Bond Basics
Fool's School
Over the long run, stocks tend to perform much better than bonds. Still, it's good to understand bonds, and they can add some balance to a portfolio. Bonds are essentially long-term loans. If a company issues bonds, it's borrowing cash and promising to pay it back at a certain rate of interest. Full Story
Name That Company
I'm a top global brand, having begun with a handful of beans in Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971. In 1991 I became the first privately owned U.S. company to let part-time workers participate in a stock option program. I went public in 1992. You'll find my more-than-10,000 retail locations in China, Kuwait, Indonesia, Switzerland, Peru and elsewhere. Full Story
Kimberly-Clark
The Motley Fool Take
The recent earnings release by Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB) is a classic illustration of price elasticity. Lower prices sell more goods, allowing a company to lower prices again — igniting a virtuous cycle. But the cycle also works in reverse, as Kimberly Clark has discovered. Full Story
Apple or McDonald's?
My Dumbest Investment
In January 1993, I decided to invest $2,000 in McDonald's because I felt it would feed the world, eventually. But I then talked myself out of it and went with Apple because a friend recommended it and I'd just bought an Apple computer. The day I bought Apple was the last day it was ever that high! It immediately started falling, and I bailed out with an 82 percent loss. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was born 15 years ago as a printed financial newsletter sold by two brothers to friends and relatives. A year later I debuted online and became quite popular. I'm on a mission to improve people's lives, offering superior investment ideas. Full Story
The Gift of Stock
Ask the Fool
Q: Can I give single shares of stock as holiday gifts? If so, how? 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
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