The Motley Fool: Specials Archives

December

12/30/98 -- Foolish Resolutions
12/24/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Chestnuts, Jack Frost, and So On
12/24/98 -- Christmas at the Fool
12/18/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Apropos - TMF Cheeze takes a look at the past week and the past year in this week's Notes.
12/17/98 -- '98 Year In Review, Day 1
Which stocks came out on top? Read part one of this four-part year-in-review series to find out.
12/11/98 -- Notes from a Fool
I'm Okay. Really.
12/11/98 -- Top 10 Roth IRA Questions
12/09/98 -- Eyes on the Wise
Why should you keep your eyes on the Wise? Read these stories on a fund czar, an analyst, and a broker and find out.
12/07/98 -- Hot Stack Tips
Books Worth a Look
12/04/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Jerry Thomas eyes the Cash-King Portfolio's series on the Wise. Read his open letter to Tom Gardner
12/03/98 -- Budgeting for the Holidays
12/03/98 -- November Retail Sales
12/01/98 -- Year-End Tax Planning
IRA's and 401(k)'s

November

11/30/98 -- Year-End Tax Planning
IRA's and 401(k)'s
11/30/98 -- Hope Springs Internet
IPO's and Consolidation
11/27/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Cheezelessness
11/24/98 -- A Foolish Thanksgiving
11/23/98 -- AOL's Overnight Landscaping
11/20/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Mania Tear Has to Fall
11/19/98 -- Doorstep Dividends
Attack of the Shareholder Perks
11/17/98 -- Greenspan Says Cut... Again!
The Federal Reserve announced a cut in U.S. interest rates today. We've got the press release plus information on the Fed and Alan Greenspan.
11/13/98 -- Notes from a Fool
George, We Hardly Knew Ye
11/12/98 -- Tips for NBA Players
11/06/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Wrestling Minnesota
11/05/98 -- How's Your Alma Mater Handling Your Donations?
11/05/98 -- October Retail Sales
Find Out How Your Favorite Store Fared Last Month

October

10/30/98 -- The Cop Is on the Beat
The SEC Busts Online Stock Promoters
10/27/98 -- Halloween 1998
10/23/98 -- Feature
Iomega Appoints New CEO and It's Not Our Pick
10/23/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Ports in a Storm
10/22/98 -- Social Security, Part 4
One Foolish Actuary's Opinion
10/21/98 -- Social Security, Part 3
Fixing Social Security
10/20/98 -- Social Security, Part 2
How We Fund Our Social Security System
10/19/98 -- Social Security, Part 1
How the Social Security System Works
10/16/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Accountability and the Old Guard
10/15/98 -- Inside Business Week's "Inside Wall Street"
10/14/98 -- A Trip to the Sun
A Motley Fool Interview with Sun Microsystems
10/12/98 -- TMF Interview With Hadco Treasury Manager Rich Gerrity
10/09/98 -- Notes from a Fool
And You Can Quote Me
10/08/98 -- September Retail Sales
10/08/98 -- Generation $
Market-Savvy Teens Take on Wall Street
10/06/98 -- America Online. So Advanced, It's Backwards?
AOL's center of gravity
10/02/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Fools in the House
10/01/98 -- Merrill Lynch: The Big Bad Wolf
Once there was a Foolish investor known to all as Little Red Riding Hood.

September

09/29/98 -- Mr. Gardner Goes to Washington
Fool co-founder David Gardner's testimony for an oversight hearing on mutual fund fees and price competition before the U.S. House Commerce Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials
09/25/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Here Comes the Hun
09/24/98 -- The Fool Responds
The Motley Fool Says Online Trading Is Bad for Merrill Lynch
09/18/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Building Pyramids on Mars
09/17/98 -- The Year 2000 Bug (Part 5 of 5)
Part 5: The Problem is Y2K Hype, Not Software
09/17/98 -- 3Dfx CEO Comments on Q3 and Q4
In an interview with the Fool, 3Dfx CEO Greg Ballard comments on the outlook for Q3, Q4, and the new Voodoo Banshee chip.
09/17/98 -- The Year 2000 Bug (Part 4 of 5)
Part 4: How Companies Are Working to Fix It.
09/16/98 -- The Year 2000 Bug (Part 3 of 5)
Part 3: What the Y2K Problem Actually Is.
09/15/98 -- The Year 2000 Bug (Part 2 of 5)
Part 2: Consider the Source.
09/14/98 -- The Year 2000 Bug (Part 1 of 5)
A problem? Yes. Armageddon? Probably not. Read this first of five articles on the Y2K problem.
09/11/98 -- Notes from a Fool
All the News That Discomfits to Print
09/11/98 -- Intel Q3 Revenue Growth
09/10/98 -- Living Below Your Means
09/04/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Verse, and Worse
09/04/98 -- Jaunting Jesters
09/03/98 -- August Retail Sales
09/01/98 -- How Do You Stop This Thing?
A Review of Market Circuit Breakers

August

08/28/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Crisis and Commitment
08/28/98 -- Using The Daily Trouble
08/28/98 -- Using The Daily Double
08/27/98 -- Advice on a Down Day
What should Fools do on a down day? Dale Wettlaufer says think, evaluate, and be an investor.
08/22/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Fools Converge
08/21/98 -- Back to School, Fool!
08/14/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Left, Right, Left
08/11/98 -- The Gorilla Game
08/07/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Anniversary, Shmanniversary
08/06/98 -- July Retail Sales
08/04/98 -- Motley Fool Online Anniversary Special

