Brokerage Fees and Data Tools for Investors
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Major investment styles overview for investors and funds
The Motley Fool outlines money approaches including value, growth, large cap, small cap, mutual funds, and NAIC investor clubs. It notes value investors seek fundamentals and safety margins, growth investors pay top dollar for expanding firms, large caps prefer proven profits, small caps offer growth with higher risk, mutual funds vary in fees, and NAIC clubs promote group investing.
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PepsiCo
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My Smartest Investment lesson from 1980s stock buy
A reader recalls AL Williams later part of Primerica and Citigroup, praising a term insurance based investment. The letter cites 1982 stock near 300 dollars with 3.39 in annual dividends, urges tracking annual reports and holding long if healthy, or selling for better options. It invites readers to share 100 word lessons for The Motley Fool column.
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Citigroup
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Name That Company founder story and growth fact
A 1960 Ypsilanti pizza shop birth led to a world leader in delivery with over 7,450 US and 50 plus countries. About 90 percent of stores are franchised and 2003 sales topped $4 billion. An innovative hat bag began in 1998. In 1998 the founder sold 93 percent to Bain Capital.
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United States
Bain Capital
Ford Falters as Financing Drives Most Profits in Quarter
Ford Motor reports Q2 earnings above estimates but core auto unit falters. Ford Credit supplies 95 percent of pretax operating profits at 1.6 billion while North America profits rise only 2 percent. Vehicle demand weakens with high dealer inventories. Europe shores up overall results but Volvo and Jaguar profits lag.
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Wall Street
Ford Credit
General Motors
GMAC
Ford
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Europe
Volvo
Jaguar
Manpower known for staffing and recruitment worldwide
Truncated trivia puzzle notes Manpower as a leading employ services firm. It highlights recruitment assessment training and a large client base. The piece mentions sales figures and geographic emphasis on France and America, plus brands and regional strength, ending with a prompt to send questions to Fool magazine.
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HipTop Sidekick gains redesign with improved keyboard and memory
The HipTop now branded as Sidekick H by Danger and T-Mobile arrives this autumn at 299 dollars with a deeper keyboard tucked under a swiveling screen and a 16 MB flash, 32 MB RAM. It adds exterior shortcuts, built in camera of 0.3 megapixels, and supports downloads for games and ringtones while offering better battery life.
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Northface University disrupts software education in Utah
Nadine Whitfield left the Postal Service as an electronics technician to pursue Northface University, a for profit campus in South Jordan aimed at fast tracking software developers. Backed by IBM Microsoft Oracle and Unisys the school charges 60000 for a 28 month BS in CS and targets 1200 graduates yearly.
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Utah
Nadine Whitfield
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Northface University
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IBM Esearch
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IBM
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Chase Capital Partners
Jordan River
Salt Lake City
MIT
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