MSFT
A very public exit
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has reportedly sold its remaining Microsoft stake, turning a longtime holding into a full-on goodbye. For a fund that’s famous for playing the long game, that’s not exactly a casual swipe left.
Why you should care
When a mega-portfolio makes a move this visible, people read tea leaves — even if the move is more about portfolio management than a secret opinion on the company. Microsoft itself isn’t suddenly broken, but the sale does remind you that even the most beloved mega-cap can be trimmed when managers want more balance.
The new lineup
The headline also hints at how concentrated the foundation’s money has become:
- 43% of its roughly $33 billion portfolio is in two other stocks
- the team behind the money clearly likes value over growth
- Microsoft is no longer part of that picture
That’s not a verdict on Microsoft’s business so much as a sign of how big institutional portfolios constantly rebalance. Still, when a name this iconic gets crossed off the list, investors notice.
Big picture: this is less “Microsoft is in trouble” and more “even famous investors don’t marry their stocks forever.”