Filed under: Consumer Experience , Competitive Strategy , Marketing and Advertising , Intuit Inc (INTU) , Small Business Not long ago, marketing was fairly simple for local businesses.

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: Get Customers Clicking and Calling with Online Local Ads

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) In its annual letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRK.A ) reported net income of $8.1 billion and revenue of $112 billion for 2009

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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter Offers Good News/Bad News

Filed under: Getting Started , Mutual Funds A common method for paying dividends from funds that invest outside the U.S. is to pay special dividends composed of short-term and long-term capital gains. The dividend policies of such funds are predicated on the ability of the fund manger to pay out whatever gains can be garnered over the course of a year depending on short-term or long-term holding periods.

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High-Yield Sin #6: Getting Paid in Special Dividends

Filed under: Earnings Reports , Forecasts , AutoZone Inc (AZO) , Costco Wholesale (COST) , Canada , Economic Data , Urban Outfitters (URBN) The Federal Reserve’s next Beige Book report is scheduled to be released this week. This report is a compilation of anecdotal information on current economic conditions from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank districts, and it is released eight times a year.

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The Week in Preview: Fed’s Beige Book, More Retail Earnings and Canadian Banks

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Filed under: Getting Started , Mutual Funds All common stocks, income trusts, master limited partnerships, REITS and other pass-through entities have what is called a payout ratio . It’s a number that essentially says how much of the dividend is paid out from each dollar of net income

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High-Yield Sin #5: Owning Securities with High Payout Ratios

Filed under: Law , Internet , Politics An interesting piece of legislation is now blasting its way through the chambers of the Maryland legislature. This legislation threatens to lay waste to Internet social networking as we know it, if not for the inclusion of one solitary line of text.

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Facebook Saved by One Line of Text

Filed under: Getting Started , Mutual Funds Some closed-end funds pay out what is known as managed distributions as a template for their dividend policy. What happens here is that the fund, in its attempt to draw investor attention, states that it will pay out a managed distribution that is a percentage of the net asset value (NAV) at the end of each quarter.

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High-Yield Sin #4: Buying into Managed Distributions

Filed under: Politics The low-down regarding Thursday’s health care summit ?

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Health Care Summit Reveals Democratic U.S., Republican U.S.

Filed under: Home Depot (HD) , Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) , Revlon (REV) , Target Corp. (TGT) , Campbell Soup (CPB) , Safeway Inc (SWY) , Lowe’s Cos (LOW) , Nordstrom, Inc (JWN) , Blackstone Group L.P (BX) , Garmin Ltd (GRMN) , DreamWorks Animation (DWA) Here are some highlights from this past week’s earnings coverage on BloggingStocks: American Public Education Inc

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Earnings Highlights: Campbell, Dreamworks, Home Depot, Safeway, Target …

Filed under: Getting Started , Mutual Funds Most closed-end funds trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value (NAV) for various reasons and can offer excellent investment opportunities. Locking in a high-yield payout in a discounted fund can make for some exciting total returns.

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High-Yield Sin #2: Paying Big Premiums over Net Asset Value