Why a Cheaper Stock Can Look More Expensive Than Dearer
A reader asks how a stock priced at the same level as another can still appear costly. The answer lies in ratios like price earnings and market capitalization, which compare price to earnings and total company value to reveal relative worth beyond per share price.
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Name That Company trivia puzzle provenance
Puzzle outlines a newspaper publisher with roots in 1851 four page start, Adolph Ochs era and 1910 front page photo, Sulzberger leadership from 1935, first Sunday crossword in 1942, public in 1967, owning The International Herald Tribune and major dailies, eight TV stations, two radio outlets, 40+ websites, 111 Pulitzer Prizes, plus a garbled closing sentence.
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My Dumbest Investment During the 1930s
A reader recalls two costly bets in the 1930s and 1970s era mining and rotary engine ventures, noting the gasoline crisis and later avoiding the market. The piece urges familiarity with firms and warns against blind tips while highlighting long term names like Wal Mart and Coca Cola. It ends with a prompt to submit questions for Foolish features and trivia entries to The Motley Fool.
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Money saving tips from Fouls outline discussion boards
The text offers frugal ideas to cut expenses including delaying purchases by a month, enjoying cheap hobbies, borrowing books from libraries, renting first run movies, reducing cable use, bartering for services like haircuts, canceling unnecessary ads, buying magazines via libraries, negotiating lower credit card interest, and organizing regular game nights with family.
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Coca-Cola cash balance signals steady gains amid slow growth
Coca-Cola reports first quarter results showing cash gains over debt by 23 million after a 410 million gap last quarter. The company maintains a 43 year dividend hike, yielding about 2.6 percent, with U S sales at 30 percent and Asia contributing 21 percent, Asia margins near 36.6 percent while overall growth remains modest and regional dynamics suggest further upside.
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Health plans shift as employers weigh physician profiles
Last month GM workers across six states debated a switch to United Health style coverage. Executives and doctors discussed provider networks and tiered pricing, noting patient risk if specialists lose in-network status. Industry leaders highlight rising health costs push toward transparency and tiered networks amid limited patient awareness.
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Enron film stirs Houston after party premiere
The Sundance film about Enron draws praise from critics though lawyers call it a caricature. Attendees at a River Oaks premiere wore Lay masks while widow Carol Baxter challenged her husband J Clifford Baxter’s portrayal. The movie, funded by private owners Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, plays nationwide with plans to extend its run in Houston.
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Executive pay and stock options spark debate across firms
The article discusses how executives use stock options to boost wealth even without profits, the risk to investors when stock prices fall, and research showing pay is more tied to performance when incentives are a large share of compensation. Professors from Stanford and NYU explain how large shareholders influence executive effort and company outcomes.
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