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December

12/29/00 -- Fool Four Moves On (D)(S)
12/28/00 -- Modifying Mechanical Strategies (D)(S)
12/27/00 -- Beating the S&P Year 2000 Recap (D)(S)
12/26/00 -- After-Hours Quotes (D)(S)
12/22/00 -- Why Include the Foolish 4 Port? (D)(S)
12/21/00 -- The Value of Community Input (D)(S)
12/20/00 -- Quest for Fool Four Answers (D)(S)
12/19/00 -- Charities With Integrity (D)(S)
12/18/00 -- Re-thinking the Foolish Four (D)(S)
12/14/00 -- Foolish Four Research Results (D)(S)
12/13/00 -- Stock(ing) Stuffers (D)(S)
12/12/00 -- Giving to Grandkids (D)(S)
12/11/00 -- Farewell, Foolish Four (D)(S)
12/08/00 -- Portfolio Protocol, Part 2 (D)(S)
12/07/00 -- Developing Portfolio Protocol (D)(S)
12/06/00 -- The Oracle of... Monkton? (D)(S)
12/05/00 -- Student Loan Blues (D)(S)
12/04/00 -- Sharing Season (D)(S)
12/01/00 -- The Roth IRA Silver Lining (D)(S)

November

11/30/00 -- Mimicking the Workshop Portfolio (D)(S)
11/29/00 -- Can You Top This Portfolio? (D)(S)
11/28/00 -- Christmas Bonus Bonanza (D)(S)
11/27/00 -- Workshop Portfolio About to Begin (D)(S)
11/24/00 -- Dropping Shopping (D)(S)
11/22/00 -- Workshop Election Rules (D)(S)
11/21/00 -- Can an Index Fund Be Wrong? (D)(S)
11/20/00 -- Dyspeptic Thanksgiving (D)(S)
11/17/00 -- The Dow's Ten-Baggers (D)(S)
11/16/00 -- Limits of Backtesting (D)(S)
11/15/00 -- Investing Can't Wait (D)(S)
11/14/00 -- Taking Credit for Yourself (D)(S)
11/13/00 -- Three Tax Questions Answered (D)(S)
11/10/00 -- Tax-Loss Selling (D)(S)
11/09/00 -- A High-Return, Low-Risk Portfolio (D)(S)
11/08/00 -- Retirement and Divorce (D)(S)
11/07/00 -- Taking an Election Day Spin (D)(S)
11/06/00 -- Backtesting Can Be Fun (D)(S)
11/03/00 -- Foolish Four Bargains (D)(S)
11/02/00 -- The Strategy Is the Stock (D)(S)
11/01/00 -- Retirement Countdown Clock (D)(S)

October

10/31/00 -- Love and Money (D)(S)
10/30/00 -- Selling at a Loss (D)(S)
10/27/00 -- In Search of a Dow Stock (D)(S)
10/26/00 -- Portfolio Goes for Growth (D)(S)
10/25/00 -- Five Lessons From Xerox (D)(S)
10/24/00 -- Your Questions Answered (D)(S)
10/23/00 -- Hands Off the 401(k) (D)(S)
10/20/00 -- Saving for Retirement (D)(S)
10/19/00 -- Introducing the Workshop Portfolio (D)(S)
10/18/00 -- Stock Screen Report Card (D)(S)
10/17/00 -- Make Your Own Decisions (D)(S)
10/16/00 -- Bad Years Happen (D)(S)
10/13/00 -- Foolish Four Research Update (D)(S)
10/12/00 -- Selecting Workshop Stocks (D)(S)
10/11/00 -- Catch a Dow Rising Star (D)(S)
10/10/00 -- Ask a Fool (D)(S)
10/09/00 -- E-mail Hoax Strikes Again (D)(S)
10/06/00 -- A New York Moment (D)(S)
10/05/00 -- The Foolish Four in Hindsight (D)(S)
10/04/00 -- The Dow Rising Stars (D)(S)
10/03/00 -- Caterpillar Warns (D)(S)
10/02/00 -- Workshop Criteria (D)(S)

