Are Your Kids Investing?
Fool's School
Getting your kids to eat vegetables isn't enough. Give them a financial head start by introducing them to investing. With time on their side, they can reap great benefits from the magic of compounded growth. Full Story
Name That Company
I was founded in Chicago in 1928 by the Galvin brothers, who coined my name to reflect motion and radios. In the 1930s I made car radios and police cruiser receivers. I invented the first walkie-talkie and the Six Sigma quality improvement process. Full Story
IBM's Smart World
The Motley Fool Take
In this year's letter to shareholders, IBM (NYSE: IBM) CEO Sam Palmisano says, "We will not simply ride out the storm. … Rather we will take a long-term view, and go on offense." IBM has been firing on all cylinders lately. Earnings per share soared by 24 percent year over year in 2008, while sales rose 5 percent to $103.6 billion. Full Story
Very Limited Partnerships
My Dumbest Investment
Back in the 1980s, I tied up more than $40,000 in a handful of limited real estate partnerships. Over time, my modest gains were eroded by delays, legal problems, unrented spaces, real estate broker fees and steep executive salaries. It took more than 10 years to get out of the investments. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was founded in 1901 by two Milwaukee men intent on "taking the work out of bicycling." (Back then you'd buy gas for my products a pint at a time, at drugstores.) Twenty-thousand of my products served in World War I. In 1965 I set a world land speed record of 177 mph. Full Story
How Now, Dow?
Ask the Fool
Q What's "the Dow"? — P.D., Akron, Ohio A It's the Dow Jones industrial average, created in 1896 by Charles Dow, who also established The Wall Street Journal. Though many people think of the Dow as a representation of the entire stock market, it's really just an index of 30 major American companies. 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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