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Microsoft (MSFT) The software the world runs on

EventTimestampPriceShares
BuyAug 31, 2026, 6:00 PM ET$509.341.963
Avg cost: $509.34Last close: $492.44 (Sep 10, 2026)Return so far: -3.3%

Since the buy

$483.6$492.2$500.8$509.4$518.0bought $509.34Aug 31 ’26Sep 10 ’26
MSFT since the buy · each candle = one day · dashed line = what I paid · live, updates after each market close

The exit plan — written on day one

I'll sell if cloud (Azure) growth stalls for a sustained stretch and the business stops compounding — or if my code's signals prove to have no edge over time.

How you know this is real
  1. Timestamped by GitHub, not by me. This chapter is a public commit — GitHub stamps the exact time it was published. It can't be backdated, and it's never edited (corrections are only appended, dated). See the commit history →
  2. The price is on the tape. The buy price sits right on the real MSFT candle in the chart above — cross-check it against Aug 31, 2026 market data anywhere. A made-up price wouldn't line up.
  3. The broker's own confirmation. Fidelity's fill slip — ticker, time, price, and quantity — with account details redacted.
  4. Anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. This chapter's fingerprint is locked into Bitcoin block #964,946 (Aug 31, 2026) — a timestamp nobody can forge or backdate, not even me.✅ See this proof checked for you, step by step →Prefer to do it yourself? Grab the .ots proof and the chapter file and drop both into opentimestamps.org.

What it is — Microsoft makes software a large share of the world runs on: Windows, Office/365, and Azure (its cloud platform), plus gaming and a growing set of AI tools.

Why now — Same trigger as Berkshire: my code flagged MSFT as a reasonable time to start, so I took a small starter position and I'm sitting tight.

The bet — I'm betting that Microsoft's products are woven so deeply into how companies work that they're hard to rip out, which tends to make for a durable, cash-generating business — and that my code's timing is worth trusting a little while I test it. This is a "buy something solid and learn to sit on my hands" position.

What could go wrong — Again, my code is unproven and this could be a bad signal. Big tech can be disrupted, can over-earn on hype (AI expectations are very high right now), and can draw regulation. I paid the price the market set today, which may turn out to be too rich.

The record continues below this line — append-only, each entry dated. The original text above is never touched. Quarterly checks, splits, dividends, and any options hedge on this position go here.