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The automotive industry has been the subject of significant interest in the past few years. The massive bailouts handed to the industry by the government leave everyone wondering whether those policies were wise. Even if you're comfortable with those bailouts, as a taxpayer you're probably still interested in your "investment."

Investing is a field which generates a tremendous amount of research and analysis. The desire to make the most of one's investment funds leads to a wide variety of options for investments. Each of these types of investments have various techniques for analyzing them.

While technical analysis may have little in common with a cash flow analysis of a company, both are tools for deciding if an investment is desirable. Moreover many of the same techniques can be applied to very dissimilar assets. There are also many services providing this type of research and analysis.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is a US-based multinational corporation specializing in computer technology. They devleop, license, manufacture and support software products for computers and other electronic devices. Their headquarters is in Redmond, Washington.

Analyzing companies is a diverse and difficult undertaking. While public corporations are obligated to disclose certain types of information, even this can often be cryptic and opaque. Due diligence is the process of trying to unearth the facts from a company's books and records.