Don't Let Selling Sink You
Fool's School
Investors who sold their stocks before the worst of the financial crisis struck last fall seemed like utter geniuses when the bottom fell out of the market. But before they can claim true victory, you have to ask them one question: Did they get back into stocks in time to pick up some big bargains, or are they still on the sidelines, watching the market go higher? Full Story
Name That Company
Based in Philadelphia and one of Fortune magazine's "Most Admired Companies," I offer food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses. These include more than 700 correctional facilities, and 15 national and state parks and forests. Full Story
Time to Shop at Tiffany?
The Motley Fool Take
Tiffany & Co.'s (NYSE: TIF) second-quarter earnings report was rather impressive — for a luxury retailer in today's economic environment. Earnings and revenue were down 30 percent and 16 percent, respectively, but those results beat analysts' expectations. (Sales at the company's flagship Manhattan store were down 30 percent. Full Story
Where Do I Start?
My Dumbest Investment
My brilliant broker (ex-broker, actually) convinced me to buy MCI WorldCom back at the beginning of the Internet boom. We then rode it all the way down to bankruptcy. He also had me buy Oracle back at the beginning of the Internet boom, but he didn't want to sell when we were up something like 1,000 percent. When I sold it, I made only about a 400 percent profit. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
I was officially formed in 1925, but one of my founders' tractors was used by the Allies in World War I. I'm the world's top maker of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines, with annual sales topping $50 billion. Full Story
Should I Have Sold or Held On?
Q Some stocks I've held for a short period had recently shot up 180 percent and are now up about 100 percent. Should I have sold when I had a significant gain and re-bought when the price dropped? 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 you'll laugh all the way to the bank. Full Story
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