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A cyclical stock is a stock that follows business patterns in regards to advances and declines of the overall economy.
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It cost $6.04 for a stock of Microsoft
The place you would generally buy Microsoft Stock is the NASDAQ Stock Market. Obviously you can and likely will be purchasing the stock through a brokerage.
Microsoft didn't go public until 1986 -- there was no stock sold in 1980.
The current stock quote for the Microsoft Corporation is 34.90 on the NASDAQ exchange. This is subject to change frequently as the stock market is never static.
If you mean how do you invest in the company, you do so by purchasing Microsoft stock.
Microsoft made a $150 million investment in non-voting Apple stock in 1997.
The Microsoft lookout is currently worth about $200 billion, each stock of Microsoft is worth $150,000.
Microsoft does not currently own any Apple stock. In 1997 Microsoft purchased $150 million of non-voting Apple stock as part of the settlement of a legal dispute, dating back to 1988, where Apple wanted to prevent Microsoft from using Apple's ideas in the Windows operating system. Microsoft sold their Apple holdings shortly afterwards.
If in 1976 you could buy 5000 shares of what is now Microsoft stock, it would be worth the same as 5000 shares of Microsoft that was purchased today - no matter when you bought it, it would be 5000 x today's stock price of Microsoft (you would probably pay more today). You probably want to know how rich you would be today if you had purchased 5000 shares of Microsoft stock in 1976. That would take some research because the shares of Microsoft stock available in 1976 are probably not the same as what is available today (because of splits and other events that could have occurred).
The ticker symbol for Microsoft Corporation is MSFT and it is traded on the Nasdaq.