Return on Assets
Fool's School
Understanding how capital-intensive a company is can be profitable. Manufacturers are typically capital-intensive, requiring costly equipment to generate earnings. Businesses with lighter business models (consulting firms and software makers, for example) don't have lots of factories, storefronts or inventory, and are often more attractive to investors. Full Story
Name That Company
I trace my history back to the 1880s. I'm a discount retailer, operating 1,600 stores in 47 states with annual revenues topping $63 billion. Names in my mall have included Dayton's, Marshall Field's, Mervyn's and Hudson's. I'm growing my international business, with a sharp focus on locations such as India. Full Story
Agriculture Stocks
The Motley Fool Take
After the recent sell-off in agriculture stocks, it's worth looking for some bargains there. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) was recently trading around 8 percent below its record high of $241, while fellow fertilizer giant Agrium (NYSE: AGU) was off by around 11 percent. Full Story
Trumped
My Dumbest Investment
I think following Donald Trump's decision to buy shares in a stock (I don't even remember the name of the company) was the dumbest investment I have ever made. At the time, "The Donald" was being quoted in some financial paper as "taking a position" in the company, so I figured I'd ride his coattails for a nice gain. Right? Wrong! Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was born as a cooperative in 1921, dedicated to making butter from sweet cream and offering it in quarter-pound sticks, vs. the then-standard butter made from sour cream and sold in tubs. Today I'm a national, farmer-owned Fortune 500 company, with annual sales topping $8 billion and a full line of dairy-based consumer, food service and food ingredient products. Full Story
The Strike Price
Ask the Fool
Q What's a stock option's "strike price"? — T.D., Jackson, Miss. A Imagine you work for Global Telepathic Messaging. You're issued 1,000 employee stock options with a strike (or "exercise") price of $10 each. A few years later, GTM goes public, issuing shares of stock for the first time via an initial public offering (IPO). 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 t he truth to the King or Queen. The Motley Fool tells the truth about investing, and hopes y ou'll laugh all the way to the bank. Full Story
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