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The Motley Fool June 24, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Your Own Personal Deep Throat Do you know all there is to know about the stocks you own? The government does. You can, too. EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval) is an investor's best friend. |
CFO March 1, 2009 Marie Leone |
It's Here (Seriously) The SEC mandates the use of data-tagging for public company financial results. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Check the Footnotes, Dude! When you're urged to read annual reports and 10-K reports and other SEC filings from cover to cover, remember that that includes footnotes -- because that's often where you'll find things that the company may hope you won't notice. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Inside the SEC Filing Maze Need help digging out information before you invest? Let us give you a hand. Here's a map to some of the best sites to help you navigate the maze. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Is Miva Marketing Itself? Read the fine print: The paid-search innovator could be shopping itself to the highest bidder. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Revealing Footnotes If you're trying to learn a lot about a company in order to decide whether you want to invest in it, don't neglect its financial statements. Get a company's inside scoop -- in the fine print. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Get Your Special K You should pay attention when a company you own files its 10-K. These reports offer key data to help you build a richer portfolio. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
In the Small Print Investors, get out your trusty magnifying glass and look at these juicy financial footnotes. |
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former Exec Sues Edgar Online A former senior vice president at the popular online regulatory reporting site, sues the company for not correctly reporting its own filing. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Big Stuff in Small Print Recent findings in financial reports footnotes: At Brinker International, three out of nine directors turn down the opportunity for free food at the company's restaurants... Qwest extends use of the company jet to the CEO's family...etc. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Jordan DiPietro |
The Worst Footnote of the Year? Chesapeake Energy gets worst footnote of the year for their annual report. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Buckle Shares the Wealth The retailer's quarterly filings reveal an impressive stock buyback. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
The Devil in (Footnoted) Details If you really want to get to know a company in which you're invested, or in which you're thinking of parking some of your hard-earned greenbacks, don't just read its press releases. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Meet the SEC If you're an investor, you have a friend. His name is EDGAR (the acronym for the database hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission). |
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Robert Berner |
Eddie's Master Stroke The Sears-Kmart merger creates a retail giant -- and a platform Lampert can use for more deals. Investors are betting those dealmaking skills will keep making him -- and them -- lots of money. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2006 David Meier |
The Tools for Change Craftsman tools are now sold at K-Mart. Investors, is it a sign of future changes? |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2005 |
Earnings Report Basics If you're going to be a savvy investor, you need to know about -- and read -- quarterly earnings reports that companies issue. |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 David Meier |
Target Is the Target The Kmart/Sears merger is not about real estate or synergies. Eddie Lampert is taking a big swing at greatness by combining two has-beens into a future champion. And the goal is to be just like Target. |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Extreme Greed Ariba executives fleece shareholders. Shareholders who have stayed with this software company and believed in its long-term potential have now watched management take a do-over on a portion of their past compensation that didn't work out as management desired. |
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Amy Borrus |
The SEC: Cracking Down On Spin The Securities & Exchange Commission is going after executives for skimpy or misleading disclosures in annual reports. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Robert Berner |
The New Alchemy At Sears Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward S. Lampert talks lovingly of his plans to reinvent Sears and Kmart Corp. |
The Motley Fool May 9, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
Avoid This Shambling, Soulless Wreck of a Stock Sears' pathetic first-quarter tidings show that it isn't wooing customer traffic from rivals, nor is it in much of a position to improve its outlook. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Intel May as Well Restate Earnings Employee stock options, which Intel feels aren't worth measuring on the income sheets, cost the chip maker almost 20% of last quarter's earnings. |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2006 Stephen Ellis |
Lampert Lights Up Sears Holdings The famed hedge fund manager wants to be the next Warren Buffett. Is he nuts or frighteningly smart? The investment thesis for Sears Holdings has to begin by considering the options currently available rather than focusing on the massive strategic missteps of years past. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Zeke Ashton |
New Year's Resolutions for Investors January is a traditional time for resolutions for the New Year. Here are 10 resolutions for investors to help cut down on mistakes, shape up portfolios, and achieve financial goals. |
CFO July 1, 2007 Michelle Leder |
Drowning in Data The new compensation disclosure rules deliver plenty of information. Too bad much of it doesn't make sense. Clearly, CFOs have more responsibilities than ever before, the annual proxy statement being just one. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2011 Tom Jacobs |
Bruce Berkowitz: Sears for Tears? Need a great place to find stock ideas? Look no further than the quarterly 13F filings put out by the super-investors. Here's Bruce Berkowitz, whose taste in retail is questionable. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Jim Mueller |
Foolish Book Review: "How to Read a Financial Report" Investors, John A. Tracy's book should give you a fresh appreciation of the importance of financial reports. |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Kmart Disappears Again The discounter's merger with Sears is complete, and a reorganized company emerges. But there's no guarantee current shareholders will fare any better than did those who owned Kmart shares three years ago. |
The Motley Fool March 13, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Stocks to Avoid Now? Sometimes insiders are selling for all the right reasons. Take a look at insider selling at: Heartland Payment Systems... Sears Holdings... Equity Residential... |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Disturbing Footnotes Many companies hope investors will never read their footnotes. Here is a sampling of what one blogger has come across while reading the fine print. Competitive Technologies... Huntsman Corp... ConAgra... etc. |
CFO April 1, 2004 Don Durfee |
Filing Ever Faster New deadlines for 10-Ks and 10-Qs have finance departments scrambling. But who will benefit? |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Tom Jacobs |
What's Eddie Lampert Up to This Quarter? Need a great place to find stock ideas? Look no further than the quarterly 13F filings put out by the Super investors. Let's dig into Eddie Lampert's latest moves. |
Fast Company May 2005 |
Best Business Blogs: Women at Work BLOG: Found in the Footnotes... BLOG: Marketing at Microsoft... BLOG: Pause... BLOG: Decent Marketing... BLOG: Decent Marketing... BLOG: Misbehaving... |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
Debt Hits MGM Mirage Outlook The Strip giant posts another strong quarter, but the cost of debt from an acquisition hurts. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
MGM Mirage Hits Macau Fresh off of last week's $7.9 billion acquisition agreement with Mandalay Resort Group to create the world's largest casino operator, MGM Mirage is showing no signs of slowing down. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Mandalay Says "I Do" The land of drive-through weddings witnesses its largest merger ever. The board of Mandalay Resort Group has accepted MGM Mirage's $7.9 billion merger proposal |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Morris Newman |
What's Vornado's Next Move? Why would Vornado Realty Trust consider buying Sears, the venerable but struggling retailer set to merge with Kmart? |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 Salim Haji |
A Misguided Merger Without clear strategic synergies, the recently announced merger between Sears and Kmart is likely to destroy shareholder value. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Sears and Kmart to Merge After much speculation, two discount giants move to create third-largest retailer. |
Information Today August 21, 2008 |
SEC Announces a New IDEA--The Successor to EDGAR Based on a completely new architecture being built from the ground up, it will at first supplement and then eventually replace the EDGAR system. |
BusinessWeek March 25, 2010 Farzad & Arndt |
Stuck with Sears Five years ago, when Eddie Lampert merged Kmart and Sears into a mega-retail holding company, the hedge fund guru was hailed as the Next Buffett. Then came the crash... |
CFO August 1, 2002 Ronald Fink |
The Fear of All Sums To restore investor trust, many companies are disclosing more information, according to a CFO survey. But it may not be enough. |