Most Searched Articles About Investing

• Green Investing
  The Motley Fool Goes Green - April 18, 2007
  These days, you can be an Earth-friendly investor and still make money.
• Earnings Yield
  Meet the Earnings Yield - August 27, 2007
  How to use this investor tool.
• Return on Invested Capital
  Quick Accounting Basics: ROIC - August 27, 2007
  How to use this important metric to judge a company's prospects.
• Return on Equity
  Quick Accounting Basics: ROE - August 27, 2007
  How to evaluate a company's ROE.
• Deferred Tax Assets
  Understanding Deferred Tax Assets - August 27, 2007
  How to make sense of those weird tax items.
• Deferred Tax Liabilities
  Understanding Deferred Tax Liabilities - August 27, 2007
  How to make sense of those weird tax items.
• Stock Trading Advice
  The Trader's Dilemma - August 27, 2007
  Slow and steady wins the race.
• Relative Valuation
  Finding True Value: Relative Valuation - August 27, 2007
  Don't invest a dime before you figure out what that company really is worth.
• Turnaround Stocks
  5 More Turnaround Stocks - April 24, 2007
  Go ahead, be contrarian -- just make sure you're right.
• Smart Investing
  Your Brain May Be Hurting Your Returns - August 27, 2007
  Is your noggin your portfolio's biggest enemy?
• Investing Mistakes
  Common Investing Mistakes - March 26, 2007
  Stay off this checklist if you can.
• Bonds vs. Bond Funds
  Bonds or Bond Funds? - April 24, 2007
  What's the best way to add bonds to your retirement portfolio?
• Invest in Metals
  Making Money With Metals - August 27, 2007
  The commodities craze has brought with it new ways to invest.
• Stock Analysts
  Are Analysts Worthless? - August 27, 2007
  What distinguishes sell-side and buy-side analysts? Do either matter?
• Depreciation
  Quick Accounting Basics: Depreciation - August 27, 2007
  Expensing wear and tear.
• Bank Balance Sheets
  Understanding a Bank's Balance Sheet - August 27, 2007
  In the first part of a series, we untangle a bank's assets.
• Invest in Silver
  A Metal Stock With a Silver Lining - August 27, 2007
  Line your portfolio with shares of Silver Wheaton.
• Antitrust Laws
  Monopolies and the Law - August 27, 2007
  Antitrust laws protect consumers against collusion.
• Peter Lynch
  You, My Friend, Are No Peter Lynch - April 25, 2007
  How well do you really know your stocks?
• Oil Market
  It's the Market, Stupid - May 31, 2007
  Breaking up Big Oil won't solve high gas prices.
• Rights Offering
  Fight for Your Rights Offering - July 12, 2007
  Find hidden profits in these corporate actions.
• Management Guidance
  Should Management Guidance Be Eliminated? - July 17, 2007
  Inside info from company bigwigs can be a good or bad thing.
• Cash is King
  Earnings Are Not the Answer - July 23, 2007
  Why looking only at a company's earnings can lead to disaster.
• Tracking Analysts
  More Tips From Wall Street's Best: Janco Partners - August 27, 2007
  Learn from one of the best stock pickers.
• Buy Ratings
  Banking on Buy Ratings - August 27, 2007
  How wise is Wall Street?
• Beta Defined
  What Is Beta? - August 27, 2007
  If you want to be a savvy investor, you should know what beta is.
• Timing the Market
  Profit From Market Timing - August 27, 2007
  It's not timing the market that will earn you the greatest reward. It's your time in the market.
• Do It Yourself Investing
  Do It Yourself - August 27, 2007
  Dos and don'ts for the self-directed investor.
• Alpha Investing
  A New Tool to Beat the Market - August 27, 2007
  Use index funds as your portfolio's anchor, and earn excess profits with Motley Fool CAPS.
• Invest for Children
  Make Your Kids Rich - March 30, 2007
  Great companies will turn money into wealth.
• SEC Proxy Statements
  SEC Says It Again: Speak English! - April 5, 2007
  Executive compensation was supposed to be easier to understand, but it's not quite there yet.
• Stock Buybacks
  Buying In on Buybacks - April 17, 2007
  Companies say they're going to buy back shares, but do they always do as they say?
• Socially Responsible Investing
  Dueling Fools: Socially Responsible Investing - April 20, 2007
  Every investor draws the line somewhere.
• Bond Basics
  Bond Basics - April 23, 2007
  Get the scoop on everything from long bonds to T-bills.
