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The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Emil Lee |
Quick Accounting Basics: Depreciation, Part 2 Investors, any company can instantly boost earnings by playing around with depreciation assumptions. The more familiar you get with a company's assets and how long these assets last, the better you'll be at spotting when a company's playing games.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2001 Yungmann & Taube |
Proposed New Rules for Cost Capitalization This article summarizes the pitfalls and potential benefits of the proposal, but more importantly, it calls for action on the part of NAREIT's membership...  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2007 Mark Vorkapich |
The Benefits of Cost-Segregation Studies With these ongoing court and IRS changes, commercial property owners clearly can benefit from a properly documented cost-segregation study.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2010 Susan H. Nadler |
Mind the GAAP What advantages does the income-tax basis accounting method offer?  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2005 Rich Smith |
Unacceptable Accounting The problem with GAAP, better known to its practitioners as "generally accepted accounting principles," is that it simply doesn't reflect reality as it relates to investors and the companies in which they invest.  |
Inc. October 2008 |
Develop a Tax Strategy Tips for developing a tax strategy for your business include staying on top of your books and income and expense shifting.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2003 Eric Johnston |
Cost Segregation Helps Property Owners Maximize Depreciation Deductions While most property owners are aware of depreciation benefits, few take full advantage of them.  |
PHONE+ May 4, 2009 William Bosco |
Lease Accounting: Changes the IT Industry Should Know The FASB and its sister organization, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), are working jointly to develop a new model for the recognition of assets and liabilities arising under lease contracts.  |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 J. Graham |
Earnings Madness Quarterly corporate earnings dominate the financial media. Earnings releases send investors into a flurry of buying the winners and selling the losers. But you should be looking beyond what you see in the news.  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
JetBlue Is Still Exciting The upstart airline is growing like a weed and maintaining low costs.  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 |
Rapid Automotive Depreciation Think twice about purchasing that new car -- it will plunge in value quickly.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Anders Bylund |
DirecTV Wants More Advanced Customers DirecTV is spending money on new customers now, with its lease program for its digital set-top receivers, in order to reap a lower taxable income in a few years.  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 John Reeves |
Dueling Fools: JetBlue Bull Maybe the last carrier standing is the first one worth investing in. While JetBlue's stock does carry considerable risk, it also has great potential.  |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Louis Lavelle |
Time To Start Weighing The Options New Financial Accounting Standards Board rules make stock options an expense. How will companies cope?  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
With AirTran in Its Arsenal, Southwest Airlines Turns Skyward After absorbing a key rival, the low-fare airline has blue skies ahead.  |
Entrepreneur October 2006 Julie Moline |
Done Deal Travel expense reports are getting a little less expensive to produce.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2009 Harvey Berenson |
Cost-Segregation Solutions These studies can provide tax advantages even after property sales.  |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 |
How Expensive Will Expensing Options Be? A talk with accounting expert Pat McConnell on the impact of stock options on earnings  |
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006 David Henry |
Earnings: It's Still Apples And Oranges Over the next several weeks, most companies will start factoring options expenses into their quarterly earnings results. But investors won't suddenly get clear visions of company profitability.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Brian Gorman |
Southwest's Declining Edge? Past advantages in fuel and labor expenses appear to be on the wane. Investors should take note that some of Southwest's edges have been blunted.  |
AskMen.com October 29, 2000 Luis Rodrigues |
Why Are You Always Broke? You have a well-paying job, but month after month you find that you just don't have enough money to make the car payments, fill up the gas tank or pay the rent. Makes you wonder where all your money disappeared to, doesn't it?  |
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Sasha Franger |
An Easier Way to Track Mutual Funds' Expense Ratio Each year Lipper produces its "Quick Guide to Fund Expenses." The report consists of a single table displaying the asset-weighted average and average total expense ratios by load-type, fund type, and Lipper classifications/objectives.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Is United Online for Real? A very large yield makes this company intriguing as an investment.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Jim Mueller |
Foolish Book Review: "How to Read a Financial Report" Investors, John A. Tracy's book should give you a fresh appreciation of the importance of financial reports.  |
