Socially responsible investing has become a growing concern for some investors in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.
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May 2 - News
At the end of 2012, The Fresh Market Inc (NASDAQ:TFM) could do no wrong as the stock traded at $62 with a lofty forward PE in the 30s.
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May 2 - News
Without a doubt, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) stands alone as the most successful financial holding company in history.
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May 1 - News
Go to your local grocery store, and just about any item you pick up will tell you the ingredients in the can, box, or bag.
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May 1 - News
I regularly purchase organic food and have made it a staple of my diet. Health consciousness has increased exponentially in Canada and the U.S.
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April 30 - News
As a value investor, I love beaten down stocks. I often search for investment opportunities in stocks which are trading around their 52-week lows.
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April 30 - News
After around 70 years of investing, Warren Buffett has undoubtedly emerged as one of the great investors all of time, but also one of the pickiest.
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April 25 - News
If there were a stock market in 400 B.C., Hippocrates might be plunking down a few Greek drachmas on spice king McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC).
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April 23 - News
Though the spirit of Earth Day goes far beyond the actions of just publicly traded companies, they are one piece of the puzzle in helping us find sustainable ways to live.
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April 22 - News
The general thesis is that grocery stores have steady revenues and consistent profits because “people need to consume.” But, shares of The Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) have risen ...
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April 19 - News
Famed bond manager Jeff Gundlach, the founder of DoubleLine Capital, made a splash last week when commenting on Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG).
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April 19 - News
Every so often, life gives us an opportunity that we can either choose to ignore, or reach out and grab. That opportunity for me came this year, in the form of walking away ...
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April 17 - News
It's not often that you get to see, in real time, how some of the analysts you follow are performing. With our CAPS system, that's now possible.
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April 17 - News
With the cost of the average cost of a single-coverage health insurance policy premium averaging about $5,600, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, on the surface it certainly...
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April 16 - News
The Motley Fool has been making successful stock picks for many years, but we don't always agree on what a great stock looks like.
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April 14 - News
Over the past two decades, organic grocer Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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April 14 - News
The following video segment is part of a full interview in which The Motley Fool's Brendan Byrnes sits down with Irwin Simon, the founder and CEO of The Hain Celestial Group, ...
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April 14 - News
The Masters is a golf tournament unlike any other. Leader boards are left up across the year. There are no ugly cart paths to break up the flow of one fairway to the next.
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April 14 - News
A recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted a problem that should be obvious to many: Cutting costs by laying off employees eventually starts to be counterproductive...
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April 10 - News
Supermarkets in the U.S. generated around $634 billion in revenues last year, according to the Census Bureau, with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) owning the lion's share.
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April 9 - News
The campus of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is under siege today, and it has everything to do with Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON).
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April 9 - News
A full 23 months ago, I started identifying 10 companies that I would be putting $40,000 of my own retirement money behind.
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April 4 - News
While some CEOs seem to avoid the spotlight, others appear to actively cultivate it.
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April 3 - News
The demand for organic food has exploded in the US over the last few years, and many companies have appeared to take advantage of the trend.
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April 2 - News
For a while I've pretty much ignored an entire industry in the stock market.
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April 1 - News
No race of aliens has taught us so much about finance, markets, and economics as Star Trek'sFerengi.
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April 1 - News
The new earnings season is about to begin, but a few companies on off-quarter fiscal years are just now getting around to reporting their quarterly results.
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April 1 - News
As investors, it's easy to bury our noses in financial reports and stock charts when making decisions about where to put our money.
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March 31 - News
Famed investor Warren Buffett has emphasized finding companies with wide-moats to invest in -- companies with business models that are not easily replicated.
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March 27 - News
For the past 19 months, I've been doing my best to help the world invest better.
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March 26 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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March 25 - News
Which grocery company is the most attractive to investors? Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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March 25 - News
Howard Ward runs GAMCO’s growth fund. He appeared on Bloomberg TV last Wednesday to give four of his top growth picks. Ward likes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), QUALCOMM, Inc.
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March 25 - News
Legendary investor and One Up on Wall Street author Peter Lynch had a simple piece of advice: Buy what you know.
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March 24 - News
Earlier this month, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
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March 24 - News
“I think I’ve been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I’ve underestimated it.
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March 22 - News
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) recently made an ethical stance in support of equality when it backed out of a commitment to sponsor a Boy Scout event in Utah.
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March 22 - News
The most commonly-used model is based on asset turnover.
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March 22 - News
There are basically two types of investors: long term and short term.
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March 21 - News
Last month, I interviewed Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) co-founder and co-CEO John Mackey in front of a live studio audience at Motley Fool headquarters.
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March 14 - News
But instead of the normal summer festivals, or an observance of the Lenten season for this predominantly Catholic nation, citizens were gathering for a different reason: Their...
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March 13 - News
Whole Foods Market, Inc (NASDAQ:WFM) has made a bold statement many of its major grocery rivals would never dare make.
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March 13 - News
A total pricing and promotional change is overtaking Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) that may mean higher value for customers but lower share prices for investors.
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March 12 - News
Last month, I interviewed Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) co-founder and co-CEO John Mackey in front of a live studio audience at Motley Fool headquarters.
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March 8 - News
When your company has three excellent quarters and one not-excellent quarter, you say things on your conference call like, "I don't want one quarter's results to diminish what...
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March 7 - News
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results. But there are still some companies left to report, and The Kroger Co.
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March 6 - News
It’s the start of a new month and time to review quarterly performance and more importantly whether the process of writing investment thoughts out here and on my blog is helping...
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March 5 - News
It's been almost 22 months since I introduced the World's Greatest Retirement Portfolio to Foolish readers.
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March 4 - News
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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March 4 - News
In the spirit of Kissinger's pragmatic paranoia, when a stock with enormous long-term potential endures a setback in the market, it's a good practice to dig into available data...
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March 4 - News