• Investing in Newspapers
  Newspapers' Progressive Decline - May 2, 2007
  The Audit Bureau of Circulations has spoken, and there appear to be very few healthy papers.
• Easy Investing Tips
  Lose Your Smarty-Pants - May 4, 2007
  Keep it simple when picking stocks.
• Stock Guru
  Get to Know a Guru - May 17, 2007
  Sanders Morris Harris is young, but don't let that scare you off.
• Scheme Liability
  SEC Backs Scheme Liability - June 5, 2007
  Decision to endorse concept of "scheme liability" may prove ultimately unfriendly to shareholders.
• Investment Banking
  What the Heck Is Investment Banking, Anyway? - June 25, 2007
  A look at what investment bankers actually do and the firms that are involved in the business.
• Stock Arbitrage
  Become Your Own Arbitrageur - July 6, 2007
  A couple of stocks for sale offer investors the chance to beat the Street at its own game.
• Conference Calls
  Listen to Those Conference Calls! - July 6, 2007
  You might be surprised at how much you can learn about the companies you own.
• Investing in Florida
  Investing in Your Backyard: Central Florida - March 26, 2007
  Let's bask in the warm business glow from the First Coast to the Sun Coast.
• Investing in Oregon
  Investing in Your Backyard: Oregon - April 20, 2007
  Let the ducks and the beavers serenade you as we stroll along the Pacific coast.
• Investing in Salt Lake City
  Investing in Your Backyard: Salt Lake City - May 15, 2007
  Call it salty or call it sweet -- either way, there are some raunchy investments to be made in Utah.
• Investing in Minneapolis
  Investing in Your Backyard: Twin Cities - August 27, 2007
  A closer look at investment opportunities in the Twin Cities area.
• Dividend Yield
  Speaking Mathanese: The Dividend Yield - May 23, 2007
  The math behind the dividend yield, explained in plain English.
• Total Return
  Speaking Mathanese: Total Return - June 7, 2007
  Can you beat the market? Here's the math you need to find out, explained in plain English.
• Floating Rate Bonds
  Float Your Bond Boat - May 4, 2007
  Floating-rate bonds let you hedge against higher rates.
• Investment Insurance
  Insuring Your Investments - August 27, 2007
  Several entities combine to protect assets in various accounts.
• Small Investors
  You Can Start Small - August 27, 2007
  It doesn't take much money to start investing.
• Operation Spamalot
  SEC Launches Operation Spamalot - August 27, 2007
  Relax, it's not what it sounds like. They're on your side.
• Coal Subsidies
  Big Subsidies for Big Coal - May 31, 2007
  Think gasoline is expensive? Check out this coal-derived alternative.
• Oil and Gas Futures
  Energy Jargon, Demystified: Contango and Backwardation - July 17, 2007
  Oil and gas terminology in plain English.
• Stock Option Scandal
  Sickened by Stock Options - August 27, 2007
  The latest backdating news leaves one Fool feeling ill.
• Unique Investments
  A Truly Unique Company - August 27, 2007
  Oceaneering International is a one-of-a-kind investment idea.
• Goldilocks Market
  Eyes on the Prices - August 27, 2007
  This week's PPI and CPI numbers will have a lot to say about the coming year's market.
• Oil Boom
  What Happened to the Oil Boom? - August 27, 2007
  Oil is slipping down to $50 a barrel. Will it keep declining?
• Market Averages
  Do the Averages Matter? - August 27, 2007
  Should you care when a stock index hits an all-time high?
• Best Corporate Citizens
  In Search of the Best - August 27, 2007
  Are the best corporate citizens the best investments?
• Consumer Spending Trends
  Investing With the Consumer Spending Trends - August 27, 2007
  When it comes to consumer spending, why not make the trend your friend?
• Asset Bubble
  Is There an Asset Bubble? - August 27, 2007
  The answer could affect our investments.
• Mortgage Lending Regulation
  My Mortgage, My Government - March 30, 2007
  The current mortgage malaise is not solely the work of the free-market system. Blame government, as well.
• Fear Index
  Meet the Fear Index - April 3, 2007
  It's one index you might not know about.
• Biodegradable Plastics
  Two Words: Biodegradable Plastics - April 27, 2007
  These eco-friendly innovations offer healthy growth prospects.
• Sell in May and Go Away
  Sell in May and Go Away? - May 1, 2007
  Always follow rules of thumb ... except when you shouldn't.
• Bidding for IPOs
  Bidding Online for Hot IPOs - May 8, 2007
  More companies are giving individual investors a shot at new shares.
