Meet the Balance Sheet
Fool's School
Our friend the balance sheet is a snapshot of a company's financial condition at a single point in time (typically the end of a fiscal quarter or year). For your own personal balance sheet, you'd list all your assets (house, car, savings accounts, etc.), subtract your debts and obligations (mortgage, credit card debt, etc.), and end up with your net worth. Full Story
Dropped Like a Rock
My Dumbest Investment
I was convinced that the initial public offering (IPO) of privateequity giant Blackstone Group was going to follow MasterCard and Google through the roof. Instead of doing that, it dropped like a rock. I think the price that I officially bought in at was around $36. Full Story
Name That Company
I was founded in 1906 in Rochester, N.Y., as The Haloid Co., and I got my current name in 1961. Today, based in Connecticut, I'm the world's premiere document-management company, employing more than 50,000 worldwide, including a female CEO. I rake in about $16 billion annually, and I spend nearly a billion dollars per year on research and development. Full Story
T. Rowe's Earnings
The Motley Fool Take
Third-quarter earnings from asset manager T. Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW) underscored that not everyone under the financial-services umbrella is smarting from the recent credit lockup and market turbulence. The company's earnings per share and revenues were up 37 percent and 27 percent, respectively. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I'm an agricultural cooperative founded in 1930 and owned by more than 750 growers in the United States and Canada. Most of my products are based on a fruit grown primarily in Wisconsin and Massachusetts that's commonly harvested in large beds of water. It's one of only three fruits native to North America. In 1995, I introduced dried Craisins. Full Story
Ask the Fool
Stocks for Kids
QHow can I buy small amounts of stock to give to my grand children? - M.K., San Ramon, Calif. AYou can open a direct investment plan account with one or more companies. Often called DRIPs or DSPs, they permit you to bypass a broker when buying stock, and hundreds of companies offer them. Learn more at www.dripcentral.com and www.fool. com/School/DRIPs.htm. Full Story
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