Roses by Other Names
Fool's School
Trying to read and understand financial statements can be confounding, but it will be much less so once you realize that many items go by different names on different companies' reports. For example, you might have learned to look for "revenue" on an income statement, but the income statement you're looking at calls revenue "sales. Full Story
Name That Company
I'm the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in the United States and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Based in Indianapolis, my CEO was named by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in the world. My members number more than 35 million and my employees more than 40,000. Full Story
Chesapeake Plays
The Motley Fool Take
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) has declared itself the largest natural gas producer in the United States. After some adjustments, Chesapeake turned in 29 percent year-over-year growth this quarter. If you're wondering how such rapid expansion is possible for such a massive enterprise, you must not be following the shale story that's driving Chesapeake and its peers. Full Story
Bad Funds, Good Funds
My Dumbest Investment
Years ago, a man at the bank convinced me that I could do better with money in mutual funds than in CDs. He recommended a fund that turned out to be rated in the bottom 15 percent of all large-company growth funds. Now I know why my investment is worth only half of what I originally invested. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was founded in North Carolina in 1946 and soon became known for low prices, because I'd cut out wholesalers and dealt mainly with manufacturers. For a long time, my main customers were professional homebuilders, but in the 1980s, I began serving do-it-yourself consumers more. My new layouts are designed to appeal to women as well as men. Full Story
Ups and Downs
Ask the Fool
Q When a stock is reported as being up or down some amount, from what price is it up or down? — K.M., Huntsville, Ala. A When you hear that shares of Farm Dogs Inc. (ticker: BINGO) are down 2 1/2, that means they're off $2.50 from where the stock traded at the end of the last trading session. 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 y ou'll laugh all the way to the bank. Full Story
|
|
If you have any problems, questions, or comments regarding www.FloridaWeekly.com, please contact our Webmaster. For all other comments, please see our contact section to send feedback to Florida Weekly. Users of this site agree to our Terms and Conditions.
Copyright © 2007—2012 Florida Media Group LLC.
 Twitter |  Facebook |  RSS
|
|
