An Investor Reading List
Fool's School
If you want to be a good investor, you have some reading to do. The more you learn, the better you'll likely do: You'll be able to put market moves in perspective, understanding that there are always occasional surges and falls. You'll develop realistic expectations, knowing that the market's average annual growth rate over very long periods has been around 10 percent. Full Story
Name That Company
Founded in Nebraska in 1867 and headquartered in Omaha, I'm a top packaged food firm, with brands such as Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Gulden's, La Choy, Marie Callender's, Parkay, Swiss Miss, Wesson, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Van Camp's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM and Banquet, among others. You'll find my consumer brands in 97 percent of U.S. households. Full Story
Time to Buy Middleby?
The Motley Fool Take
Oven maker Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD) recently reported revenue down nearly 9 percent in its second quarter (over year-ago levels), to $159 million. Profits took more of a beating, dropping 25 percent. And as you can guess, profit margins declined as well. But so far this year, the company's running on an operating profit margin of 17 percent, beating rivals handily. Full Story
Dumped Too Soon
My Dumbest Investment
My wife works at Corning. One would think I would have known better than to dump 145 shares at $3.56 a few years ago, after snagging them a year earlier at $27 and change. Of course they later recovered to $27. So it goes. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was founded in 1991 by a Stanford grad with an idea to distribute and profit from self-serve machines that turn coins into cash. Full Story
High-Yield Stock
Ask the Fool
Q What's a high-yield stock? — P.U., Lawrence, Kan. A It's one that pays out a relatively hefty dividend, expressed as the dividend yield. Dividend yield is simply the current annual dividend amount divided by the stock's current price. Full Story
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