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Companies that Treat Workers Right Get Good Karma Right Back
4:15PM 8/24/2011
By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool
Company News, IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Xerox, Sanofi Aventis, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Whole Foods
What's the secret to good worker attendance, retention, productivity, and the ability to attract top-notch recruits? Employee benefits. Which companies thrive and grow their businesses faster than their peers? Same answer: Those that offer better benefits to their workers.
5 Things to Watch Next Week: Homebuilders, International Search, Mutual Funds, Cisco's Tablet, Apple vs. Exxon
4:15PM 7/22/2011
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Company News, Economy, Investing, Earnings, ETFs, Stocks in the News, Market News, Investment
There's no such thing as a summertime lull when earnings season is upon us. Even if you don't feel like alerting the "sell in May and go away" camp of investors, there are plenty of headlines to be written about. Here are five things that will shape the way the market acts in the week ahead.
Higher Gas Prices Drive Up the Price of Trade-Ins, Too
10:00AM 6/06/2011
Higher gas prices and a demand for smaller used cars -- like the Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla -- has driven up the price that dealerships are willing to pay for trade-ins to the highest they've been in at least 16 years, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association's used...
Don't Lose Retirement Savings to 401(k) Fees
11:30AM 1/19/2011
New disclosure rules don't go into effect until next January, but in the meantime you could be paying far too much in savings-sapping fees. The two challenges for individuals are figuring just what your plan's fees are, and are they fair? Here's how to get that info.
ETFs in 2010: The Winners, the Losers and the Warnings
6:00AM 12/04/2010
The investment world's love affair with ETFs continued in 2010, as more than 1,000 funds managed assets of $940 billion. Here's a review of the best and the worst performers, and a few reminders about how to use these investment vehicles safely.
Inside Wall Street: Why GM Investors Could Be Cruising in the Fast Lane
7:30AM 11/29/2010
Company News, Columns, Economy, Investing, Ford Motor Co, Stock Picks, General Motors, Autos, Streetwise
After its near-miraculous emergence so quickly from bankruptcy, the new GM will certainly make big bucks for investors if it fulfills its potential to beat sales forecasts and earnings expectations. And, no, it wouldn't take another miracle.
Morningstar's $52 million purchase of Realpoint, which provides ratings on commercial mortgage-backed securities, could give Morningstar solid enough footing to compete with established credit-rating leaders Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings.
After the worst calendar year loss in history, hedge funds came back strongly in 2009, as three separate indexes that track industry performance recorded gains of 18% or more. That didn't stop hedge funds from losing $131 billion through redemptions, but the money that remained was put to good use.
After Volatile 2009, Time to Rethink Your Rebalancing Approach?
10:00AM 1/01/2010
After surviving the Dow Jones Industrial average's bone-jarring drop below 7,000 and its whipsaw recovery to levels above 10,000, many investors' portfolios may no longer be positioned to meet retirement and other life goals. And as we begin a new year, now may be the time for investors to reassess...
These fund managers aced the decade. Is yours among them?
9:30AM 12/10/2009
Many retirement accounts are in tatters, but it turns out that a select few investing pros have produced exceptional gains -- in some cases more than 200 percent in cumulative returns -- over a most difficult decade.
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