July

07/31/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Saving Grace
07/29/98 -- Lotteries? Just say no!
07/28/98 -- The Internet Dynamic
Slippery When Online
07/28/98 -- Bell Atlantic to Merge with GTE
Telecom powerhouses make the connection.
07/24/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Dodgers Win!
07/20/98 -- Midyear Market Review
Our review of the ten biggest winners and losers of the year.
07/17/98 -- Notes from a Fool
Wisdom -- A Primer
07/14/98 -- Nasdaq's NODES Could Transform the Market
Find out how Nasdaq's proposed order and execution system could transform the market.
07/10/98 -- Notes from a Fool
07/09/98 -- June Retail Sales
07/07/98 -- IPO Shenanigans
Not every company looking to go public follows the well-traveled path.
07/06/98 -- Saks and Proffitt's to Merge
07/02/98 -- Declare your financial independence!
Take control of your finances now and let this be your Independence Day.
07/02/98 -- Notes from a Fool

June

06/30/98 -- SOS Update!
Update on The Fool's Fight Against Hunger by Share Our Strength
06/29/98 -- The More Things Change
06/26/98 -- Notes from a Fool
06/24/98 -- Four Fools speak out
Bill Gates, his company, and its business practices in Opinions on Microsoft.
06/24/98 -- AT&T to Acquire Tele-Communications Inc.
06/19/98 -- Notes from a Fool
06/17/98 -- Stocks for Dad
06/15/98 -- Ask The Headhunter
When you're interviewing for a new job, your competition isn't who you think it is.
06/12/98 -- Notes from a Fool
06/04/98 -- May Retail Sales

May

05/21/98 -- How Lucky Do You Feel?
05/18/98 -- Netscape Playing Catch-up
The once-mighty Netscape is now struggling to keep up with its industry. Jim Surowiecki takes a closer look in Netscape Playing Catch-Up
05/15/98 -- Online Investment Clubs
05/08/98 -- Stock Talk
EntreMed CEO John Holaday talks about cancer cures and biotech investing in a Motley Fool interview.
05/07/98 -- Stocks for Mom
Continuing an annual tradition, the Motley Fool pays homage to moms around the world.
05/07/98 -- April Retail Sales

April

04/22/98 -- Iomega Contest Winners
Find out who won the Iomega CEO contest and read some of the great post that the Fool received.
04/21/98 -- Microsoft Versus the World
It sometimes seems like Microsoft is a lone soul fighting the entire world. In this special feature, Jim Surowiecki investigates the company and antitrust law.
04/14/98 -- The Beardstown Blunder
Everyone seems to have an opinion about the Beardstown Ladies' error, including us Fools.
04/09/98 -- Is Mac Back?
McDonald's may not have the tastiest food out there, but it has something. Jim Surowiecki takes a closer look at the Golden Arches.
04/09/98 -- March Retail Sales
04/07/98 -- Iomega Hiring...
Iomega is in the market for a new CEO and it could very well be you. Tell us what you'd do as CEO and you might win a $2000 brokerage account from Web Street Securities.
Contest ends Monday, April 13, 1998
04/02/98 -- 1998 April Fools Special

March

03/24/98 -- The Trouble With Nike
The recent high-flyer has hit a bit of a bump. Jim Surowiecki investigates.
03/12/98 -- Gap: A Closer Look
The Fool's own Yi-Hsin Chang takes a closer look at The Gap.
03/05/98 -- February Retail Sales
03/05/98 -- Intel Revenue Warning
Wednesday's revenue warning sent Intel down sharply in after-hours trading.

February

02/26/98 -- The Fool in Slate
Airline Deregulation's Fair-Weather Friends The last thing the major airlines want is real competition.
02/24/98 -- G-Man & the Fed
Who is Alan Greenspan, and why do the markets hang on his every word?
02/19/98 -- The Fool in Slate
What Psychic Friends Didn't See...The downfall of the Psychic Friends Network: what Dionne and her friends didn't see.
02/12/98 -- The Fool in Slate
Amassing media properties doesn't build value--especially when the entertainment field itself is in decline.
02/12/98 -- Stocks Fools Love
Fools share the stocks that are closest to their hearts.
02/09/98 -- Changes at AOL
Internet service provider will raise prices and reposition management.
02/06/98 -- The Fool in Slate
The Taming of the Barbarians...How a rapacious leveraged-buyout firm became a positive force in the corporate economy.
02/05/98 -- January 1998 Retail Sales

January

01/30/98 -- The Fool in Slate
The Commoditization Conundrum It isn't pure competition but the fear of it that drives companies to compete.
01/30/98 -- A Thing Called GDP
Alex Schay explains what GDP is and what it means to Foolish investors.
01/22/98 -- Asian About-Face, the Fool in Slate
Why the Asian tigers' favorite admirers don't love them anymore. -- Motley Fool in Slate.
01/15/98 -- The Fool in Slate
How the unfair and little known practice of "spinning" IPOs hurts investors and causes market inefficiencies.
01/08/98 -- December Retail Sales
01/06/98 -- Apple Shines at MacWorld
Apple gains big after announcing an expected Q1 profit.
01/02/98 - Jerry Departs
With Seinfeld in it's last season, the networks should be taking notice. Jim Surowiecki explains in this Fool on the Hill encore performance.
12/23/97 -- Best & Worst of 1997
Find out which stocks won big and which ones did not.