Entrepreneur July 2004 Jill Amadio |
Worth the Drive? Your company cars could be gulping more than just gas if you don't know what your ownership costs are.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2007 Todd Davis |
Leasing Changes Afoot Spurred on by the SEC, the FASB is evaluating lease accounting standards with the intent to revise them. The key issue lies in the distinction between capital leases and operating leases.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2000 Roth & Adler |
REIT Joint Ventures with Tax-Exempt Investors In this capital restricted environment, joint venture structures, enhanced via Tax Code Section 704(c) tax strategies, are providing significant incentives for REITs and tax-exempt entities to create joint ventures to fuel growth...  |
AskMen.com Nate Steere |
Expense Account Dos & Don'ts Expense accounts aren't scary, and if you follow a few simple rules, your expenses can remain headache free.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2008 Cavin & Weaver |
Cost-Segregation Advantage Commercial property investment professionals can increase their bottom lines and investment returns by taking advantage of the one-year bonus depreciation provisions offered through the use of cost-segregation studies.  |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2005 Bill Mann |
Southwest's Slow Slide For shareholders, there's a troubling long-term decline in operating efficiency at Southwest Airlines.  |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 W.D. Crotty |
JetBlue Seeing Red JetBlue posts its first operating loss since its IPO. The reality is that the airline business is a tough one, and it will get tougher still with discounter Virgin America ready to launch its service. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
You Are Now Free to Invest About the Country Southwest shares should be on any savvy investor's radar screen.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Subhadeep Ghose |
Can This Airline Keep Its Edge? Southwest Airlines places biggest-ever order for Boeing aircraft.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
The Market Is Missing the Story at Canon Recurring purchases are a beautiful part of the business model at Canon, and one reason for their impressive quarterly results.  |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
JetBlue's New Look JetBlue expands its service with new 100-seater planes. The airline, with debt to equity at a jaw-dropping 252%, has little wiggle room to attract customers with the new planes.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Brian Gorman |
JetBlue's Flight Plan JetBlue may have a significant long-term advantage in its fuel-efficient strategy.  |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Dueling Fools: JetBlue Bear Based on JetBlue's stock chart since its April 2002 initial public offering, you have to wonder why there is a bull case. Yes, it has been a roller-coaster ride, but it all adds up to dead money in a really bad industry.  |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
American Capital Misses by a Billion An accounting rule sours the financial company's otherwise strong quarter.  |
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006 |
Service Is Job 4 or 5 A large number of U.S. asset management firms are under-spending on client services, resulting in significantly higher outflows of separate account assets, according to new benchmarking report.  |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Too Revealing? The scoop on funds of funds.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Julian Block |
Tax Brakes Are your financial advisory clients taking all the business-driving tax deductions they're eligible for?  |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Kerra McDonough |
When Playing Nice Pays Off Southwest Airlines exemplifies its ticker -- LUV -- through its great customer service, friendly employees, and low fares.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen |
Economies of Scale? As mutual fund assets rise, expense ratios are supposed to fall -- but do they?  |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Dean Foust |
Is JetBlue The Next People Express? JetBlue must deal with its growing pains.  |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison |
What's in the Box, Jack? An earnings restatement driven by accounting changes doesn't change the big picture for fast-food chain operator Jack in the Box.  |
Entrepreneur December 2004 Joan Szabo |
Think Fast There's good news for entrepreneurs who own business real estate. Recent guidelines from the IRS indicate that the tax agency is now more receptive to business owners accelerating depreciation on buildings already built or being built.  |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2010 Nick Crow |
7 Short Ideas What this metric means for your investments.  |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Isac Simon |
Noble Energy Might Be a Long-Term Winner Profitability in business and return on investment determine this stock's worth.  |
Bank Systems & Technology April 6, 2010 Penny Crosman |
J.P. Morgan Collaborates With IBM To Offer T&E Solution J.P. Morgan corporate card meets IBM travel and expense software, with card transactions automatically populating expense reports.  |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2010 Nick Crow |
7 Short Ideas What this metric means for your investments. How would you like to get out before bad news hits? Or profit by shorting the stock before earnings manipulation becomes common knowledge?  |