Portfolio risk and stock certificate practices discussed
Readers advise avoiding over concentration in one employer stock and suggest eight to fifteen holdings with no more than 33 percent in a single company. The piece explains DRIP certificates may require ownership in your name, but most trades are now held in street name by the broker for convenience and margin use.
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A.R
Hartford
Conn
D.M
San Luis Obispo
Calif
My Dumbest Investment Lesson From a 1992 Fund Sell
A reader recalls selling all six growth mutual funds on a computer timing tip in fall and rebuying three months later at higher prices, ending with fewer shares and taxes. The Fool agrees timing is unreliable and urges low-cost index funds for long-term gains, noting most managed funds underperform the market over five years. Submit your lessons for a chance to win a Fool's cap.
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Richard Danner
Sierra Vista
Aziz
Simon & Schuster
Amen
Brother Richard
Name That Company Name That Company
The founder gave the main product away as a freebie while selling soap in Chicago in the 1800s. Each unit weighs about three grams. Early versions used resin paraffin and leaves. today the product uses latex called chicle. It keeps some people alert and has supplied American soldiers for much of this century.
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Chicago
Tupperware Corp Trivia Answer Recap
Last week's trivia identifies Tupperware Corp as the company with products in over 90 percent of American homes and 1.2 billion in 1997 revenue. It notes 44 percent of sales in Europe and 13 percent in America, plus 800000 salespeople, and mentions currency effects and a burping sound phrase.
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Europe
America
Tupperware Corp
Time and compounding show kids gain big investing edge
A clear example compares Tiffany who starts at 15 with $10 weekly saving and $500 yearly investments to Trevor who starts at 40 with $5,000 yearly investments. By 65 Tiffany reaches 705,688 while Trevor has 634,994, proving time in market beats larger early sums. The piece emphasizes starting early and notes upcoming tips to engage kids in investing.
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Tiffany
Trevor
What Is This Thing Called The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool explains investing truth with a humorous twist. It positions itself as a trusted guide that helps readers laugh their way to better financial outcomes through candid, educational insights.
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Motley Fool
Shakespeare
Compaq shifts to channel assembly to ease PC inventory
Shares of Compaq Computer have fallen as the PC industry faces short term pain from competitive pricing and excess channel inventory. The firm will cut price protection to two weeks and move to channel assembly, shipping semi assembled PCs to distributors for final customization, aiming for normalized growth later this year.
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Compaq Computer Corp
Compaq
Dell Computer Corp
Two Rail Unions Clash Over Rank and File Vote
Facts outline UTU and BLE leadership, roots, and size. UTU formed 1969 from five unions, about 75,000 rail members plus 8,000 transit workers. BLE traces to 1863, about 34,000 active members, 56,000 total, led by Clarence V. Monin since 1996, with ties to the 1894 origin and 1924 Standard Building HQ.
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Lake- 61
UTU
Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad Co
BLE
Charles L. Little
Brotherhood of Rail
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Order of Railway
Switchmen’s Union of North America
The
Railroad Yardmasters of America
North America
Clarence V. Monin
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
National Mediation Board
Afl-Cio
Union
Standard
American Train Dispatchers Association
Stock splits show gains before and after
Splits by firms like FromBi and others attract attention as stocks rise ahead of the split and often continue after. Experts note higher accessibility for investors and potential demand-driven price effects, while some studies link splits to market timing signals and mixed future returns. Dividends may accompany splits, and timing rules require at least 10 days between announcement and record date.
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FromBi
Warren Buffet
Michael Metz
Cibc Oppenheimer Corp
S&p
Dunnarama
Microsoft
Rities and Exchange Commission
Rite Aid
Safeway’s
Westpoint Stevens
America Online
Lucent Technologies
Abbott Laboratories
Rail unions seek merged front amid UTU BLE rift
Union Pacific workers and rail unions debate a potential merger as UTU pushes for one strong carrier wide union while BLE members and leaders resist. BTI divisions frame the issue as a test of best for train crews including conductors and engineers across UP routes.
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Monin
Little
BLE
Union Pacific
Ed Simpson
UTU
Clinton
Iowa
Fremont
Neb
Simpson
Gil Gore
New Orleans
Livonia
National Mediation Board
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Cleveland
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Stocksmart
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Southwest
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Elysia
Ohio
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