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The Motley Fool
May 12, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Serving the Master ServiceMaster reports a weak quarter but still sticks by 2005 guidance. So, is the stock tempting?   |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Service Bundling Sweeps Up ServiceMaster profitably bundles services and pays a healthy 3.5% dividend. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Servicemaster's Bad Rap The growth isn't obvious, but the cash flow is there, and the underlying business of this lawn-care, pest-control, and plumbing service company is sound. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2005
Tim Beyers |
ServiceMaster Serves Cash The exterminator-cum-lawn care company boosts cash flow by $500 million over last year. Good companies with steady cash flows are rarely available at good prices. In that sense, ServiceMaster is about as good as it gets. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Smiles Home maintenance guru ServiceMaster, owner of such well-known brands as American Home Shield, TruGreen, Merry Maids and Terminix, doubled its earnings per share in the first quarter of 2004. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
ServiceMaster Looks Clean to Berkshire The purchase of ServiceMaster and Comcast, along with Pier 1, seems to fit into a pattern of Berkshire Hathaway stock purchases of the last few years -- all seeming to focus on the home. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Stocks You Won't Sell If the companies you own pay you well, you may never need to sell them. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Calling ServiceMaster Wall Street wasn't amused when home warrantor, termite zapper, and grass fertilizer ServiceMaster missed earnings estimates back in February. Can this corporate handyman regain the Street's graces when it reports first-quarter 2006 earnings news? Tune in Monday morning to find out. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Southern Company: Solid As They Come Southern Company announces solid second-quarter results. One of the nation's largest energy utilities shows that offering slow but steady growth and a strong dividend can produce market-beating results all on its own. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: ServiceMaster's House Call With its historically weakest first quarter behind it, home, lawn, and wood-destroying insect warrantor is all set to report its historically strongest second-quarter earnings numbers tomorrow morning. Need some clues on how the company's doing? |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Salim Haji |
Gleaning Insights From Berkshire Other than Comcast and ServiceMaster additions, it's been a quiet quarter of trading for this portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2009
Tim Beyers & Ilan Moscovitz |
The Unlikeliest Dividend Play Buffett eschews dividends? Get real. You needn't be a Berkshire shareholder to implement Buffett's strategy. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Buffett the Dividend Investor Dividends aren't new to the Oracle of Omaha. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Buffett's Magical Investing Principle Sure, successful investing requires real work. But the principles aren't all that difficult to learn. In fact, you may find yourself beating the market soundly over the long term if you focus on only one of the many things that have made superinvestor Warren Buffett successful. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Mathew Emmert |
Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Spins It's been a rough couple of trading days for investors in the company behind such brands as Terminix, ChemLawn, and TruGreen, ever since the company reported earnings. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Warren Sticks to His Word Almost six years ago, Warren Buffett warned investors that returns for the next decade would be closer to 6% than the 10% to 12% per year that most expected. But there are a couple of strategies that investors can employ to help nudge their performance a bit higher. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bear Berkshire Hathaway trades at a premium to other insurers, is stingier to its shareholders than other conglomerates, and looks to be too cash-rich to invest its entire hoard successfully in the future. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Put Warren Buffett in Your Corner What's one thing most of Buffett's investments have in common? More than half of the stocks held by Berkshire Hathaway pay a higher than average dividend. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
ServiceMaster Still Serviceable? Why is the market shunning this residential and commercial services company? Here is a closer look. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Rich Smith |
ServiceMaster Slips A massive charge to earnings put ServiceMaster in the red for 2003. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2012
Alex Planes |
Why I'm Not Buying Berkshire Hathaway A legendary investor, but a lagging stock. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2004
Tim Beyers |
What Is a Good Dividend? One expert tours the market to find out what makes a worthwhile dividend. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Chuck Saletta |
Get Paid to Keep Your Investing Resolutions: Hold On to Good Companies A strong and rising dividend is key to finding "forever" stocks. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
