticket]( Today's big stories - Microsoft reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, but its stock still took a tumble - If you’re wondering what to do now that markets are falling, our analyst has a few suggestions – [Read Now]( - Johnson & Johnson reported a bumper quarter for vaccine sales Microsoft Nerd [Microsoft Nerd] What’s Going On Here? Microsoft [reported]( better-than-expected quarterly earnings late on Tuesday, so just imagine what other achievements the tech giant will unlock when it brings out its inner gamer. What Does This Mean? Microsoft has now beaten analysts’ earnings expectations for the last 12 quarters straight, and all three of its main business segments – which each make up about a third of total revenue – played their part this time around ([tweet this](). Revenue from the company’s cloud computing business and “productivity” segment – which includes Office 365 and LinkedIn – came in 26% and 19% higher than the same time in 2020 respectively, while sales in its personal computing business were up 15%. But a tech stock is still a tech stock: investors buy in based on the sheer potential of its future profits, which will only become less valuable as central banks raise interest rates this year. And that might be why, strong as these results were, investors initially sent its stock down 5%. Why Should I Care? Zooming in: Microsoft versus Meta. Microsoft’s gaming segment only accounted for a small proportion of its revenue last quarter, but that might change after the company [announced]( last week that it’s buying games developer Activision Blizzard. The [acquisition]( will make Microsoft the third-biggest gaming company in the world, as it aims to build a metaverse fit to compete with Meta (née Facebook). Analysts, then, [suspect]( its next move might be to buy companies in the VR space. But it might want to act fast: Meta added another two VR game developers – Supernatural and BigBox VR – to its roster last year. The bigger picture: Retail gets an update. Microsoft also [announced]( this week that it’d be rolling out a cloud-based shipping service in partnership with FedEx – one that’ll integrate into retailers’ existing ecommerce platforms and use AI to offer customers speedier shipping and real-time delivery updates. It could be a smart collaboration: FedEx puts 86% of its growth down to ecommerce logistics alone. You might also like: [How to profit from Microsoft’s journey into the cloud.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Microsoft Nerd&utm_campaign=daily-global-26-01-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take So Your Portfolio’s Plunged. Now What? [So Your Portfolio’s Plunged. Now What?]( [Photo of Reda] Reda, Analyst What’s Going On Here? Markets [took a beating]( last week, so there’s a good chance that your portfolio’s down. But panic selling in hopes of buying back in on the cheap is a surefire way to make matters worse – not least because it’s almost [impossible]( to time the markets. The best thing to do might be… nothing. Just take a breath, turn off the news, and don’t check your account balances. 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It sold more of its other medications too, which helped its drugs division grow by 17% last quarter versus the same time the year before. Not all its businesses were so lucky, mind you: revenue from its medical devices and consumer health businesses barely grew, which pushed up its overall revenue by a weaker-than-expected 10%. Why Should I Care? For markets: J&J wants to get back in the good books. J&J’s consumer health division – which brought in just 16% of the company’s revenue across the whole of 2021– is by far its slowest-growing segment, which might be why the company’s [planning]( to spin off the division into its own business. That should allow the firm to focus on its drugs and medical devices segments instead, as well as on winning investors back on side. Better late than never: J&J’s stock has underperformed the US stock market by 16% over the past year. Zooming out: Splits are in vogue. General Electric is planning to break up its business too, and the [conglomerate’s]( quarterly update on Tuesday was a perfect example why: the company posted a $3.9 billion loss – a big drop from the $2.4 billion profit it made the same time in 2020 – on the back of supply chain disruptions and rising materials costs. General Electric’s outlook for the year came in worse than expected too, which might be why investors sent its shares down 8%. You might also like: [The big opportunities behind booming pharmaceutical companies.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Critics’ Choice&utm_campaign=daily-global-26-01-2022&utm_source=email) 💬 Quote of the day “I never worry about diets. 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