September

09/29/00 -- What Works in the Workshop? (D)(S)
09/28/00 -- Kodak Crashes (D)(S)
09/27/00 -- Tracking the Dow Outcasts (D)(S)
09/26/00 -- Teach Your Children Well (D)(S)
09/25/00 -- Take Time to Manage Your Money (D)(S)
09/22/00 -- The Growth/Value Cycles (D)(S)
09/21/00 -- Dangers of Mechanical Investing (D)(S)
09/20/00 -- Pepsi, Bank One Lead Comeback (D)(S)
09/19/00 -- Olympian Investing in Five Easy Lessons (D)(S)
09/18/00 -- Women and Investing? (D)(S)
09/15/00 -- J.P. Morgan Enjoys Chase Advantage (D)(S)
09/14/00 -- Is Mechanical Investing for You? (D)(S)
09/13/00 -- Quantifying Investing Rewards (D)(S)
09/12/00 -- Resisting “Hot Stock” Tips (D)(S)
09/11/00 -- Retirement Spending (D)(S)
09/08/00 -- Retiring Early Without the Bull (D)(S)
09/07/00 -- Balanced Approach to Mechanical Investing (D)(S)
09/06/00 -- Quantifying Risk (D)(S)
09/05/00 -- A Successful Growth Strategy (D)(S)

August

09/01/00 -- Why We Drop the #1 Stock (D)(S)
08/31/00 -- Foolish Four Roars Ahead (D)(S)
08/30/00 -- Foolish Four Fit Foreign Markets? (D)(S)
08/29/00 -- The Day of the Decimal (D)(S)
08/28/00 -- Cramer's “Risky Business” (D)(S)
08/25/00 -- AT&T: Quintessential Foolish Four Stock (D)(S)
08/24/00 -- Interview With a Financial Planner, Part 3 (D)(S)
08/23/00 -- Interview With a Financial Planner, Part Two (D)(S)
08/22/00 -- Responsible Investing (D)(S)
08/21/00 -- Foolish Four Companies on the Rebound? (D)(S)
08/18/00 -- Positive Developments for Kodak (D)(S)
08/17/00 -- Interview With a Financial Planner (D)(S)
08/16/00 -- The Pursuit of Wealth (D)(S)
08/15/00 -- Meeting Short-Term Goals (D)(S)
08/14/00 -- How to Win the Lottery (D)(S)
08/11/00 -- A "Gone Fishing" Investing Strategy (D)(S)
08/10/00 -- Returns Can Be Misleading (D)(S)
08/09/00 -- Investing Is Like Shopping (D)(S)
08/08/00 -- Five Tips for Finding Great Companies (D)(S)
08/07/00 -- The Value of Value Stocks (D)(S)
08/04/00 -- Why I Believe in the Foolish Four (D)(S)
08/03/00 -- Sticking With the Foolish Four (D)(S)
08/02/00 -- Dow Dividend Cutters (D)(S)
08/01/00 -- Stop Worrying About Money (D)(S)

July

07/31/00 -- The Fuss Over the Foolish Four (D)(S)
07/28/00 -- Foolish Four Strategy Still Valid? (D)(S)
07/27/00 -- Surviving Growth Markets (D)(S)
07/26/00 -- Bank One's Dividend Disappearing Act (D)(S)
07/25/00 -- Slow and Steady Wins the Race (D)(S)
07/24/00 -- Kodak and Goodyear Report Earnings (D)(S)
07/21/00 -- Great Earnings for Caterpillar, Sears, GM (D)(S)
07/20/00 -- Another Look at the Keystone100 (D)(S)
07/19/00 -- Boosting Dividend Yields (D)(S)
07/18/00 -- Summer Earnings Roundup (D)(S)
07/17/00 -- Should You "Mimic" Mechanical Strategies? (D)(S)
07/14/00 -- Don't Mimic Us (D)(S)
07/13/00 -- What a Lousy Year! (D)(S)
07/12/00 -- Surviving Worst-Case Scenarios (D)(S)
07/11/00 -- Investing Can't Wait (D)(S)
07/10/00 -- Confusing Genius With a Bull Market (D)(S)
07/07/00 -- Foolish Four Tour (D)(S)
07/06/00 -- Hidden Treasures in the Foolish Four (D)(S)
07/05/00 -- A Foolish Four Scavenger Hunt (D)(S)
07/03/00 -- More Thoughts on Foolish Four Tests (D)(S)

