Your Mortgage — 15 or 30 Years?
Fool's School
Most home buyers opt for 30-year mortgages, and that can make a lot of sense for many people. But don't do so without considering a 15-year one. With a 15-year mortgage, you'll enjoy a lower interest rate, will pay less in interest over the life of the loan and will build equity faster. In exchange for these benefits, you'll make higher monthly payments. Full Story
Name That Company
Founded in 1890 in St. Louis, where I'm still headquartered today, I began by making electric motors and fans. Today I'm a global manufacturer, specializing in networks, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, storage, appliances and tools. My CEO oversees some 140,000 employees and 255 manufacturing locations. Full Story
No More Flower Power for Monsanto
The Motley Fool Take
Monsanto (NYSE: MON) will befriend anyone if it thinks the company will benefit. It recently sold its sunflower business to rival Syngenta for $160 million. At more than two times last year's sales of $75 million, that's a pretty good price for Monsanto to get. Full Story
Lawsuit Dangers
My Dumbest Investment
One of my first dumb investments was in a company that made fuel additives. I bought it around $13, and sold it at $3. I didn't do enough checking into it before I bought it. If I had, I would have discovered that it had some lawsuits pending that might get it into trouble, which did indeed happen. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
Founded in Arkansas in 1935, I'm the world's largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork. I process 40 million chickens per week and the chicken wings I produce each year would stretch from Los Angeles to New York and back more than six times. I'm America's No. Full Story
Should You Wait for Market Bottom?
Ask the Fool
Q I just opened a brokerage account with an auto-investment feature that will let me regularly invest in an S&P 500 index fund. Should I wait until the market hits bottom before I begin investing? Full Story
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