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Last week I penned an article highlighting what I believe to be the 5 Biggest Contrarian Plays Today. This week, I'm buying four of them, plus one additional stock I didn't highlight.

The four plays I'm buying are Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM), Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY), Computer Sciences Corp (NYSE: CSC), and AIG (NYSE: AIG). As I highlighted last week, each of these stocks has been beaten down by the market. At the levels they trade at today, I believe each of these stocks are good bets on the future not being as bleak as expected.

The fifth stock I'm buying is Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). Like Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), Microsoft is dominant in its market, is sitting on a boatload of cash (nearly $40 billion in net cash or one-sixth its market cap), and is cheap any way you look at it. Microsoft trades for a P/E ratio of 10.2, an adjusted for net cash P/E ratio of 8.3, and a price to free cash flow ratio of 9.4. Better still, the company pays out a 2.4% dividend, which will provide cash to invest while waiting for Mr. Market to come to its senses.

While some will say Microsoft's stock hasn't moved in years, I'm fine with that. I would rather own a dividend-paying dominant stock that the market undervalues than a hot stock that could cost me dearly if things go wrong. At these levels, the market is pricing in an absurdly pessimistic future for Microsoft.

Tomorrow, I'm buying $400 of each of these stocks for a 3% position in each.

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