June

06/30/00 -- Database Dreamin' (D)(S)
06/29/00 -- New Test Planned for Foolish Four (D)(S)
06/28/00 -- The Ultimate Ford Rebate? (D)(S)
06/27/00 -- The Latest Indexing Craze: ETFs (D)(S)
06/26/00 -- Buy on the Rumors, Sell on the News?! (D)(S)
06/23/00 -- The Gloom-and-Doom Forecast (D)(S)
06/22/00 -- Capturing Dividends (D)(S)
06/21/00 -- Ford Plays Summer Stock (D)(S)
06/20/00 -- A Happy (Investing) Life (D)(S)
06/19/00 -- The Joy of Dividends (D)(S)
06/16/00 -- Can You Win Without Mistakes? (D)(S)
06/15/00 -- Open Season on the Foolish Four (D)(S)
06/14/00 -- The Role of Doubt in Investing (D)(S)
06/13/00 -- Caterpillar Gets a Checkup (D)(S)
06/12/00 -- Lawsuit Against Visa/MasterCard (D)(S)
06/09/00 -- Debt Valley (D)(S)
06/08/00 -- Merchants of Debt (D)(S)
06/07/00 -- The Ignorance of Experts (D)(S)
06/06/00 -- Ye Olde Stock Certificates, Part II (D)(S)
06/05/00 -- General Motors Running Sluggish (D)(S)
06/02/00 -- Advice From a Fool (D)(S)
06/01/00 -- Investor Advice for the Unwary (D)(S)

May

05/31/00 -- When Can You Retire? (D)(S)
05/30/00 -- Ye Olde Stock Certificates, Part I (D)(S)
05/26/00 -- More Bad Advice (D)(S)
05/25/00 -- How to Avoid Bad Advice (D)(S)
05/24/00 -- Estimating Future Returns (D)(S)
05/23/00 -- Profiting From Advice (D)(S)
05/22/00 -- Do-It-Yourself Investing (D)(S)
05/19/00 -- Declaring War on Credit Cards (D)(S)
05/18/00 -- The Heart of Good Investing (D)(S)
05/17/00 -- Back to Business as Usual (D)(S)
05/16/00 -- Feeling Bearish Lately? (D)(S)
05/15/00 -- More on the Mystery of Stock Pricing (D)(S)
05/12/00 -- Why Do Stocks Go Up? (D)(S)
05/11/00 -- The Mystery of Stock Pricing (D)(S)
05/10/00 -- Calculating When You Can Retire (D)(S)
05/09/00 -- How Are Stock Prices "Set"? (D)(S)
05/08/00 -- Tracking AT&T Wireless Group (D)(S)
05/05/00 -- General Motors or Hughes? (D)(S)
05/04/00 -- E-mail Rant (D)(S)
05/03/00 -- Breaking the Chains of Irrationality (D)(S)
05/02/00 -- Earnings Roundup (D)(S)
05/01/00 -- How Will AT&T Wireless Affect AT&T's Earnings? (D)(S)

April

04/28/00 -- Record Keeping Tips From Readers (D)(S)
04/27/00 -- Record Keeping for Accurate Returns (D)(S)
04/26/00 -- Foolish Days of Yore (D)(S)
04/25/00 -- Don't Bet Against the Blue Chips (D)(S)
04/24/00 -- Minimalist Record Keeping (D)(S)
04/20/00 -- Record Keeping for Yourself (D)(S)
04/19/00 -- Record Keeping for the IRS (D)(S)
04/18/00 -- Caterpillar and Kodak Report (D)(S)
04/17/00 -- Good Time for Roth Conversions? (D)(S)
04/14/00 -- Roth IRAs and Kids' Work (D)(S)
04/13/00 -- Impulse Stock Shopping (D)(S)
04/12/00 -- The Value of Investing in Outcasts (D)(S)
04/11/00 -- Ignore the Whisper Numbers (D)(S)
04/10/00 -- Roth IRAs for Kids (D)(S)
04/07/00 -- Timing Is Everything (D)(S)
04/06/00 -- Faith in Mechanical Investing (D)(S)
04/05/00 -- Investing Is Like... My CD Player? (D)(S)
04/04/00 -- Report from Mechanical Investing Conference (D)(S)
04/03/00 -- Girl Power: Tips for New Investors From Female Fools (D)(S)

