Debt: Good and Bad
Fool's School
You're considering investing in a company. You check out its balance sheet and see some debt. That's not necessarily a red flag - debt can be both bad and good. First, the bad. If a company is saddled with a lot of debt, it's locked into interest payments that it must make. If it doesn't have the cash to cover these at any point, it's in deep doo-doo. Full Story
Name That Company
Founded in 1911, when a guy with a celestial name started selling butter-cream candies, today I'm one of the world's largest family-owned firms, producing confectionery, food and pet-care products. My Milky Way bar, introduced in 1923, was my first big hit. I make more than 15 million Snickers bars daily. Full Story
Morningstar
The Motley Fool Take
Morningstar (Nasdaq: MORN) has evolved from a mutual fund research resource into a provider of financial data on more than 250,000 different investment vehicles (such as stocks and hedge funds), a resource for both individual and institutional investors, and an investment manager in its own right. This is making Morningstar more profitable than ever. Full Story
Sunk by Love of Doughnuts
I figured out early that you don't make any real money working for companies - you have to own them, such as via stocks or mutual funds. I've always done my own investing, whether it was choosing funds inside my 401(k) or choosing the stocks to buy and sell in my brokerage account. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I'm a holding company worth more than $20 billion. Under my umbrella, you'll find: CNA Financial Corp. Full Story
Moving Your IRA Money
Ask the Fool
Q: In my IRA, can I shift money invested in mutual funds into other mutual funds or individual stocks? - K.T., Henderson, Ky. A: If your IRA is maintained by a brokerage, you should be able to move your money from one fund to another, and to and from individual stocks. You won't have to pay taxes on any gains, but you probably will have to pay trading commissions. 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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