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The Motley Fool
June 14, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel's Operation Barbie The toy maker is trying to build off the strength of its Barbie brand to delve into several other products, including clothing for adult women that could launch this fall.   |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2011
Chris Hill |
Starbucks' Next Big Mistake? Today's Podcast subjects: Starbucks CEO expects the company to make some acquisitions over the next couple of years... Mattel closed its flagship store in Shanghai just two years after it opened... |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2011
Chris Hill |
Avoid This Investment at All Costs Listen in to today's edition of MarketFoolery, where we report on stocks and ETFs |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2011
Michael Johnston |
ETFs to Watch as Egyptian Drama Plays Out Profit from the turmoil in Egypt. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2006
Philip Durell |
Barbies Gone Wild? Mattel needs to let Barbie go wild to make the company a worthwhile investment at today's price of $17 and change. In the meantime, Mattel continues to produce a ton of free cash flow, pays a 2.9% dividend yield, and continues to buy back shares. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Barbie Girls Aren't Plastic Barbie dolls may not be selling, but BarbieGirls.com is. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Barbie Goes From Vinyl To Virtual Mattel is betting its online Barbie Girl will hold kids who've outgrown real dolls. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
American Girl Taunts Barbie Although Barbie will probably never be replaced by another doll, sales of the icon have dwindled over the past few years, leading some to wonder what's going on at Mattel. Is it a good time to buy Mattel before the upcoming holiday season? |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Doesn't Play Around Mattel beats estimates, even as Barbie slumps closer to home. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
This Fund Isn't Complaining About Lehman For a year and a half, investors wanting to bet on continued problems in the financial industry have used the UltraShort Financials ProShares ETF. So far, that bet has been highly rewarding; the shares have returned 65% over the past year. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Come On Barbie, Let's Go Party Investors, for the girls who aren't old enough for News Corp.'s MySpace (and the parents who want to keep it that way), Mattel has a shot to cultivate a new online audience and get Barbie back on the map with the launch of BarbieGirls.com. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Barbie Bites Back Mattel goes after the Bratz girls in a legal tussle. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Matt Townsend |
Why Ken Is the New Babe-Magnet in Toyland Barbie's "arm candy" is finally getting some attention of his own. Mattel has brokered a reconciliation between Ken and Barbie as part of its brand-marketing strategy. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Heavy Mattel Mattel has a better-than-expected showing as it heads into the holidays. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Chris Hill |
Hasbro's Girl Trouble Today's podcast: Optimus Prime and the rest of the Transformers saved Hasbro's latest quarter... Google unveiled News Badges... The latest (and final) Harry Potter film took in $475 million worldwide... |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Bill Mann |
Why Disney Is Destroying Barbie Blond bombshell Barbie has never had competition for little girls' attention like the Disney Princesses. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Plays It Right The toy giant's diversification moves continue to pay off. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
Michael Johnston |
Three ETFs to Watch This Week: EGPT, TIP, EWA Earnings reports and unrest in Egypt put these ETFs in focus today. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel Makes the Grade Toy maker Mattel has reported improved second-quarter earnings. However, trouble on the horizon includes weakness in the company's quintessential Barbie brand. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Mattel Gathers Up Its Toys The toy company combines all of its toy brands into one operational business. With third-quarter earnings due out next week, it is an interesting time for Mattel to announce a business reorganization. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Gene G. Marcial |
Mattel: It's Still Swell An analyst is upbeat on Mattel stock. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel's Barbie Blues Cutthroat competition and a possibly slow holiday season mean lower net profits and net revenues for Mattel. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Barbie Belts One Out Bad financial results, bad press, down-on-its-luck stock. It's a value investor's feeding trough! Yet Mattel signed a record deal and dominates the "Hot Dozen" toy list amid a turnaround. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for Broken ETFs Government action sometimes has unintended consequences. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Bratz Pout Over Mattel Settlement The battle over Bratz has been something of a Pyrrhic victory for Mattel. While the jurors in the trial sided with the toymaker, the damage done to its own iconic Barbie brand has been substantial. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bratz vs. Barbie, Round 2.0 Forget the big screen. Bratz are coming to the small screen, too. The allure of creating an avatar and mingling in a virtual community is all too real. There are too many competitors, going after a finite number of kids. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2011
