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The Motley Fool
April 22, 2005 |
All Hail the Mock Portfolio Before you lose some hard-earned money, try a mock portfolio.   |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2004
Salim Haji |
How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Salim Haji |
Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Another Stock Evaluation Tool The earnings yield can help determine the fair value of a stock's price. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2004 |
"Payout Ratios" Explained The formula puts your company's dividend in context -- it's good to know. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2004
Salim Haji |
Buffett Continues to Sell Again acting on his concerns about overvaluation in the U.S. equity markets, he further reduces holdings. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Richard Gibbons |
Tech Stocks Not Worth the Risk The technology sector might look promising, but prudent investors should take a second look. Some investors swoon over technology's potential, but they might be overlooking some very real problems in the sector. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
Has Alcoa Reached Its Peak? While the price of aluminum soars, earnings reports for Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, are coming up short. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Covering Portfolio Recovery Portfolio Recovery Associates' performance over the past six months have been good with earnings of $0.81 per diluted share translating to an earnings growth of nearly 31% over the first half of 2003. |
BusinessWeek
April 17, 2006 |
Three Scenarios Variable Returns: Portfolio 1 -- 75% large cap... 25% bonds... Portfolio 2 -- 50% large cap... 25% small cap... Portfolio 3 -- 16.67% large cap... 16.67% mid cap... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2004 |
How to Think About Diversification There's no absolute best number of stocks to own. Too few and you've taken on too much risk. Too many and you've diluted the power of your holdings more than you had to. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Paychex Comes Up Short The second-leading provider of payroll services might be writing more undesired checks. Disappointing fourth-quarter earnings combined with a messy legal situation make Paychex's stock one to avoid for now. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Water in Your Portfolio? Southwest Water is a steady grower with the flexibility to continue that trend. |
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Dian Vujovich |
Working Assets The Calamos Growth Fund is ranked No. 1 among multi-cap growth funds. The fund manager explains how he controls risk for the portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004
Salim Haji |
Buffett Begins to Buy As the stock market falls, Berkshire Hathaway dips back into equities. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Discounted Education Private education stocks are hit hard today, with Corinthian Colleges declining the most. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004 |
Teaching Kids How to Invest Your kids have time on their side, so give them a head start in investing. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Phil Wohl |
SunTrust Shines on Surface Eighth-largest U.S. bank sets the tone for other financial institutions. The bank reported second-quarter earnings of $1.29 per share today, which was $0.03 ahead of analysts' expectations and widely beat last year's $1.17 number. |
InternetNews
July 23, 2004
Paul Shread |
Microsoft, Amazon Add to Slowdown Fears Weak earnings add to fears of an economic slowdown... Nasdaq hits fresh lows for the year... Broadcom, Gateway beat estimates... DoubleClick plunges... |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Jeff Hwang |
United Technologies Impresses UTC forecasts healthy 2004 revenue and earnings growth during a meeting with analysts and investors. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Ben McClure |
Quality Earnings Count Here are three telltale signs of strong earnings. This reporting period, it's worthwhile taking a peek behind the earnings. Here are three telltale signs of earnings "quality" to guide your stock picks. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Clorox's Bright-White Guidance Clorox not only supplies products that keep your clothes clean and fresh but it can also deliver some crisp earnings as well. |
Entrepreneur
September 2004
Dian Vujovich |
Way to Grow Large-cap growth funds may not sound exciting, but there's a solid place for them in a diversified portfolio. This fund uses a computer model to pick its winners. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Food for Fiscal Thought Food makers will open the cupboards this week to take stock of their quarterly earnings. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Pile Into the Boomer Plan Dividend-paying stocks are vital to anyone's portfolio -- from retirees to recent grads. |
InternetNews
July 16, 2004
Paul Shread |
IBM, Dell Can't Halt Slide Neither strong earnings from IBM and Dell nor tame inflation data could stop investors from another day of selling on Friday. |
CIO
July 1, 2005
Susannah Patton |
Getting the Word on Portfolio Management IT leaders can benefit from portfolio management because they face pressure to cut costs while providing more services. |
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
The Economy vs. Rates Debate Goldman Sachs released some impressive second-quarter numbers this morning. However, investors have been convinced that rising interest rates will hurt the bottom lines of this as well as other brokerages. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fit-to-Print Earnings? It may not be generating much in terms of big, bold headlines, but Gannett, Tribune, and New York Times will all be reporting their second-quarter earnings this week. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Mathew Emmert |
Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Gannett's Ad-vantageous Q1 First-quarter earnings for Gannett, publisher of USA Today and hundreds of other newspapers, show strong increases in advertising revenues across every segment of the company. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
More Cash When You Need It Everybody wants to have cash at their disposal to pick up the best bargains in the market. The trick is positioning your portfolio with a number of dividend payers that can deliver a steady stream of cash to take advantage of the opportunities as they arise. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2004
Whitney Tilson |
Focus Investing Just as important as the stocks you own is how you manage them. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Margins of Error Profit margins matter. It's why we can get more excited about a company with rich margins when it grows sales -- we know that much more of the incremental dollar will work its way down to the bottom line unscathed. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2004 |
Understanding "Multiples" Understanding multiples can help you evaluate a stock's attractiveness. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Matt Richey |
Two With Hidden Value The price-to-earnings ratio can obscure a stock's true value. One of the most common "hiding places" for value is among companies that look fully valued on a P/E basis, but where the underlying business trades for a much cheaper multiple. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2004
Tom Taulli |
@Road Kill One day can mean huge gains or huge losses. Shareholders of the mobile resource management company got the latter. The stock price meltdown imperils the company's plans to acquire Mobile Data Solutions. |
AskMen.com
April 14, 2002
Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs... |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Patience Is Profitable It can take Mr. Market years to realize the value of your investments, so just be patient. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2004 |
The Marks of Great Companies Improve your investing -- learn to spot the most attractive stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Mo' Money From Molex The electronics firm follows a profitable year with shareholder rewards. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2004
Paul Shread |
AMAT, NetApp Beat The Street Applied Materials and Network Appliance give battered tech sector some good news... Awaiting word on Google IPO... |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Protect Your Wealth You never know when the next downturn will come. Growing a portfolio today isn't the only concern. Investors need to make sure that their portfolios can withstand the blow of a bear market while having enough cash on hand to scoop up bargains. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Phil Wohl |
American Greetings Trims Debt Investors respond favorably to the company's debt restructuring. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2004
Chris Mallon |
Is Anheuser-Busch Giving Too Much? The brewer's stock buybacks are pushing the limits of sensibility. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Zeke Ashton |
Spring Training for Value Investors The Berkshire Hathaway annual letter is a unique resource for students of value investing. However, this time of year also features annual letters from many other great value investors, providing the opportunity to learn from the market's heaviest hitters. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005 |
Think Thrice Before Dividing in Thirds Portfolio allocations don't come in one-size-fits-all. A more sensible approach is to consider investment timeframes and, of course, what you can tolerate in terms of market volatility. |
BusinessWeek
September 12, 2005
Lewis Braham |
Building A Focused Fund Of Your Own Portfolios of under 50 stocks have outrun the market with less risk. Here's how they do it. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2005
Bill Mann |
Sooooo, How'd Ya Do? It's measurement time, folks. How to calculate your investing returns for the year. |