March

03/31/00 -- Mechanical Investing Convention Begins (D)(S)
03/30/00 -- The Annual Technology Sell-Off (D)(S)
03/29/00 -- Beating the S&P 30 Stocks (D)(S)
03/28/00 -- The Foolish Final Four (D)(S)
03/27/00 -- IRA Fun Facts (D)(S)
03/24/00 -- The IRA Lottery (D)(S)
03/23/00 -- Foolish Five Growth Stocks Report (D)(S)
03/22/00 -- The New Beating the S&P Stock List (D)(S)
03/21/00 -- On Floats and Shares (D)(S)
03/20/00 -- Taking Aim at Target Prices (D)(S)
03/17/00 -- The Acceleration of the Market (D)(S)
03/16/00 -- The Dow Roars Back (D)(S)
03/15/00 -- Is the Dow Keeping Up? (D)(S)
03/14/00 -- Turning Losses Into Wins (D)(S)
03/13/00 -- What's Up With J.P. Morgan? (D)(S)
03/10/00 -- A Mutual Fund Fools Can Love (D)(S)
03/09/00 -- Some Optimism Regarding Caterpillar (D)(S)
03/08/00 -- Beating the Fool, Part 2 (D)(S)
03/07/00 -- Foolish Believe It or Not (D)(S)
03/06/00 -- Book Reviews and Broker Bashing (D)(S)
03/03/00 -- Are You an Easy Mark? (D)(S)
03/02/00 -- More on Growth Strategies (D)(S)
03/01/00 -- Beating the Fool? (D)(S)

February

02/29/00 -- Beating the Pros (D)(S)
02/28/00 -- More on Kid's IRAs (D)(S)
02/25/00 -- Saving for Your Kids' Retirement (D)(S)
02/24/00 -- Starting a Roth IRA Account (D)(S)
02/23/00 -- A Few Bad Years (D)(S)
02/22/00 -- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (D)(S)
02/18/00 -- Building a Tax Shelter (D)(S)
02/17/00 -- Understanding How the Foolish Four Really Works (D)(S)
02/16/00 -- A Foolish Five of Growth Stocks? (D)(S)
02/15/00 -- Avoiding Bankrupt Companies (D)(S)
02/14/00 -- The Importance of Being Long Term (D)(S)
02/11/00 -- Taking Controversy by the Throat (D)(S)
02/10/00 -- Starting Here, Starting Now (D)(S)
02/09/00 -- Improvising on the Foolish Four (D)(S)
02/08/00 -- The Lure of Penny Stocks (D)(S)
02/07/00 -- How to Buy at a Fabulous Price (D)(S)
02/04/00 -- Sticking With Sears and Goodyear (D)(S)
02/03/00 -- GM Offers Hughes Stock to Shareholders (D)(S)
02/02/00 -- Snow White and U.S. Steel Saga Continues (D)(S)
02/01/00 -- Beware of the Schemers (D)(S)

January

01/31/00 -- Balancing Risk and Reward (D)(S)
01/28/00 -- Holding the Fool Four for Two Years (D)(S)
01/27/00 -- No Market Predictions Today (D)(S)
01/26/00 -- Of Snow White and U.S. Steel (D)(S)
01/25/00 -- J.P. Morgan Revisited (D)(S)
01/24/00 -- Are You Ready for an Investing Disaster? (D)(S)
01/21/00 -- Fool Four Takes Stock (D)(S)
01/20/00 -- Getting Ready for Tax Time (D)(S)
01/19/00 -- Defending the Repeat Offenders (D)(S)
01/18/00 -- JP MoreGains (D)(S)
01/14/00 -- Follow the Plan (D)(S)
01/13/00 -- Patterns and Financial Statement (D)(S)
01/12/00 -- Leftovers, Again? (D)(S)
01/11/00 -- Mind Your Mind-Set (D)(S)
01/10/00 -- There, There, Now (D)(S)
01/07/00 -- News Flash: End of World Postponed (D)(S)
01/06/00 -- Limitations of the RP Formula (D)(S)
01/05/00 -- Love, American Style? (D)(S)
01/04/00 -- Foolish Aloha (D)(S)
01/03/00 -- No Second-Guessing! (D)(S)