Time to Get Started
Fool’s School
Have you run across statements like this? “If you had invested $10,000 in company ABC years ago, you would have $X today.” Of course, X is always a large number like $500,000 or $1 million. That can be rather depressing, when you don’t have $10,000 to invest all at once. Full Story
Name That Company
Not long after the Wright brothers took flight in 1903, my founder turned a shipyard into an airplane factory. Today I’m the world’s top aerospace company, making commercial jetliners, military aircraft, rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles, and fancy information and communication systems. Full Story
Don’t Discount Oracle
The Motley Fool Take
Some investors are abandoning database software giant Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), following what looks like a sobering fiscal-first-quarter earnings report. That’s probably a big mistake. Full Story
Gone to the Dogs
My Dumbest Investment
When I was a junior at the Air Force Academy, I made about $300 a month. My brother, also a cadet, was a math major. After visiting the local greyhound racing track, we figured that if we could box five dogs (out of eight in the race), eliminating three that would not finish in the top three, we could make a lot of money. Full Story
Last week’s trivia answer
I was founded in 1910 by a Nebraska teenager who moved to Kansas City, Mo., with two shoeboxes full of postcards. I produced my first Valentine in 1913, and today I crank out 18,000 new and redesigned greeting cards and related products per year. My cards come in 30 languages and are sold in 100 nations. Since 1951, my dramatic television series has won more than 75 Emmy awards. Full Story
Patience a Good Trait for Investors
Ask the Fool
Q Why should I invest in
stocks if all my stock picks
go down with the market? If I
expect another big market drop,
shouldn’t I get out?
— Jack, online
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