Chris Hill |
China's Challenge, Live Scorpions, and Hot Slurpees Today's edition of "MarketFoolery" offers comments on inflation in China, eating live scorpions, and free slurpees at 7-Eleven. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kiss and Mattel Mattel wraps up the year with another strong quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2004
Roy Lewis |
Index Options Over ETFs? If you're a short-term trader, then options are the lower-tax bet. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Kris Eddy |
The Girls of Mattel Get Makeovers Toys keep maturing despite the stalled economy. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Christopher Palmeri |
Hair-Pulling In The Dollhouse Bratz toys have produced explosive growth for Isaac Larian, founder of toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc. -- and woes for Mattel. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
David Meier |
Mattel Has No Eye for Fashion A closer examination of Mattel's earnings report shows there is still much to be done. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Tale of Two Toymakers Hasbro is greater than Mattel. Again. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Barbie 1, Bratz 0 A federal court jury is awarding Mattel $100 million in its long-standing case against MGA Entertainment over the Bratz doll line. |
Salon.com
October 27, 2000
M.G. Lord |
En garde, Princess! For the first time ever, Barbie may have a challenger who can kick her anorexic butt. At least that's what her unauthorized biographer thinks... |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Can You Defend Your Portfolio in One Fell Swoop? A new index, the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex, aims to track defensive giants. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Mattel Loses Barbie Brawl The veteran toy maker loses a frivolous lawsuit and is stuck with the legal fees. A quick look at the firm's flagging sales and increasing costs shows that Mattel execs have stumbled. |
BusinessWeek
September 15, 2009
Christopher Palmeri |
Spin Master Goes Up Against Barbie With its Liv line of dolls, the company brings its cool-toy bravado to the notoriously tough girls' market. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2011
Chris Hill |
Should Sirius XM Settle With Howard Stern? Tune into today's edition of MarketFoolery for: Egypt's stock market opened for the first time in nearly two months and it wasn't pretty... Howard Stern is suing Sirius XM... |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2011
Chris Hill |
Apple Says the "S" Word On today's edition of MarketFoolery you will hear news about Staples' new survey, the iPhone4S, and Amazon. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
A Flat Tire for Mattel Flat sales and eroding profit margins are two reasons why an investor needs to be patient, requiring an extra level margin of safety before being a buyer of this stock. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2011
Chris Hill |
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Next Big Bet Four things you'll hear on this weekend's Motley Fool Money radio show: author Michael Lewis... Is Amazon ready to take on Netflix?... Earnings new from Mattel... Strong numbers from Limited Brands... |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Mattel's Doing Well Mattel toys around with a pretty decent second quarter. Investors, take note. |
Reason
May 2005
Holiday Dmitri |
Barbie's Taiwanese Homecoming A plastic, fantastic tale of globalization: Barbie is revered like a messiah in Taishan, a municipality nine miles southwest of Taipei that the blonde doll transformed from an agricultural village of 5,000 to a manufacturing center nearly the size of Boston. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Should You Buy the Nasdaq's Forgotten Stocks? A new ETF broadens the tech-heavy index. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Kate Rockwood |
How Spin Master Mixes Tech and Toys -- And Keeps Mattel Looking Over Its Shoulder How Spin Master Toys created the hit Liv dolls, a thoroughly modern marriage of tech, storytelling, and 21st-century marketing that has industry giant Mattel looking over its shoulder. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
That's Swell, Mattel The toy giant comes up flat, but scores a relative victory. Mattel ultimately earned $0.58 a share before one-time items. That's better than the $0.52 per share it earned in the fourth quarter of 2004, and well ahead of the $0.49 mark that Wall Street was expecting. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Tom Taulli |
An ETF for New Stocks IPOs become the latest to join the ETF party. The IPOX-100 Index Fund is essentially a mid-cap index -- with a nice marketing angle. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Another Recall Nightmare at Mattel For the third time in a month, the giant toymaker announces another massive toy recall. This time it is 800,000 accessories for Barbie dolls, Mattel's biggest seller, bringing the total number of recalled toys to an astounding 20 million. |
