Is International Business Machines Corp. a Buy?

Is International Business Machines Corp. a Buy?

Investors in IBM (NYSE: IBM) have seen their holdings lose 21% of their value over the last five years, while the S&P 500 market barometer marched 88% higher. The drop shrinks to 8% for shareholders who reinvested IBM's dividends in more stock along the way, but the S&P 500 more than doubled on those terms. Would this be a good time to invest in Big Blue while the stock looks affordable, or are those share prices down for the count?

I would argue that it's actually one of the best buys on the market here at the end of 2017. Here's why.

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