How to Research Companies
Fool's School
Before you invest any of your hard-earned dollars into an exciting company you just discovered, you need to do some homework. Below are the kinds of questions you should ask about any potential investment. Don't be intimidated or discouraged by this list. You needn't master everything at once. Beginning investors should just keep learning slowly. We can help you at www. Full Story
Name That Company
I was founded in 1966 in St. Paul, Minn., as an audio component systems retailer called "Sound of Music." I'm now North America's No. 1 specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. I sport some 1,200 retail stores in the United States, Canada and China. The Geek Squad of computer fixers is housed under my roof. Full Story
A Growing Deere
The Motley Fool Take
It appears that nothing runs like a Deere (NYSE: DE). In the company's recently reported fourth quarter, earnings jumped 52 percent to $422.1 million, while net sales for the agricultural equipment and the commercial and consumer sectors both jumped by 35 percent. Credit revenues also rose by double digits. Full Story
Pigs Can Get Slaughtered
My Dumbest Investment
I bought a cable modem-maker in 1999 for under $3 per share in three accounts - one for me, two for my sons. In 2000, I sold it at $46 per share in one of my sons' accounts. I remember being worried I had sold too soon. My other son and I were going to sell at $100 per share, but the stock never got there. What was our target of $100 based on? Greed. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I got my start in 1874, making and selling corsets. Today, based in New York, I'm a leading seller of sportswear, swimwear and intimate apparel to department stores, membership clubs, discounters, specialty stores and others. Brand names under my roof include Calvin Klein, Chaps, Lejaby, Nautica, Speedo, Warner's, Olga, Catalina, Anne Cole, Lifeguard and Michael Kors. Full Story
Ask the Fool
Run Rate, Run QWhat's a "run rate"? - G.L., Jacksonville, Fla. AImagine that you're studying the financial statements of Librarian Supply Co. (ticker: SHHHH). It's growing very rapidly from quarter to quarter. Perhaps, for some calculation, you need to estimate its current annual level of sales. Full Story
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool?
Remember Shakespeare? Remember "As You Like It"? In Elizabethan days, Fools were the only people who could get away with telling the truth to the King or Queen. Full Story
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