Explaining Tracking Stocks in AT&T Tele-Communications Deal
Readers ask what tracking stocks are and how AT&T might use them in its merger with Tele-Communications Inc. A tracking stock is tied to a specific business line and not backed by all assets, offering investors a way to value a division separately while the parent company retains ownership.
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At&t Corp
Tele-Communications Inc
Lisa Jack
Lexington
Buzz-n-Boom Corp
General Motors
Hughes Electronics
At&t
Federal Reserve Board
E.N
Tampa
Fla
Congress
Fed
Motley Fool readers share lessons from bad and good investments
A readers’ column features a cautionary tale about margin trading in 1987, stressing that too good to be true schemes collapse. It invites submissions to My Dumbest Investment and My Smartest Investment, offering a Fool’s cap prize for printed entries and hints at broad brand trivia contests and reader engagement.
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Denver
Mike Stuckey
Glen Allen
Fool.com
N. Pitts St. Alexandria
Selena
Frequent trading harms wealth says UC Davis study
Barber and Odean analyzed over 60 000 discount brokerage accounts from 1991 to 1996 and found long term buy and hold outperforms frequent trading. The average household earned 15 3 percent annually versus 17 1 percent market gain, with the most active traders averaging only 10 percent. Churn averaged 80 percent yearly, eroding gains with commissions and taxes. Frequent trading is hazardous to wealth.
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Wall Street
Brad Barber
Terrance Odean
University of California At Davis Business School
Barber and Odean
Lockheed Martin Corp trivia answer
Big defense contractor formed by a 1995 merger, born in part in 1926, Amelia Earhart used one product, with 170000+ employees and 1997 sales around 28 billion. Known for vehicles satellites and Hubble telescope. ROE over 20 percent.
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Amelia Earhart
Lockheed Martin Corp
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool
A brief piece on the Motley Fool describing its role in telling the truth about investing with a light humorous tone, likening it to Elizabethan fools who spoke truth to power and hoping readers laugh their way to financial gains.
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Motley Fool
CitiGroup Merger Sparks Investor Questions on Bank Prospects
The piece notes a decade of strong investor gains amid furious merger activity led by Citicorp and Travelers Group forming Citigroup. It warns valuations are high and advises focus on quality banks with ROA at least 1.4 percent and ROEs above 14 percent, ideally 20 percent, as safer bets than chasing big buyouts.
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Citicorp
Travelers Group Inc
Citigroup
Eliasch leads HTM to tennis market buzz and numeric gains
HTM chief Eliasch touts the company as No 1 in carving ski sales worldwide and No 2 for all skis. The firm’s titanium graphite racquet, promoted as The Power of Light, weighs 8 ounces unstrung and has spurred a rise in U S tennis racquet market share to about 22 percent.
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Lliasch
HTM
Head
Eliasch
Eugene L. Scott
Tennis Week Magazine
Prince
Wilson
U.S
Sports Inc
United States
Steve Banks
Spalding Foots Worldwide
Chicopee
New York
Saville Row
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm University
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Village Court
Charles
Ruth Lennard
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