Rating and Target-Price Dangers
Fool’s School
In the financial press, you’ll -frequently run across stories like this: “Wingtip Investments raises rating for Sisyphus Transport Corp. (ticker: UPDWN) from ‘hold’ to ‘accumulate’ and sets 12-month target price of $80.” Full Story
Name That Company
My market capitalization, north of $240 billion, tops Microsoft’s, yet you probably don’t know me. Founded in 1885 and based in Melbourne, Australia, I’m one of the world’s biggest mining companies. Natural resources are my thing. Full Story
Freeport Tops in Copper
The Motley Fool Take
Now and then we hear about thieves making off with air conditioners, drain pipes and telephone lines to capture the increasing scrap value of their copper. Copper thefts appear to be set off when the metal’s price approaches $4 a pound, as it did in 2008. It soon plunged to earth, though, bottoming out below $1.50 by early 2009. Full Story
Selling Despite Faith
My Dumbest Investment
My dumbest moves have involved selling companies I strongly believed in. I inherited my portfolio in 2004, and along with it, an investment consultant who thought Apple was a little company with no future. Impressed by his expertise and conscious of my own ignorance, I vacillated between his opinion and my inner conviction. Full Story
Last week’s trivia answer
I’m worth more than $5 billion, but you probably don’t know me. I was born in 1883, when I developed an insecticide spray pump to protect California orchards from a scale infestation. By 1928, I was the world’s largest Food Machinery Corporation — but I spun off my machinery business in 2001. In 1978 I became the second-largest hydrogen peroxide maker. Full Story
Starting Investing
Ask the Fool
Q How can I start investing, if I
know very little about stocks
and don’t have much money?
— M.M., Phoenix
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