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The Motley Fool
August 18, 2005 |
Are You Holding a Holding Company? Holding companies are conglomerates that own other firms.   |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005 |
Holding Companies Explained Holding companies are conglomerates that own the securities of other firms. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2004 |
"Consolidated" Financial Statements If you're looking at "consolidated" numbers, you've got a complicated company. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2006 |
Holding Companies Explained Investors, in a general sense, holding companies are conglomerates that own other firms. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Fortune Brands' Future Solid in 2003, the consumer products company looks forward to a similar '04. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Lucky Fortune Brands Investors toast Fortune Brands' improved outlook for the first quarter. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Making a Fortune Diversified consumer products company Fortune Brands has a breakout quarter. |
The Motley Fool
October 6, 2006 |
"Consolidated" Financial Statements Investors, learn to make sense of consolidated statements. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Not High on Loews While the tobacco, pipeline, and drilling businesses are solid, the large insurance business is less interesting. While Loews does seem to trade at a discount to the value of its stakes in these businesses, this stock just isn't a compelling buy. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Fortune's Spirits Rise Shares of Fortune Brands have vaulted despite concerns that a housing slump might crimp 2007 earnings. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Fortune Hunting Fortune Brands' continued positive outlook warrants closer consideration of its stock. The firm sells a broad range of consumer products, including Moen bathroom fixtures, Titleist golf clubs, and Jim Beam whiskey. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2005
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Fortune Brands' Out-of-Office Message The consumer-brands company will help create a new power in office products. Investors approve. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Jim Beam Can't Save Fortune Brands Fortune Brands operates in the disparate spirits and wine, home products, and golf businesses. The only thing tying them together is that the products are market leaders. Investors, the only thing untying current results is exposure to housing. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Jim Royal |
What's Fortune Got Up Its Sleeve? There's a lot to like about this conglomerate. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Matt Logan |
Building a Fortune Since becoming CEO, Norman Wesley has presided over a near doubling of earnings per share, and a 133% surge in Fortune's stock. Wesley talks about the company's history, expansion, and innovation. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Fortune Brands Shows Strength in Diversity Fortune Brands, Otter Tail, and 3M all look like safe holdings for the long term, shielded from disasters in any one business area by extremely diverse operations. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
Did Buffett Say "I Don't Sell"? A reader picks up a seeming contradiction from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Fortune Still Down on Its Luck Management explains that they're growing market share and positioning the company for success in the long term. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Fortune Bulks Up on Growth Fortune Brands had a wonderful GAAP quarter, although it wasn't all derived from organic operations. Fortune's stock is currently yielding 2% -- if the shares pull back and start sporting a higher yield, then it is definitely time to do some serious work on this one. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
This Diamond Is No Gem Diamond Offshore Drilling's earnings report shows great promise for upcoming quarters. The company is doing well, but it is far from a bargain. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Fortune Brands' Unfortunate Home Exposure Look to Fortune Brands for its spirit exposure. There's no hurry to buy the shares, since 2007 could be a challenging year, but make sure to keep this company on your watch list. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2004
Bill Mann |
Buffett on White Mountains Berkshire Hathaway completes its warrant exercise to take a 16% stake in White Mountains Insurance. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Fool on the Street: Fortune's Mixed Bag of Brands Fortune Brands has a business model with 44% of profits dependent on the struggling home improvement industry. But it is a growing player in the highly profitable spirits and wine segment of the alcohol industry. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
All-Star Stocks: Splendid Diversification In the spirit of today's All-Star Game, our own all-star analysts offer a glimpse at their best-performing stocks over the past few years: Best Blue Chip -- Berkshire Hathaway... Best Mutual Fund -- Vanguard Emerging Markets Index Fund... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bear Berkshire Hathaway trades at a premium to other insurers, is stingier to its shareholders than other conglomerates, and looks to be too cash-rich to invest its entire hoard successfully in the future. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Valentine's Day Stats Valetine's day is profitable for the retailers that cater to it. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Salim Haji |
Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
The Top Stock of Multimillionaires -- And 4 More Like It Learning to invest like the super-rich in Berkshire Hathaway and its clones. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2004 |
The Scoop on Splits Stock splits are much less meaningful than most people think. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fortune's Message in a Bottle The company is feeling good as it expands its reach into the liquor biz. Strong growth and stable margins should mean good things going forward. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2004
Salim Haji |
Buffett Continues to Sell Again acting on his concerns about overvaluation in the U.S. equity markets, he further reduces holdings. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
Matt Logan |
The Coca-Cola Connection Despite a web of relationships between directors, Coca-Cola's board is the real thing. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Auto Insurance Rates Falling Rejoice -- your next car insurance bill may be smaller than you expected. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
5 Reasons to Invest in Berkshire Hathaway Now In the midst of everything going on in the world, now is the time to be buying Berkshire Hathaway. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Are Big Banks Better? Find the financial services companies that meet your needs best. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Five-Star Financials: Berkshire Hathaway Investors just can't get enough of this financial giant. While the company continues to produce excellent results and massive amounts of cash, the stock has basically tracked the S&P over the past five years. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Brown-Forman's High Spirits It's the cusp of Memorial Day weekend. What better time to think about a substance that gives many people a happy buzz? Brown-Forman reported earnings last night, and it seems the high price of advertising its alcoholic wares gave it a bit of a hangover. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2003
Mathew Emmert |
Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Is Fortune Brands' Luck Finally Turning? Positive news out of the housing market may pass by Fortune Brands. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004 |
Why Companies Split Stock Don't get excited when a stock of yours splits -- it's no big deal. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Buffett Burps Warren Buffet will not seek re-election to Coke's board next month. One can easily imagine that, with or without Buffett on the board, Coca-Cola will continue to dominate brand surveys, commanding the top spot in worldwide brand-name recognition. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Fortune Brands' Three-Putt Weak home and hardware sales drive lower fourth-quarter profits for the spirits and golf company. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Fortune Good, Debt Bad The alcoholic-beverages side of Fortune is the most attractive, but if it weren't for things like doors and faucets, Fortune might not have turned in another quarter of 10% earnings growth. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Even Warren Buffett Fell Behind Warren Buffett experienced a five-year period when his Berkshire Hathaway performed behind S&P index funds. What two traits did he use to get on top again? |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Water in Your Portfolio? Southwest Water is a steady grower with the flexibility to continue that trend. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2004
Salim Haji |
Charming Shoppes Insiders' Sale Seven key executives of Charming Shoppes sold off more than 50% of their holdings in the company recently. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2004
Bill Mann |
ServiceMaster Looks Clean to Berkshire The purchase of ServiceMaster and Comcast, along with Pier 1, seems to fit into a pattern of Berkshire Hathaway stock purchases of the last few years -- all seeming to focus on the home. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Berkshire Hathaway's Lackluster 2011 Berkshire's stock didn't shine in 2011. What went wrong? |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
Mom, Meet Warren Buffett In one neat little package, Berkshire Hathaway is everything that a mom could want for Mother's Day. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Conflicts of Interest Linger Many CFOs may not know enough accounting to do their jobs right. |
