Lessons From Bernie
Fool's School
It's 150 years in prison for Ponzischeme mastermind Bernard Madoff. What can we average investors learn from the Madoff story? Plenty. First off, Madoff is a great reminder that things that seem too good to be true probably are. Madoff reportedly promised some investors returns of up to 46 percent per year. Full Story
Name That Company
I was born in 1977, when three software engineers built a database program for the CIA. Today I'm the world's largest business software company, with more than 300,000 customers (including all of the Fortune 100). I'm known for helping companies store, process and extract insights from massive amounts of data — but I do much more. Full Story
When Alcatel Met HP
The Motley Fool Take
Is Hewlett-Packard trying to become the next Cisco Systems? That's what it looks like recently, as HP has signed a massive alliance with telecom equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent. The agreement is binding for 10 years and will have more than 1,000 Alcatel- Lucent employees transferring over to HP. Full Story
All the Wrong Reasons
My Dumbest Investment
I bought 150 shares of Apple in January 1996 for $5,100 and sold six months later, for $7,300, netting a profit of about $2,200. Today those shares would be worth around $38,800. Golly, that's a lot of money. When I bought Apple, it was simply because of people (analysts, coworkers, friends) speaking highly of it. No further analysis. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
Born in 1979 in Arkansas, I'm one of the nation's top retailers and distributors of automotive replacement parts and accessories. I sport roughly 4,200 stores, some of which provide commercial credit, and deliver parts and other products to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers and service stations. Full Story
Same Store or New Store?
Q What are "same-store sales" numbers? — E.M., Telluride, Colo. A They reflect sales at stores open a year or more. Imagine that Sisyphus Transport Corp. (ticker: UPDWN) reports sales of $200 million in 2008 and $400 million in 2009. That looks great — 100 percent growth! Full Story
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