When Dividends Are Dumb Believe it or not, sometimes companies that pay dividends are doing you, the investor, a disservice. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Your Edge Over Buffett With less competition chasing a larger pool of great potential investments, you've got a far better chance of finding and buying great stocks. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Buffett's Next Stock and Steve Jobs' Hard Drive What will Warren Buffett buy next? Should Starbucks market to kids? Is Steve Jobs a Machiavellian genius? These stories are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Rich Smith |
Mr. Buffett's Shopping List Let's do a little digging into Berkshire's latest activities, shall we? 5 million shares of Tyco... 3.2 million shares of SunTrust Banks... 1 million shares of printer maker Lexmark... etc. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2010
Anand Chokkavelu |
Buy, Sell, or Hold: Berkshire Hathaway With all due respect to Mr. Buffett, let's lay out the cases for buying, selling, and holding Berkshire Hathaway. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Buz Livingston |
Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bull Rebuttal Stay calm, investors. Buffett's eventual end won't be Berkshire's. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Even Warren Buffett Fell Behind Warren Buffett experienced a five-year period when his Berkshire Hathaway performed behind S&P index funds. What two traits did he use to get on top again? |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"? A reader picks up a seeming contradiction from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Buffett's Befitting Bud Buy Three intriguing things about Berkshire's latest purchase of Anheuser-Busch. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
Rich Smith |
Home Depot Fights Back Home Depot goes to the Web to deliver a solid counterpunch to Sears. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
4 Stocks That Took a Hike Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious. Cohen & Steers... Carlisle... ServiceMaster... Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers... |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Sham Gad |
Buffett's Equity Investment Strategy: Part 2 Investing gurus Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger explain how they define "value" and "growth" companies. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Buffett's Birthday Gifts to Fooldom The Oracle of Omaha just turned 80 -- and he's got presents for you. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bear Rebuttal Investors, why buy Berkshire when you can follow Buffett's lead yourself? |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Going Short on Warren Buffett One investor shorts Berkshire Hathaway, betting that both classes of shares will underperform the market over the next few months. Read on for his reasons for doing so. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Buy Tomorrow's Big Yields Today Before it's too late, snap up a future 20% yield. The key is finding companies that have the fiscal strength to raise their dividend year after year. And they're out there. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2008
Toby Shute |
Buffett's No-Brainer Buy Warren Buffett is a believer in GE, and he's stepped in today with a sizable investment in the blue-chip behemoth. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
David Meier |
Berkshire Hathaway Is Not for Everyone If you understand Berkshire thoroughly and believe it's a bargain today, go for it. If not, don't worry. There are plenty of great investment opportunities out there. |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Buffett's Secret Successor Warren Buffett says he's found someone to run Berkshire Hathaway. He just won't say who. Naming Buffett's successor now would allow the markets and investors to acclimate themselves to his choice, rather than waiting for a calamity to strike. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Profit From Einstein's Most Powerful Force The ability to earn compound returns on your money is truly the most powerful wealth-generating force around. The key to compounding is that it lets you have more money invested than you've actually contributed. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2009 |
Roundtable: Berkshire After Buffett Is Berkshire Still Berkshire Without Buffett? Three Berkshire-owning analysts discuss what Berkshire Hathaway will be like once Warren Buffett is gone. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
The Limits of Cash A strong yield is only as good as the company's ability to fund it. The market is chock-full of companies with high dividend yields, but not all of them are worthy of your investment dollars. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Sham Gad |
Buffett Speaks on the Credit Crunch Read on for some flawless wisdom from Warren Buffett regarding the current credit turmoil. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Philip Durell |
The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Berkshire Hathaway Management doesn't get any better than Warren Buffett. It's hard to find a better lower-risk investment or a better blue chip than Berkshire Hathaway. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Sham Gad |
Value Investors Only Care About Bear Markets How you perform in bear markets is what counts. |
