Fool’s School
Startling Economic Numbers
At fool.com, Morgan Housel recently shared some “mind-blowing” economic facts. Here are a few of them; see if any surprise you:
The unemployment rate for men is 8.4 percent. For married men, it’s 4.9 percent. Meanwhile, it’s 3.9 percent for college graduates and 13 percent for high school dropouts. Lesson: Education pays. Full Story
Name That Company
Based in Virginia, I’m a top federal contractor and defense/aviation company, specializing in global security, among other things, and known for offerings such as unmanned systems and cybersecurity. Full Story
Last week’s trivia answer
Several decades old and based in Colorado, I’m a top global satellite company, operating in more than 100 countries. My HughesNet service is North America’s top high-speed satellite Internet provider, and my Slingbox devices stream television programming. I offer digital video set-top box products for the European free satellite and terrestrial viewer markets. Full Story
The Motley Fool Take
Dive Into This Dumpster
Waste Management (NYSE: WM) isn’t just the industry leader in dumping garbage. It’s also the nation’s largest recycler, an innovator in generating renewable energy, and the owner of 271 landfills and 107 recycling facilities as of the end of 2011. The stock took a hit recently on disappointing earnings due to higher gas prices and lower commodity costs. Full Story
My Dumbest Investment
A Regrettable Moo-ve
My dumbest investment was putting money in cows — cattle — which I did twice, losing both times. First, I purchased three “exotic” heifers. The demand for this particular breed went down fast, and one of my animals turned out to be incapable of producing calves, which was the whole point in the first place. Full Story
Ask the Fool
Fair Value
QHow can I determine a stock’s fair value?
—C.B., Nashua, N.H. A Full Story
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