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Chris Lee
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The Motley Fool: Splitting shares
Companies often split shares to make them more affordable to the masses (among other reasons), but remember that you can always buy just one share
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The Motley Fool: What’s the prime rate?
It's the interest rate that most banks charge their lowest-risk commercial customers.
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The Motley Fool: Hunting fat yields
So go ahead and search for high dividend yields, but also make sure each company's cash flow is fairly dependable and able to cover dividend payments.
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The Motley Fool: Going public
If the company requires another cash infusion later, it can sell more shares on the market via a "secondary offering."
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The Motley Fool: Buying into bankruptcy?
Many companies emerge from bankruptcy with new shares of stock, leaving the old ones worthless (or nearly so).
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The Motley Fool: Averaging down
You might want to sell instead, or perhaps just not buy any more shares.
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The Motley Fool: ADRs, explained
An ADR is created when a bank buys shares of a foreign company outside the United States and issues a security representing shares of that company.
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The Motley Fool: The 7% rule
It's a rule addressing when to sell; it says you should sell out of a stock if it dips by 7% or so below your purchase price.
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The Motley Fool: Signs of promising stocks
Traits to favor include a healthy balance sheet (less debt, more cash), profitability, growing revenue and earnings, a large target market to tap, a compelling business model and a reasonable or low valuation.
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