The Churned Investor
Fool's School
Old-fashioned dairy farms and Wall Street have something in common: churning. In the financial arena, churning is when a financial professional engages in excessive trading (buying and selling), ostensibly on someone's behalf, generating commissions for himself and usually not serving his client very well. Full Story
Name That Company
The chain that shares my name was started in 1950 in Quincy, Mass., and is today the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, serving more than 3 million customers each day in nearly 9,000 eateries. Given my name, you'd think that doughnuts would account for more than a sixth of my sales. Full Story
Monsanto: Seeds of Growth
The Motley Fool Take
Monsanto's (NYSE: MON) recent earnings report revealed sales of its herbicide Roundup down 21 percent year over year. That's quite a change from its year-earlier 85 percent jump. Should investors worry? Not really. Sales of the herbicide may not be as strong as they once were, but the future of Monsanto lies not in Roundup, but in its genes. Full Story
Patience Pays
My Dumbest Investment
The first stock I bought years ago was Merck. It went down for two years, starting the day after my purchase. I sold, losing 34 percent of my investment, and then it went back up and split, and on and on. I bought Philip Morris and sold too soon. Bought others, too, only to sell when they had a bad week. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
My roots go back to 1865, when Fredrik Idestam, a mining engineer, established a wood-pulp mill in Finland. I later became a conglomerate making things from paper to chemicals to rubber galoshes to televisions, before finally evolving recently into a major communications company. Full Story
Morningstar's Ratings
Q I'm confused by Morningstar's star ratings for stocks. I've seen a company that has lost 72 percent of its value this year rated as three stars (out of five), along with a company that has never shown a profit. I don't get it. Full Story
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