Bill Gates bids $3.7 billion bid for Four Seasons Hotels – a sign of desperation of Microsoft or the start of a bear market?
Joe Weinman
Nov. 6, 2006

When people who are non-experts in certain trade make bids to acquire largest in that trade, two things could have happened. Either Microsoft is in deep trouble. The other alternative is that the stock market bubble is so prominent that bear market is too close.

It can be both by the way. Most likely Microsoft knows they cannot grow any further. The saturation in growth has come. In the last six years Gates have made several acquisitions through Microsoft – all have failed one way or the other. Before 2000, the track record was far better as

Now he looks towards hotel management – Interesting! The other alternative is that he just simply does not know what to do with his money.

Bill Gates bids $3.7 billion bid for Four Seasons Hotels – a sign of desperation of Microsoft or the start of a bear market?
Joe Weinman
When people who are non-experts in certain trade make bids to acquire largest in that trade, two things could have happened. Either Microsoft is in deep trouble.
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