Long Term Holders After Stock Splits Explain It
Reader asks if 100 shares held over a year become 200 after a split, are all shares long term. Answer: all shares retain long term status, with holding period preserved through splits. cost basis adjusts per share, e.g., $40 original becomes $20 after 2-for-1 split, plus per share commissions.
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Name That Company Born 100 Years Ago
Foolish trivia prompt asking to identify a large Illinois based company. It claims to be the world’s largest processor of food and animal feed with over 270 plants, daily output feeding 300 million people, producing soy products, corn for ethanol and sweeteners, wheat, cocoa, veggie burgers, ethanol and solvents, and $30 billion in annual sales.
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Buffett and Munger field questions in Omaha
The Motley Fool notes Hathaway shareholders listen to Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for five hours in Omaha. They discuss value investing frameworks from Graham, stock valuation, inflation hedges via TIPS, and low cost index funds. They caution against IPOs and misidentifying stocks, urging research before buying and sharing reader investment lessons.
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Borders Group grows on international gains and buyback
Borders Group reports first quarter revenue of 831 million dollars and a 3 million net income gain after a 4.8 million loss last year. International sales climb 29 percent to 103 million with net losses narrowing, while the company completes a 50 million stock buyback and pays its first dividend.
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Limited Brands history and growth through decades
Last week’s trivia answer traces Limited Brands from a 1983 Columbus store to a multi-brand empire with Victoria’s Secret Bath & Body Works The Limited White Barn Candle Co and Express. It went public in 1969 and now reports over 9 billion in annual sales, more than 100 000 employees and 200 000 stockholders.
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US calls shift outsourcing sparks debate in Utah and NC
Utah lawmakers scrutinize a five year 25 million contract with eFunds to answer welfare helpline questions from India instead of Wisconsin the debate hinges on fiduciary duty to taxpayers and the impact on North Carolina workers at a Martin County call center where wages are about 30 000 annually and resentment grows as residents view outsourcing as a slap in the face to Americans
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