ETFs Demystified
Fool's School
Consider adding exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to your portfolio. More than $500 billion is already invested in them (which still pales next to mutual funds' trillions). ETFs are kind of like mutual funds that trade like stocks. Many are index-based. Invest in one, and you'll instantly be invested in the companies that make up that index. Full Story
Name That Company
Born in 1995, I'm a Seattle-based Fortune 500 online retailer, boasting "Earth's Biggest Selection." My 42 product categories offer everything from books to fresh flowers to jewelry to cameras. One of my newest offerings is the Kindle electronic reader, and I recently introduced "Frustration Free Packaging. Full Story
Leaner Medtronic
The Motley Fool Take
Medical equipment maker Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) recently reported respectable third-quarter earnings, despite our ailing economy. Sales of cardiac rhythm disease management devices, including pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), fell 4 percent. Full Story
Didn't Capture the Gain
My Dumbest Investment
My biggest failures have involved refusing to capture big gains. Take Sun Microsystems, where I was working in 2000. It was on a tear, and dot-coms were booming. I was flush with gains and thinking, "Jeez, the taxes I would have to pay if I sold." Well, all told, I missed $200,000-plus in unrealized gains. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
Born in 1902 and based in Decatur, Ill., I'm one of the world's largest processors of food and operating more than 230 domestic and international plants. I convert corn, oilseeds, wheat and cocoa into products for food and animal feed, and chemical and fuel uses. Full Story
Much Ado About EPS
Q Are stocks with high earnings per share (EPS) better than ones with lower EPS? — S.K., Syracuse, N.Y. A n many ways, the earnings per share amount is meaningless, by itself. Here's why. Imagine that Home Surgery Kits Inc. (ticker: OUCHH) has total net income of $10 million this year. Full Story
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool?
Remember Shakespeare? Remember "As You Like It"? In Elizabethan days, Fools were the only 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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