• Halliburton in Dubai
  Go East, Young Halliburton - May 23, 2007
  After moving to Dubai, Hallburton seeks new business in the Eastern Hemisphere.
• Great Investors
  Learning From the Great Investors - June 26, 2007
  The finest financial minds have a lot to teach you.
• How Many Stocks
  How Many Stocks Should You Hold? - August 27, 2007
  The risks of being either over- or underdiversified.
• Stock Analyst Recommendations
  Invest With an Edge - March 19, 2007
  How can you get a jump on the market? Be patient.
• Stock & Fund Differences
  How Funds Differ From Stocks - August 27, 2007
  Go back under the hood to find out what drives your mutual fund.
• Declining Stocks
  How to Spot a Lousy Investment - August 28, 2007
  It pays to know when good stocks are about to go bad.
• Investing Guide
  The 2 Deadly Sins of Investing - March 28, 2007
  Fear and greed can be ruinous to your financial health.
• Taxing Private Equity
  Taxing Consequences for Private Funds - June 28, 2007
  Private-equity and hedge funds may soon face the taxman.
• Weather Futures
  Make Money From Mother Nature - August 28, 2007
  Weather futures make watching the latest forecasts much more interesting.
• 500 Miles Per Gallon
  Plug It In? - August 28, 2007
  Plug-in hybrids could be (part of) the solution.
• Hybrid DVD Players
  Hybrids Are Where It's At - August 28, 2007
  In the battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, increasing moves towards hybrid technologies should help consumers become adopters.
• Newspaper Blogs
  Blog Time in Newspaperville - August 28, 2007
  The last best hope of the dailies.
• Young CEOs
  3 Stocks With Young CEOs - August 28, 2007
  This CAPS tag shows that you may not need years under your belt to run a tight ship.
• Housing Statistics
  Do Housing Statistics Have Meaning? - March 20, 2007
  The Commerce Department's monthly housing numbers are eagerly awaited, but they can be difficult to evaluate.
• Terror Proof Portfolio
  The Terror-Proof Portfolio Fallacy - March 22, 2007
  There's only one place to be over the long run.
• Mortgage Regulators
  Here Come the Mortgage Regulators - March 26, 2007
  With subprime lending continuing to plummet, House and Senate hearings run the risk of further retarding a recovery in housing.
• Great Companies
  The DNA of Corporate Greatness - April 4, 2007
  What do great companies have in common?
• Bertis Downs
  An Interview With R.E.M. Manager Bertis Downs - May 4, 2007
  A 28-year industry veteran should have some interesting things to say -- so we asked.
• Digital Billboards
  Coming to Your Highway: Digital Billboards - May 15, 2007
  Billboards are another part of the digital revolution, and Lamar Advertising will be a key player.
• AMD Board of Directors
  All Aboard: AMD - May 30, 2007
  We don't pay enough attention to corporate boards and their responsibilities. Let's fix that.
• Costco Board of Directors
  All Aboard: Costco - June 28, 2007
  Meet the elected stewards of the retail giant, and see what they can do.
• KKR IPO
  Your Move, Kravis - June 29, 2007
  Will the lackluster performance of Blackstone hamper other PE offerings?
• Search Engine Stocks
  The Best Stock for Paid Search - April 25, 2007
  It doesn't have a "G" in its name.
• Southern Gaming Summit
  From the Southern Gaming Summit: Hot Products - May 18, 2007
  A look at the hottest new products from the Southern Gaming Summit.
• Windorphins
  eBay Stole My Windorphins - June 18, 2007
  eBay launches a new marketing campaign that hits close to home.
• Investing in Chicago
  Investing in Your Backyard: Super Bowl Edition - August 28, 2007
  The Fool takes a comparative look at the Bears' and Colts' hometowns as the teams get ready to duke it out on the field.
• Investing in Memphis
  Investing in Your Backyard: Memphis - August 28, 2007
  Does Memphis have a few kingly investing opportunities hiding in its bluffs?
• Investing in Kansas City
  Investing in Your Backyard: Kansas City - August 28, 2007
  When it comes to investing, KC is more than just barbeque.
• Investing in Michigan
  Investing in Your Backyard: Michigan - August 28, 2007
  There's more to the Great Lakes State than just cars.
• Investing in Philadelphia
  Investing in Your Backyard: Philadelphia - August 28, 2007
  Feel the love, brother. Philly is more than just great sandwiches.
• Investing in Austin
  Investing in Your Backyard: Austin, Texas - August 28, 2007
  Keep Austin weird -- that's what makes it great.
