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Buffett's Path to a Billion

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 00:23 by Motley Fool

Most of the literature discussing Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) chairman Warren Buffett focuses on the later stages of his career. By then, he was already wealthy and making billion-dollar bets on companies like ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS).

USEC Recoils After Loan Falls Through

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 00:08 by Toby Shute

In late March, I called out USEC (NYSE: USU) for running some "fluff" PR proclaiming that customers like Exelon (NYSE: EXC) were just itching to take planned uranium fuel production off the enricher's hands. Standing in the way of this rosy future, however, was an uncertain $2 billion loan application with the Department of Energy.

2 Stocks Losing Top Investor Support

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:58 by Motley Fool

Just as it makes sense to research the stocks attracting top investors, it's equally important to figure out why smart money is leaving other investments. Using Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's 135,000-member-strong investing community, we can see which stocks are losing support from CAPS All-Star players.

4 Stocks Attracting Top Investors

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:55 by Motley Fool

There's a reason why more than 30,000 investors flock to Omaha each May, and millions more rummage through the Berkshire Hathaway annual reports: Gleaning knowledge from proven investors is one way to find the stocks that will make you rich.

This Tech Rally Is Real!

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:51 by Anders Bylund

Open letter to all the skeptics: This tech rally is real.

I can forgive some apprehension after Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) report, which was so good that it surprised even the company's own management. Then, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) delivered predictable excellence in a nutshell, and your doubts should have started to fade. VMware (NYSE: VMW) showed that the software side of the house can shine, too.

Is Under Armour Running on Empty?

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:47 by Rich Smith

Forget about the clothes, Fools. The emperor is wearing no shoes.

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:41 by Rich Smith

At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing.

Should You Be an Instant IPO Investor?

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:36 by Selena Maranjian

Imagine investing in shares of the following companies when they debuted:

These 5 Stocks Have a Little Magic

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:32 by Rich Duprey

When fund manager Joel Greenblatt published his 2005 investing tome, The Little Book That Beats the Market, it marked a unique point for investors. They now had in their hands insights into investing strategies that a value-investing master himself used and are also easily replicated. Greenblatt has achieved phenomenal results over the past two decades -- he's even beaten Warren Buffett's performance.

3 Economic Myths ... Busted!

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:24 by Matt Koppenheffer

Meerkat populations have been dwindling because of the danger they face from highly venomous scorpions in their breeding grounds.

Who's the King of the Graphics Mountain?

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:16 by Anders Bylund

You know all about the never-ending duel Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) are fighting in the general processor arena. Every time AMD comes up with a game-changing new CPU like the old Athlon 64, Intel puts its foot down and jumps ahead again with innovation of its own. Sometimes the roles are reversed. Lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum.

Great Stocks the Market Fears

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 23:11 by Morgan Housel

Nassim Nicholas Taleb's best-selling book, The Black Swan, is probably loaded with more good advice than any other single source available. Read the book a few times, and you'll have a better understanding of risk and uncertainty than the vast majority of fancy-pants financial experts.