Fool on the Hill
2000 Archives

2001, 1999, 1998

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

December

• 12/29/00 - Investor Fantasy vs. Reality
• 12/28/00 - Valuing Stocks by the Market
• 12/27/00 - Accounting Fireworks
• 12/26/00 - My Report Card for 2000
• 12/22/00 - The Worst of "Investing 2000"
• 12/21/00 - Earnings Cast a Shadow
• 12/20/00 - What Does Diversity Mean?
• 12/19/00 - Lessons From Lucent's Cash Flow
• 12/18/00 - Blue Christmas at eToys
• 12/15/00 - Why DoCoMo Matters to Investors
• 12/14/00 - Purchase and Pooling Headaches
• 12/13/00 - The Power of Credit
• 12/12/00 - Lucent's Free Cash Flow
• 12/11/00 - GE and Jack Welch's Legacy
• 12/08/00 - The Biotech Big Picture
• 12/07/00 - How Much Is That in Present Dollars?
• 12/06/00 - What Is the Obsession With "Capitulation"?
• 12/05/00 - To Sell or Not to Sell
• 12/04/00 - Business and the Human Touch
• 12/01/00 - Fund Owners: Prepare for Pain

November

• 11/30/00 - Is Investing Success Just Luck?
• 11/29/00 - Tomorrow's Not-So-Obvious Winners
• 11/28/00 - Calculating Lucent's Cash Flow
• 11/27/00 - For a Rainy Day
• 11/24/00 - What the Past Can Teach Us
• 11/22/00 - Buy, Sell, or Hold?
• 11/21/00 - Cash Is King
• 11/20/00 - Electing Uncertainty
• 11/17/00 - Investing Is a Risky Proposition
• 11/16/00 - Beware of Bedazzling Numbers
• 11/15/00 - Economics of Dog Food
• 11/14/00 - Value Investing in the New Economy
• 11/13/00 - Halftime at CNBC
• 11/10/00 - AOL/Time Warner Down to Wire
• 11/09/00 - Comparing Optics and Dot-coms
• 11/08/00 - Gore or Bush? It Doesn't Matter
• 11/07/00 - Thoughts on Value Investing
• 11/06/00 - Bull Market History
• 11/03/00 - Consider the Source
• 11/02/00 - Boeing Achieves Liftoff
• 11/01/00 - Know Your Mutual Fund Returns

October

• 10/31/00 - CNBC: Opening Bell
• 10/30/00 - The High Cost of "Helpers"
• 10/27/00 - The $190 Billion Haircut
• 10/26/00 - Hunting for Diamonds
• 10/25/00 - Ghosts of Halloweens Past
• 10/24/00 - October's Lessons
• 10/23/00 - Why Fools Wear Hats
• 10/20/00 - Copper Mountain Low
• 10/19/00 - Dangers of Overpaying
• 10/18/00 - Nobody's Buying Mobile Phones?
• 10/17/00 - Christmas in October
• 10/16/00 - The Option Not To Pay Taxes
• 10/13/00 - What Next for Lucent?
• 10/12/00 - Reform the Social Security Debate
• 10/11/00 - Buy and Hold in This Market?
• 10/10/00 - Great Company, Bad Stock
• 10/09/00 - Money Is Time Off
• 10/06/00 - Is There No Good News?
• 10/05/00 - Revenge of the Homebuilders
• 10/04/00 - Protect Yourself From Broker Misconduct
• 10/03/00 - A New View on Competitive Advantage
• 10/02/00 - The Innovator's Dilemma

September

• 09/29/00 - When the FDA Says No
• 09/28/00 - Southwest Airlines's Competitive Edge
• 09/27/00 - A Look at Return on Invested Capital
• 09/26/00 - Averaging Up
• 09/25/00 - The Power of "Business Commandos"
• 09/22/00 - How the Recession Will Begin
• 09/21/00 - Orbcomm's Dismal Decline
• 09/20/00 - Dangers of International Investing
• 09/19/00 - Pioneering Portfolio Management
• 09/18/00 - How Xerox Forfeited the PC War
• 09/15/00 - No Substitute for the Proxy Statement
• 09/14/00 - Do These Values Seem Screwy?
• 09/13/00 - How Companies Grow Up
• 09/12/00 - How Money Is Made in the Market
• 09/11/00 - Online Trading: Dream vs. Reality
• 09/08/00 - Why Are Investors So Gullible?
• 09/07/00 - I Think, Therefore I Invest
• 09/06/00 - Single Letter Stocks Suffer
• 09/05/00 - Berkshire's Sustainability
• 09/01/00 - Don't Dismiss Negative Sentiment

