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The Motley Fool
October 30, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer Pfires Up Say on Pay It took six months from when shareholders asked for it, but Pfizer's board has finally given shareholders a voice on executive compensation.   |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer: Diversified Dreams, Dubious Decisions Pfizer's CEO Jeffrey Kindler said he wants to make his company more like Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Labs, which aren't dependent on one product for success. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Abbott's on Sale Abbott isn't firing on all cylinders the way it was last year, but things still look fine, and the stock is selling at a discount right now. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Which Pharmas Still Have Cash? Pharmaceutical mergers-and-acquisitions activity has been jumping for the past few months, but the consolidation can't go on forever. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
When "Say on Pay" Is a Must Shouldn't "say on pay" votes be up to shareholders, not legislators? |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Pfizer's Mind Meld Pfizer has a plan now for its structure after its acquisition of Wyeth -- including keeping eight senior executives from its new purchase. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Not-So-Indecent Proposals Watch out for shareholders, especially of Apple Computer, shaking things up at public companies this year. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Keeping Score at Major Companies Big issues abound in proxy statements this year. Don't miss your chance to chime in. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The Other 33.1% of Pfizer Reports The take-home message for current and future Pfizer shareholders from Wyeth's quarterly report is that they're not getting a growth monster, but Wyeth's revenue is fairly stable. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Better Than a Penny Stock Why take on big risks with penny stocks when you don't have to? |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Johnson & Johnson Still Withstands Recession While Johnson & Johnson is big, it has proven to be agile during the recession, and this quarter was no different. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Citigroup's Wishful Thinking Paying back the TARP might be harder for some banks than you think. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
First Time's the Charm? Several first-time shareholder proposals have gotten surprising support this year. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The DOJ v. Johnson & Johnson The U.S. Department of Justice is joining a lawsuit against the health care giant over the company's marketing of heart failure drug Natrecor. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Investors Standing Against Genocide TIAA-CREF has now joined a bunch of mutual funds and other big investors to demand changes in Sudan. It's giving the companies in its portfolios with ties to Sudan until the end of the year to make progress in addressing humanitarian needs and reducing the genocide. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Flexing Their Biceps The arena of proxy voting is not only interesting, it's also important. When you receive proxy-voting materials, take time to read through them and then cast your vote. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
You Can Make a Difference Shareholders can propose changes for companies, and if they gain enough support, they can make a big difference. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Boston Scientific Rebuilds Whether the company is a value or a value trap depends on how well the rebuilding goes this year. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Who's Targeting Your Stock? The Manhattan Institute's Proxy Monitor database is a tool that lets shareholder proposals point you toward real investment risks. |
U.S. Banker
May 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Executive Pay, Still in the Hot Seat Shareholders are trying to gain more influence on executive pay as more resolutions hit the agenda at firms' annual meetings. But passage is proving to be tough. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Shareholders Are Winning ... Slowly CEO overcompensation is gradually being challenged in corporate America by shareholders, through resolutions and annual meeting proposals. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Virtual Meetings, Real Problems Online shareholder meetings sound promising, but could they pull the plug on true transparency? |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholder Battles Rage On When companies step out of line, shareholders must step up and vote. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Last week's top stories: Swine flu scare affects the markets... Bad quarterly report from Sun Microsystems... Bank of America and Citigroup will need new capital... Market-thumping results from Baidu.com... |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Amplifying the Risk-Reward Ratio Amplify, Medtronic's latest, gets a mixed reaction at FDA advisory panel meeting. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
You're Not as Diversified as You Think While the right mix of mutual funds can help you create a diversified portfolio that gives you broad exposure to a wide range of financial markets, you have to stay on the lookout to avoid unnecessary overlap in the stocks your funds own. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Is Bank of America the Next to Crumble? While comparing B of A to Citigroup is hardly apples to apples, the trend is the same: Banks with dangerously low tangible common equity ratios must raise common capital lest even moderate future losses wipe out shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Pharma's Refreshing Bad News Schering-Plough and Eli Lilly both present data at scientific meetings over the weekend about drugs that failed their clinical trials, but it's not bad news. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
What the Best Companies Are Doing Right Now Companies that aim to survive and thrive in the coming recovery aren't wasting any time on apocalyptic hype. They're putting cash to work -- and building future shareholder value for years to come. |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2009
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Be Bullish on IBM Among many others, here are three big causes to be optimistic about Big Blue. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
CEOs: Do the Right Thing! 2008 was a bad year for shareholders and workers. Some CEOs made out like bandits, though. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Big Shakeup Brewing at Citigroup With the Treasury set to convert $25 billion of preferred stock into common stock, Washington is about to gain legitimate authority to swing its axe and make high-level decisions at Citigroup. The first order of business may be showing CEO Vikram Pandit the door. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Taxed Twice and Still a Good Deal If you think it's not fair that so much of your income gets lopped off by Uncle Sam and his friends at the IRS, you probably won't be thrilled to know that your dividend income gets taxed twice. It's true, though. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Wealth-Killing Blunder Will Cost You Some commentators are arguing that the way millions of investors put money to work in the markets through mutual funds has fundamental flaws that simply can't be overcome. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Brian Orelli |
Abbott: 1, Johnson & Johnson: 0 -- For Now Abbott Labs got a ruling overturned yesterday that would have cost the company $1.8 billion, yet investors let shares slip down 1%. |
CFO
April 1, 2010
Alix Stuart |
Which Way on Say-on-Pay? How companies plan to hear shareholder opinions on compensation. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Ilan Moscovitz |
3 Cheap Stocks Our Experts Like Right Now And why they're worth a look. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
Starbucks' Steady Game Think Starbucks has reached saturation? Think again, says Chairman Howard Schultz. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
In 2011, Shareholders Speak Louder Than Ever Your vote as an investor really counts this year. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
These Fund Companies Are Letting Us Down It's ridiculous, but some fund firms are supporting excessive CEO pay. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away These stocks beat analysts' expectations: Johnson & Johnson... Google... Goldman Sachs... |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Sweats the Excess Now, according to media reports, Starbucks wants to shed its image as the coffee equivalent of Tiffany or Nordstrom? Should the company dispel it? |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Brian Orelli |
The Costs of Being Pfizer With Pfizer having announced its intention to buy Wyeth this quarter, investors may have worried that the negotiating and pre-acquisition planning caused management to be distracted, but that doesn't seem to be the case. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Brian Orelli |
When the Status Quo Is a Big Win The lack of an FDA rejection will do just fine. Amgen and Johnson & Johnson seemed to get through the FDA advisory panel process without much problem yesterday. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2007
John Reeves |
The Most Admired Companies Beat the Market Can great companies continue to outperform? General Electric... Starbucks... Toyota... Berkshire Hathaway... Southwest Airlines... FedEx... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2009
Morgan Housel |
4 Years of Wealth, Up in Smoke A report by the Federal Reserve says that U.S. household net worth fell 18% in 2008, sending us back to just below the same wealth level as 2004. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Bank Stocks Explode While bank stocks have exploded, a lot, in recent weeks, there's still much reason to be pessimistic. Quite a bit of it. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
The SEC May Shut You Up If you want to keep the right to influence your companies, let the SEC know. The SEC has recently proposed changing rules for shareholders -- in ways that don't seem to protect them at all. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
Jena McGregor |
Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway. |
CFO
September 1, 2010
Joseph McCafferty |
Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not. |
