I was going to sell yesterday but at the last minute decided there was something strange about them reporting earnings on friday morning before the bell so I waited until today!
I sold my 1000 shares at 29.1 right at the open! woo hoo!
Also I sold 920 msft shares in my little rollover IRA at 29.05. That little rollover IRA that I totally scoffed at 4 years ago when it was $3000 is now worth almost $27,000 with 0 additional contributions
I don't scoff at it as much now.
The only downside is it is preventing me from opening a regular IRA and then converting it to a Roth immediately. I have a good solution for the funds in it though...I am going to put them all in a international Vanguard fund and let that, along with my wife's IRA->Roth thing be the international part of our portfolio. This way we don't have to worry about the high taxes that might be generated in that sector due to gains and currency fluctuations.
Unsure exactly what to do with the 29,100 I just made from the other msft stock sale...maybe put more into the intermediate term vanguard muni fund and half spread out around some good dividend paying companies. Both of those options have good tax treatment and relative safety.
Anyway, doing the happy dance a bit!