August

• 08/31/00 - Wireless Standards Everywhere
• 08/30/00 - Standing Up for Canadian Fools
• 08/29/00 - Compaq Looking for iPAQ Impact
• 08/28/00 - Valuing Vision
• 08/25/00 - How to Value Telecom Carriers
• 08/24/00 - Investing for the Long Haul
• 08/23/00 - Dot-coms Discover Profit?!
• 08/22/00 - Practical Thinking on Wal-Mart
• 08/21/00 - George W. Bush vs. Alan Greenspan
• 08/18/00 - Adaptive's Approach to Broadband
• 08/17/00 - Beware of Inflated Earnings
• 08/16/00 - Beware the Bloated Balance Sheet
• 08/15/00 - Just How Highly Valued Is Your Stock?
• 08/14/00 - Intellectual Property Is an Oxymoron
• 08/11/00 - Finding the Next Microsoft
• 08/10/00 - Qualcomm, Siebel, and other Standard Bearers
• 08/09/00 - Nokia, Dell, and Other Agnostics
• 08/08/00 - Convergence Emergence, Part 2: The "Sunk Assets"
• 08/07/00 - Convergence Emergence, Part 1: Ubiquity
• 08/04/00 - Rule Breakers vs. Rule Makers
• 08/03/00 - Finding the Turnaround: Bristol-Myers Squibb
• 08/02/00 - Companies You Don't Know
• 08/01/00 - Can Bonds Improve Your Portfolio?

July

• 07/31/00 - How a Start-up Evolves
• 07/28/00 - Behavioral Finance 102
• 07/27/00 - King's Future Looks Royal
• 07/26/00 - Behavioral Finance 101
• 07/25/00 - Priceline.com: Name Your Own Earnings
• 07/24/00 - Does Napster Herald the Dark Ages?
• 07/21/00 - The Age of the Exchange Traded Fund
• 07/20/00 - Tasty Values for Patient Investors
• 07/19/00 - Microsoft, Intel, Apple: What Numbers Matter?
• 07/18/00 - Does ASP Mean Awesome Stock Prospects?
• 07/17/00 - Exchanging the Exchanges
• 07/14/00 - CS First Boston Sues Board Posters
• 07/13/00 - Stadium Theaters = Massive Losses
• 07/12/00 - There's Something About Harley
• 07/11/00 - Lessons From a Turnaround
• 07/10/00 - Can Yahoo! Survive the Ad Crunch?
• 07/07/00 - When Your Investment Is Bleeding Money
• 07/06/00 - Caution: Nonoperating Income Ahead
• 07/05/00 - What Company Do You Love?
• 07/03/00 - Baby Boom Market

June

• 06/30/00 - You vs. the Market
• 06/29/00 - Emphasizing Telecom and Biotech
• 06/28/00 - Are There Any Safe 'Net Stocks Left?
• 06/27/00 - The Stock's Fallen 50%... Should I Buy?
• 06/26/00 - The New Science of Investing
• 06/23/00 - White Hat, Blue Hat, RED HAT!
• 06/22/00 - The Retail Blues
• 06/21/00 - WorldCom/Sprint Merger at Its Waterloo?
• 06/20/00 - The Dollar Machine
• 06/19/00 - How to Invest in Emerging Industries
• 06/16/00 - In Search of Foolish Funds
• 06/15/00 - Selective Disclosure Exposed at EDS
• 06/14/00 - Is eBay a SafeHarbor?
• 06/13/00 - What to Do with AT&T?
• 06/12/00 - My Decision: Amgen Over Microsoft
• 06/09/00 - What Season Is It? Warning Season
• 06/08/00 - Does the Cash Flow Statement Lie?
• 06/07/00 - Can You Be Trusted With Your Money?
• 06/06/00 - Cisco vs. Lucent: The Flow Ratio Tells All
• 06/05/00 - Reebok's Doubled. Now What?
• 06/02/00 - The Bull Is Dead, Long Live the Bull
• 06/01/00 - Has Microsoft Hit ValueLand?

May

• 05/31/00 - The Challenges of International Investing
• 05/30/00 - Buying Microsoft Now, or Later?
• 05/26/00 - If You Could Buy Only One Stock...
• 05/25/00 - Some Amazon.com Risks
• 05/24/00 - The Markets Continue to Sink. Should You Panic?
• 05/23/00 - A Checklist for CheckFree
• 05/22/00 - Born to Be Wireless
• 05/19/00 - Medtronic's Hundred-Year Business Plan
• 05/18/00 - The Myth of Analysts' Best Practices
• 05/17/00 - How Does Amazon.com Stack Up?
• 05/16/00 - When Brokers Offer Advice
• 05/15/00 - Disney Daunted by E-mail?
• 05/12/00 - The Scant Problems of Cisco's Earnings
• 05/11/00 - The Logic of Hoping for a Bear Market
• 05/10/00 - But What About Car and House Loans?
• 05/09/00 - Tough Times at Abercrombie
• 05/08/00 - Risk and Randomness in the Market
• 05/05/00 - Compounding Is a Double-Edged Sword
• 05/04/00 - Is Edison Schools a Rule Breaker?
• 05/03/00 - A Tale of Real Hardship
• 05/02/00 - Debt Beyond the Balance Sheet
• 05/01/00 - Intel Reaps Internet Efficiencies

