Hiring a Good Contractor
Fool's School
If you're in the market for a contractor to repair or spiff up your home, be thorough in your search. If you look in the Yellow Pages for a contractor, you might regret it (though you could get lucky, of course). Good contractors generally don't need to advertise - their services tend to be in great demand, and they're often overextended. Full Story
Name That Company
My founder launched me as a baby furniture store in Washington, D.C., in 1948. He soon realized that customers were also looking for toys. Today I'm a leading toy and baby product retailer, with more than 1,500 stores worldwide. My baby-focused specialty chain is the largest in the world. Full Story
Trimming Alcoa
The Motley Fool Take
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) ended 2007 by trimming a host of ancillary operations. It appears to be reaching a fighting trim that could thrust it back into the merger wars - on one side or the other. Alcoa recently sold its packaging and consumer businesses, as well as its automotive castings business. Full Story
Bad Options
My Dumbest Investment
After reading up on options, I dove in. I got lucky with my first small investments and was soon feeling like an expert. So I took a $5,000 cash advance on my credit card to invest in options with high implied volatility. I didn't realize high implied volatility meant very risky. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
Based in Chicago, I came to life in 1984 with the introduction of the Mutual Fund Sourcebook, offering fund-performance data. My goal then and now is the democratization of investment information. I provide objective information to individual investors, professionals, institutions and the media. Full Story
The Basics of IPOs
Ask the Fool
Q: When a company issues shares of itself in an initial public offering (IPO), how do the original owners of the company retain any ownership? - B.P., Portland, Maine A: When a company "goes public" with an IPO, it usually sells only part of itself. Here's a simplified example of how Scruffy's Chicken Shack (ticker: BUKBUK) might go public. Full Story
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool?
Remember Shakespeare? Remember "As You Like It"? In Elizabethan days, Fools were theonly people who could get away with telling the truth to the King or Queen. The Motley Fool tells the truth about investing, and hopes you'll laugh all the way to the bank. Full Story
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