High priced stocks and fair value versus growth
A reader asks if sky rocketing stocks like SPENA justify current prices. The answer notes long term holding can justify premium stocks like Coca Cola or Microsoft, while short term holding urges caution and suggests alternatives trading below estimated value. Convertibles explained as complex investment vehicles convertible into common stock under set terms.
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Special Prosecutor Supply Co
SPENA
Coca-Cola
Microsoft
C.F. Sparks
Nev
My Dumbest Investment Lesson From The Fool
A reader recalls doubting Polaroid in the mid 1950s due to 3 D movie tech and avoiding stock. Years later Polaroid soared about eightfold as instant and color photography advanced. The lesson: study a firm's full business prospects beyond hype and avoid blunders by examining the entire array of opportunities and risks.
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Polaroid
Myron Goldberg
St. Louis
CIA
Name That Company From Haloid To High Tech
Company born as Haloid Co in 1906. Most people use its products though few own them. Dry writing process drives its business. Funded 1970s research that created the first commercial computer mouse laser printing and Ethernet. About half sales in United States and 91000 employees.
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Haloid Co
United States
Understanding Coca Cola Cash Flows and Financial Health
The cash flow statement divides cash movements into operations, investments, and financing. Coca Cola shows positive operating cash flow of 4.03 billion in 1997, funding debt repayment and stock repurchases, while investing activities remain smaller. The analysis warns to favor cash from operations over financing sources and notes ongoing debt paydown and stock repurchases.
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Coca-Cola
Coke
Walt Disney Co and the Foolish Investments Quiz
The note reveals a riddle about Walt Disney Co detailing founders in 1923 a profitable 1928 employee, profits from mice pigs and ducks, a French venture, stakes in Miramax and ESPN, a 1996 McDonald alliance, and 43 year stock growth around 16 percent. It invites readers to submit Foolish Investments and trivia entries to The Motley Fool.
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France
Miramax
ESPN
McDonald's
Walt Disney Co
Consumer rules in current economy
New York report notes consumers spend faster than incomes rise with a 5 percent spending rise against 3 percent income growth. Inflation stays tame as durable goods price declines continue, while nondurables hold flat or fall. Buyers seek rebates, price comparisons, and discounts amid a strong stock market.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Michael Flament
Wright Investors’ Service of
Bridgeport, Conn
Draft horse owners share costs and passion at Grafton fair
Howell and McComas describe Belgians and Shires, incomes and expenses of maintaining heavy horses. Belgians sell from 1200 to 21000 dollars, geldings 800 to 16000, with hay, feed, harness, and saddlery costs adding up monthly. Owners emphasize love of the animals, their personalities, and the therapeutic joy of the draft horses.
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Howell
Joan
McComas
Lori Williams
Key Man
Jessie
Market rout deepens as August losses loom
Traders urge capitulation and caution as August losses loom after a sharp Friday decline. Dow drops 114.31 to 8051.68, extending a weekly slide to 481.97 and eroding this year’s gains to 1.8 percent. S&P 500 down 15.46 to 1027.14, Nasdaq -46.73 to 1639.68.
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Standard & Poor
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool
Remember Shakespeare and Elizabethan Fools who spoke truth to power. The Motley Fool claims to tell the truth about investing and hopes readers laugh all the way to the bank.
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Motley Fool
Flowers Industries Builds Keebler Brand Power in Cookies
Flowers Industries, based in Thomasville, Georgia, tops the No. 2 position in cookies and crackers behind Nabisco, aided by the Keebler brand acquired with Flowers in 1996. Keebler owns Sunshine and 2 private line bakers, and aims to narrow the gap by acquiring President Baking Co. of Atlanta, maker of Famous Amos. Flowers also markets Mrs. Smith's pies while Keebler's distribution boosts shelf space and supports price increases. Excluding the President deal, Flowers trades at about 26 times last year’s projected earnings, with a five year annual stock return around 27 percent. Investors familiar with the food sector are advised to note Flowers’s brand strength and growth trajectory.
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Flowers Industries
Thomasille
Flowers
Keebler
Sunshine and 2
Nabisco
30 Former Bank Branches for Leaseback and Office Space
Thirty former bank branches listed for leaseback include four safe leaseback office buildings with drive thru facilities and dedicated parking. Locations span AKRCM and multiple Ohio cities such as Ashtabula Avon Avon Lake Chardon Cleveland two sites Cuyahoga Falls Eairlawn Geneva Huron N Madison Mentor Painesville two Vermilion Wellington Willoughby two, among others.
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AKRCM
Ashtabula
Avon
Avon Lake
Chardon
Cleveland
Cuyahoga Falls
Eairlawn
Geneva
Huron
N. Madison
Mentor
Painesville
Vermilion
Wellington
Willoughby
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