April

• 04/28/00 - As Hong Kong Telecom Turns
• 04/27/00 - Who Does Newsweek Think We Are?
• 04/26/00 - What a Real Bear Market Feels Like
• 04/25/00 - The "Index Plus a Few" Strategy
• 04/24/00 - Lucent Needs Nimble Skipper
• 04/20/00 - Wall Street Opposes Level Playing Field
• 04/19/00 - Trading in Your IRA?
• 04/18/00 - Abercrombie: When Negativity Peaks
• 04/17/00 - Gentex: When Bigger Is Not Better
• 04/14/00 - Fear, Uncertainty, Doom
• 04/13/00 - The Trouble With Bubbles
• 04/12/00 - Buying on the Dips
• 04/11/00 - Studying Profit Zones
• 04/10/00 - Cash Flow Headaches
• 04/07/00 - Are Stocks Glorified Commodities?
• 04/06/00 - Yahoo!: Built to Last
• 04/05/00 - Analysts Miss the Big Picture
• 04/04/00 - Microsoft: The Emotion of the Case
• 04/03/00 - MP3: Death of the Music Intermediaries?

March

• 03/31/00 - e.spire Gets Shelled After Restatement
• 03/30/00 - CNBC: Taking the Time to Focus
• 03/29/00 - Some Sirius Questions
• 03/28/00 - A Stroll Through the AmEx Annual Report
• 03/27/00 - One Fool's Revised Take on Microsoft
• 03/24/00 - In-Depth Due Diligence
• 03/23/00 - CNBC Squawk Box: Pre-Game
• 03/22/00 - A Post Mortem on MicroStrategy
• 03/21/00 - CDW and Insight Enterprises: Players to Beat
• 03/20/00 - On the Radar Screen: shockwave.com
• 03/17/00 - Erin Go Bragh! Investing in Ireland
• 03/16/00 - CNBC: A Day of Missing Information
• 03/15/00 - What's Happening to Cruise Stocks?
• 03/14/00 - InfoSpace: Enabler of Mobile Commerce?
• 03/13/00 - Why I'm Never Using priceline Again
• 03/10/00 - The Great Dow Jones Massacre
• 03/09/00 - The Death of the Dow? Hold on a Minute.
• 03/08/00 - Has Qwest Stepped Off the Clue Train?
• 03/07/00 - Wal-Mart Rumbles in the Supermarket Jungle
• 03/06/00 - Market Restructuring: What's in It for Investors?
• 03/03/00 - The Spin on Palm
• 03/02/00 - Black Boxes, Mental Models, and Foolish Fours
• 03/01/00 - Following the Stupid Money

February

• 02/29/00 - Leaps and Bounds on the Internet
• 02/28/00 - John Bogle's "Experiment in Human Values"
• 02/25/00 - Hello, DuPont? These Are Your Investors Speaking
• 02/24/00 - A Foolishly Managed Mutual Fund
• 02/23/00 - Boiler Room Marks the Demise of the Broker
• 02/22/00 - The Rewards of Revolution
• 02/18/00 - Levitt's Bold Statement
• 02/17/00 - Abercrombie & Fitch: When Analysts Attack
• 02/16/00 - Valuation Metrics for Unprofitable Companies
• 02/15/00 - X Marks the Index Fund Spot
• 02/14/00 - Fogdog vs. mvp.com: A Battle of Business Plans
• 02/11/00 - The Misunderstood Market
• 02/10/00 - The Rainforest That Couldn't Be Saved
• 02/09/00 - Enron's Telecommunications Revolution
• 02/08/00 - Brave New World of Optical Networking
• 02/07/00 - Investment Banks in a League of Their Own
• 02/04/00 - Bear Stearns' Bearish Outlook on Knight
• 02/03/00 - Who Really Wants to be a Millionaire?
• 02/02/00 - A Foolish Review of HOLDRs
• 02/01/00 - Knowing Nike's Customers

January

• 01/31/00 - The Death of Tech?
• 01/28/00 - On Advertising
• 01/27/00 - "Sell 'Em All!"? Abelson Does It Again
• 01/26/00 - Are "Value Investors" Fools or fools?
• 01/25/00 - Saving the Rainforest
• 01/24/00 - The Next Generation of Microsoft
• 01/21/00 - The Death-Spiral of Private Debt
• 01/20/00 - Apple: The Best Revenge Is Living Well
• 01/19/00 - Investing In Rocks
• 01/18/00 - How Much is That in Real Dollars?
• 01/14/00 - On Bulls, Bears, and Statements of Risk
• 01/13/00 - The "We-Can-Make- A-Peer-Group" Valuation Fallacy
• 01/12/00 - Are Hot IPOs a Good Thing?
• 01/11/00 - Me and My MP3
• 01/10/00 - Who's Auditing the Auditors?
• 01/07/00 - Why Lucent's Fall Matters, Sort Of
• 01/06/00 - Pixar Story 2: This Movie Still Looks Familiar
• 01/05/00 - Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
• 01/04/00 - Value Doesn't Work... Really?
• 01/03/00 - Year of the Internet Shakeout