Goldman Sachs on Microsoft: 'We Were Wrong'

A mea culpa for cloud oversight.

Microsoft myopia?

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Goldman Sachs is throwing in the towel on its bearish stance on Microsoft, upgrading its shares to "neutral "and boosting its 12-month price target to $57 from $45 on Friday.

The technology company has vastly outperformed the S&P 500 since analysts downgraded it to "sell" in April 2013: