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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
April 2, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
What Is a Holding Company? Learn the definition of a holding company and see some examples. |
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
April 23, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Making a Fortune Diversified consumer products company Fortune Brands has a breakout quarter. |
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
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
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
March 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Lucky Fortune Brands Investors toast Fortune Brands' improved outlook for the first quarter. |
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
October 6, 2006 |
"Consolidated" Financial Statements Investors, learn to make sense of consolidated statements. |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
January 21, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
United Technologies' Solid Quarter The Dow component and maker of elevators, air conditioning systems, aircraft engines, and helicopters reports blue chip fourth-quarter results. |
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
January 24, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Aerospace Gives UTX a Lift Industrial conglomerate United Technologies posts another all-around solid quarter. But a real drawback is that the price of the stock is bit high -- investors may want a bit more of a discount before jumping in. |
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 22, 2004
Bill Mann |
UTX Propelled Higher The diversified manufacturer of helicopters and air conditioners reported results that were higher by 42% for its second quarter over last year's: $837 vs. $632 million, or $1.66 per share vs. $1.26. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2011
Tony Luckett |
Why Buy Berkshire Hathaway? Is Warren Buffett's company worth buying at the moment? |
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
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
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
March 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
The Other Buffett Succession Question Who will be investing's next great teacher after Warren Buffett? |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2007
Buz Livingston |
Dueling Fools: Berkshire Hathaway Bull It's more important to know whether your investments have a system in place, as Berkshire does, to generate shareholder value in the future. |
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
June 22, 2010
Rick Steier |
The Resurrection of Tyco Why the company survived in the face of scandal. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2011
Robert Eberhard |
Otis Helps Take United Technologies to the Top United Technologies' commercial subsidiaries will allow it to remain strong as defense and aerospace prepare for cuts. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
United Technologies Delivers The Dow component wraps up the year with another strong performance. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
What's Ahead for Berkshire Hathaway in 2012? Berkshire Hathaway's stock didn't fare so well in 2011, but will the new year offer comeback potential? |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Warren Buffett's Recommended-Reading List What to read to get ahead in the investing world. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Brendan Byrnes |
What to Expect From Industrial Conglomerates This Earnings Season How will economic uncertainty affect these industrial conglomerates going forward? |
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
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. |
