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The Motley Fool September 12, 2005 Rich Duprey	S&P Ratings a Zero The credit rating agency ends its corporate governance evaluation service. Considering that it was up to the end user to decide whether to make S&P corporate governance score (CGS) ratings public, the ratings' value to the investing public was probably minimal.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Chris Jones	Does Good Governance Make Great Stocks? Reemphasizing the importance of shareholder rights.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2005 David E. Simon	Raising Standards The modern REITs of today provide investors the opportunity to invest in liquid, dividend-paying, quality real estate firms actively managed for the benefit of all stockholders with the highest level of corporate governance.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer	Governance Alpha It sounds nice: Making money by investing in companies guided by enlightened executives. But do companies that play nicely really outperform those companies who are controlled by selfish and greedy executives?
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006	An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection.
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Lauren Young	Report Cards On Governance Morningstar and ISS both give grades on corporate governance, but their rating systems differ widely.
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004	Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer	Activist Capitalists Today, corporate governance analysts are legion. Here's what two key corporate governance experts say about nuances on corporate governance analysis.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2011 Alexander Crawford	Breakout Ideas: 10 Stocks Near Lows With Strong Corporate Governance Do you think these companies are in a position to overcome the trend and rise from their recent lows?
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Paul Wanner	REITs Get the Bronze for Governance The group of REIT companies studied in this analysis exhibits superior governance practices relative to the entire universe of companies ranked by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS.)
The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Best and Worst Corporate Boards Did any of your companies make the Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame?
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2005 Matthew Bechard	Earning Praise Publicly traded real estate companies have become the pillars of good governance. However, while total returns and dividend yields are easily quantifiable numbers with direct bearings on shareholder interest, corporate governance is not so easily measured.
HBS Working Knowledge August 31, 2009 Martha Lagace	Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies Competition in credit ratings forces raters to favor issuers. This is contrary to the interest of those who rely on ratings to make investment decisions or to regulate.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Can This Factor Improve Your Returns? Too many shareholders forget one crucial element. Companies plagued by self-centered, short-sighted managers could easily foreshadow lousy investment results to come.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011 Amanda B. Kish	A Game Changer for Mutual Funds Morningstar announces a new analyst ratings system that could have meaningful implications for the mutual fund world.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2004 Hamid R. Moghadam	Value of Good Governance Every public REIT should have a strong board that is independent and has some skin in the game that ensures the board members' interests are well aligned with those of shareholders.
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Capel et al.	Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Where All the Funds Are Above Average Morningstar's new system has a lot of winners and not too many losers.
Financial Advisor April 2005 Alan Lavine	How Corporate Governance Affects Performance Keep an eye on corporate, pension fund and mutual fund governance policies. How corporations and institutional fund portfolio managers exercise their fiduciary responsibilities may impact investment returns.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2010 Dan Dzombak	Whom Should You Trust: Main Street or Wall Street? Compare how Main Street's stock ratings differ from Wall Street's.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2007 Charles Keenan	Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Bennett Voyles	Greed, Blatant Conflicts --- At Your Fingertips Web sites where you can learn which companies have corporate governance issues.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Ann Therese Palmer	Watching the Insiders An interview with Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a research group that evaluates corporate governance policies, on why a rep should consider a company's corporate governance when deciding which stocks to purchase for a client.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Morningstar Has a AAA-Rated Plan Morningstar announced today that it's getting into the credit rating business.
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2005 Dean Starkman	The 8 Governance Issues That Matter Most For REIT investors, these 8 corporate governance factors carry the most weight in their investment decisions.
Financial Advisor January 2005 Alan Lavine	Fiduciary Ratings Debut For Mutual Funds Mutual fund monitoring services have started rating and measuring fund complexes based upon their responsiveness to fiduciary concerns, offering a tool to protect your clients and yourself.
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien	Behind the Star System Morningstar defends its mutual fund ratings in the face of new competition.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	Grading Governance The mutual fund scandals have put advisors in a tough position: Recommending a fund that ends up in the headlines can deal a serious blow to an advisor's reputation and can even mean lost clients.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum.
CFO March 1, 2003 Lori Calabro	The Prime of Ms. Nell Minow For the prominent shareholder activist, these have been both the best and the worst of times.
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 Emily Thornton	ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2010 Dan Dzombak	Whom Should You Trust: Main Street or Wall Street? When you're looking to research a stock, should you listen to Wall Street or Main Street? Compare how Main Street's stock ratings differ from Wall Street's.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Corporate Integrity Made You 26 Percentage Points Richer Investing in transparent and responsible companies can pay off big time.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run.
CFO September 1, 2010 Joseph McCafferty	Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not.
CFO January 1, 2003	Credit Watch S&P's Leo O'Neill to SEC: We are not the watchdogs.
Financial Advisor September 2009 Marla Brill	Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Tim Beyers	Cisco in Reverse CEO John Chambers adds the title of chairman. Here's what that means: Chambers is now, in effect, his own boss. He represents both management and shareholders. Checks and balances? What are those?
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: One Money Stock, Amazon's Future, and Netflix's Ratings Analyst Andy Cross rates ratings star Morningstar.
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth	Beyond the Stars Morningstar's new forward-looking rating scale for mutual funds is sure to have a significant impact on the research done by financial advisors.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Senators Snookered by Credit Rating Bill? A Senate bill is unlikely to upset the Moody's - S&P debt-rating duopoly. Here's why and what it means to investors.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2008 Rich Duprey	Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs.
CFO September 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Good to Rate The rating agencies are under review for their failure to downgrade Enron more promptly. The only trouble is, proposed reforms might make things worse.
Knowledge@Wharton	A Global View of Corporate Governance: One Size Doesn't Fit All Does corporate governance operate the same way in any economy? That has been a point of contention among academics and economists.
CFO August 1, 2006 Don Durfee	More Rules, Higher Profits? New research shows that good governance practices may reduce your cost of capital.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007	Fast Pitch: Moody's Moody's is among the most-respected sources for credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Though the fundamentals are good, the stock currently looks overpriced, and the chance of beating the market seems dim.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Congress' Move Doesn't Rate With Moody's The market might be overreacting to the prospect of more regulation for ratings agencies. Moody's shares have lost almost 30% since the end of the first quarter. Value investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Responsibility Won't Wreck Your Returns Ignore the conventional wisdom that responsible portfolios lose money.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.