• Investing in the Caribbean
  Investing in Your Backyard: Bermuda and the Caribbean - August 28, 2007
  Lots of businesses find new meaning in the phrase "island paradise." See how you can benefit.
• Investing in Seattle
  Investing in Your Backyard: Peerless in Seattle - August 28, 2007
  If Nirvana and Pearl Jam don't do it for you, perhaps you'd prefer Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, or Sir Mix-a-Lot.
• Investing in San Antonio
  Investing in Your Backyard: San Antonio - August 28, 2007
  Don't cry for me, Alamo City.
• Investing in New Orleans
  Investing in Your Backyard: The Big Easy - August 28, 2007
  Just in time for Mardi Gras, the Fool takes a gander at those uppity biz boys in New Orleans.
• Investing in Hollywood
  Investing in Your Backyard: Hollywood and Vine - August 28, 2007
  And the Oscar for best investing ground goes to ...
• Investing in North Carolina
  Investing in Your Backyard: North Carolina - August 28, 2007
  The Tar Heel State is much more than banks and basketball.
• Investing in Denver
  Investing in Your Backyard: Denver - August 28, 2007
  Making money in the Rocky Mountains.
• Investing in New England
  Investing in Your Backyard: Northern New England - April 3, 2007
  "No wonder poets sometimes have to seem / So much more businesslike than businessmen." -- Robert Frost, "New Hampshire"
• Investing in Atlanta
  Investing in Your Backyard: Atlanta - April 10, 2007
  The Devil went down to Georgia, looking for a stock to buy.
• Investing in Cincinnati
  Investing in Your Backyard: Cincinnati - April 13, 2007
  When pigs fly, even staid old megacorporations look good enough to eat.
• Investing in Oklahoma
  Investing in Your Backyard: Oklahoma! - April 27, 2007
  It ain't too early and it ain't too late/Starting as investor with a brand new portfolio!
• Investing in Phoenix
  Investing in Your Backyard: Phoenix - May 30, 2007
  One Fool breaks into song over the Phoenix business district.
• Investing in San Diego
  Investing in Your Backyard: San Diego - June 7, 2007
  Beaches, constant sunshine, and Chargers football -- what more could an investor ask for? Uh wait, where's the business?
• Investing in Airlines
  Remove That Clothespin From Your Nose - June 15, 2007
  Major airlines turn in a surprising industry performance.
• Investing in Boston
  Investing in Your Backyard: Boston - May 21, 2007
  Lots of money and top-flight research facilities -- what a great combination!
• Investing in Miami
  Investing in Your Backyard: Miami - August 28, 2007
  Get to know the local market.
• Savings Bonds
  The Scoop on Savings Bonds - September 11, 2007
  A look at the history of bonds and why they're not so attractive anymore.
• Pro Forma
  When "Pro Forma" Is Bad Forma - September 11, 2007
  Don't let a company you own fool you with "pro forma" numbers.
• Berkshire Hathaway Holdings
  Invest Like a Pro: Berkshire Hathaway - July 31, 2007
  Take a look at where some of the top pros are putting their money.
• Chinese Aluminum
  Chinese Aluminum: All That Shines? - August 30, 2007
  China's leading aluminum producer has been on a tear. Is it time to pick up shares?
• EDGAR Database
  The SEC's Gift to You - September 11, 2007
  Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud.
• How IPOs Work
  How IPOs Work - September 11, 2007
  Typical IPOs are designed to shut out small investors.
• Premiums
  Insurance Industry Basics: Premiums - September 11, 2007
  What are they, and how do they work?
• Brown Investment & Advisory
  Invest Like a Pro: Brown Investment & Advisory - August 7, 2007
  Take a look at where some of the top pros are putting their money.
• Realor Bailout
  Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout - September 4, 2007
  The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise.
• Stock Spam
  Spam Works - September 11, 2007
  It just doesn't work for you -- so be careful.
• Low PE Ratio
  What Does a Low P/E Ratio Mean? - August 23, 2007
  For one thing, it may suggest attractive buying opportunities.
• Ebay Germany
  Achtung eBay - September 5, 2007
  The online marketplace leader makes moves to matter more in Germany.
• Eaton Vance Mutual Fund
  Invest Like a Pro: Eaton Vance - September 4, 2007
  Take a peek at some of the moves the pros are making.
• Alabama Stocks
  Investing in Your Backyard: Alabama - August 3, 2007
  Roll Tide! But what will we find when the waves recede?
• Dallas Stocks
  Investing in Your Backyard: Dallas - August 20, 2007
  Have you ever seen Big D from an investor's perspective?