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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
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
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
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
November 19, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Take a Footnote, Please One of the best ways to learn how a company works is to study the footnotes from its financial filings. |
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
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. |
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. |
CFO
May 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
The SEC Has a Few Questions for You This is the envelope no CFO looks forward to opening, even if the inquiry proves to be fairly routine. |
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. |
InternetNews
June 5, 2007
Clint Boulton |
IBM, SEC Come to Terms Over Financial Gripe IBM settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission today for issuing misleading statements about the impact of employee stock options on its 2005 earnings. |
Information Today
February 18, 2010 |
Morningstar Acquires Financial Fineprint Business, Footnoted.org Footnoted's research staff pores over hundreds of SEC filings a day to unearth critical information buried in the fine print. |
