http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fpersonal_finance%2F Motley Fool feed en-us en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=45382332&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090519_The_Final_Fool.html Last week's trivia answer: I started out in aircraft in the 1930s. Today I'm a global security giant that rakes in nearly $34 billion yearly, offering aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services. Based in Los Angeles, Tue, 19 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT 8199b320ee87bf0dfece262c59d321da 2009-05-19T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=45382337&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090519_The_Motley_Fool_Take_Solid_Freeport.html Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold (NYSE: FCX), the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, took a 96 percent earnings hit in its March quarter over last year. Nevertheless, improving copper prices are leading to higher share values. Tue, 19 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT ecf6f2608c36487d97b993a8642d001b 2009-05-19T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=45382327&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090519_Ask_the_Fool__Bulls_and_Bears__Oh_My_.html Q: What do the terms bull and bear mean? - T.R., Escondido, Calif.A: You're a bull, or "bullish," on a particular stock or the market if you expect it to go up. A "bear" is pessimistic, expecting a drop in the near future. No one real Tue, 19 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT 69fdb83894c16edcd15f99bdd28b09d5 2009-05-19T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=44767907&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090512_Foolish_Trivia.html I started out in aircraft in the 1930s. Today I'm a global security giant that rakes in nearly $34 billion yearly, offering aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services. Based in Los Angeles, I produce spacecraft, lase Tue, 12 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT c1d51c6e11dfe93e9bf695be28cedaa1 2009-05-12T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=44767897&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090512_Ask_the_Fool_Intrinsic_vs__Market_Value.html Q: What's the difference between intrinsic value and market value? - C.B., Farmington, N.M. A: That's a critical concept for investors to understand. Imagine Acme Explosives Co. (ticker: KBOOM). Its intrinsic value is what it's really worth based on its assets and debt, its anticipated growth rate, and, ultimately, the amount of cash it's expect Tue, 12 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT 0f799cc09c44af2504f74642e0dd107b 2009-05-12T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=43860132&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090428_Foolish_Trivia.html My roots go back to 1865, when Fredrik Idestam, a mining engineer, established a wood-pulp mill in Finland. I later became a conglomerate making things from paper to chemicals to rubber galoshes to televisions, before finally evolving recently into a major communications company. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT 5d0b69bf60b5baa219554380f3fe6d76 2009-04-28T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=43860127&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090428_Ask_the_Fool_High_Dividends.html Q: If a company pays out more in dividends per share than it has in earnings per share, is that a problem? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4972c4329347b1837375e000d2b625d8 2009-04-28T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=43327787&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090421_Foolish_Trivia.html I was founded in Sweden in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, whose initials form part of my name. He began by buying matches in bulk as a child and reselling them individually, before moving on to selling seeds, fish and ballpoint pens. I issued my first catalog in Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT 788a5e343bc73df8292e08f69ab82789 2009-04-21T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=43327782&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090421_Ask_the_Fool__Insiders_Selling.html Q: I saw that some insiders at Activision Blizzard have recently sold about three million shares of its stock. When insiders sell thousands or millions of shares, who are the buyers? - P.D., Biloxi, Miss. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT c8e9243efa3e15f3cc9b8d5f76907cd1 2009-04-21T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=42947387&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090414_Foolish_Trivia.html I was born in 1913, when five Californians (a banker, miner, bookkeeper, lawyer, and purveyor of wood and coal) pooled $500 to create the Electro-Alkaline Co., America's first commercial liquid- bleach-maker. Today, I'm a leading consumer products enterpr Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT ca6afed9fd27d70cd676c3659b6e2f1c 2009-04-14T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=42571462&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090407_Foolish_Trivia.html I was founded in Chicago in 1928 by the Galvin brothers, who coined my name to reflect motion and radios. In the 1930s, I made car radios and police-cruiser receivers. I invented the first walkie-talkie and the Six Sigma quality improvement process. I int Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT bc967c263956ad56be5add0239640bd8 2009-04-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=42571472&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090407_The_Motley_Fool_Take___IBM_s_Smart_World.html In this year's letter to shareholders, Sam Palmisano, chief executive officer of IBM (NYSE: IBM), says: "We will not simply ride out the storm. . . . Rather, we will take a long-term view, and go on the offense." Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT 0d981b0c732dac6b7a4e3407dea83a1c 2009-04-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=42571457&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090407_Fool_s_School__Are_Your_Kids_Investing_.html Getting your kids to eat vegetables isn't enough. Give them a financial head start by introducing them to investing. With time on their side, they can reap great benefits from the magic of compounded growth. Try playing and experimenting together: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT e78e69047b8620cd27e1e675e5d22c4d 2009-04-07T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=42571467&32=3796&7=452312&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20090407_Ask_the_Fool__How_Now__Dow_.html Q: What's "the Dow"? - P.D., Akron, Ohio A: It's the Dow Jones industrial average, created in 1896 by Charles Dow, who also established the Wall Street Journal. Though many people think of the Dow as a representation of the entire stock market, it's really just an index of 30 major American comp Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:01:00 GMT 202a032929434fc8524443650253eb16 2009-04-07T07:01:00Z