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6 Trades to Double Your Money by the End of Summer

OptionsZone Experts, July 4, 2009 Free Trading Guides

Microsoft (MSFT)

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis

Microsoft (MSFT) appears to be hitting the right buttons with Bing, its new search engine, which is impressing critics. But that's just one of a number of new products the company is slated to roll out. Windows 7 is getting good press (goodbye, Vista!), and Xbox 360 continues to produce for the bottom line. With the product pipeline full of promising offerings, the stock has a powerful wind at its back.

Buy the MSFT Aug 23 Calls (MSQHQ).

Microsoft is one of 6 Tech Stocks to Own for the Rest of 2009.

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