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Footnoted and the seven year itch…

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

For my seventh wedding anniversary, I gave Mr. Footnoted a giant tube of Cortisone cream, the type that you can only buy at a Costco or BJs. It was a joke based on the so-called “Seven Year Itch” that causes some marriages to go stale. I mention this because today happens to be the seventh [...]

A Morningstar-Footnoted mixer…

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

In addition to reading the filings and keeping things hopping on this site, we’ve been busy this week with another project – sharing the spirit of footnoted.com with Morningstar’s readers. When Michelle launched footnoted almost seven years ago, she did it with the hope that she could help others learn how to navigate the fine [...]

TiVo TiVos its merger rumors …

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Recently, M&A rumors have again begun circulating around TiVo (TIVO). When similar rumors were swirling in early April, we warned our FootnotedPro subscribers that signals in the company’s filings didn’t really mesh with the idea of an imminent deal. Since then, TiVo shares have dropped more than 50%, badly trailing the NASDAQ. What did we see [...]

Why proxies are so sexy…

Friday, March 12th, 2010

I was in Chicago earlier this week working on some integration issues with the folks at Morningstar, but found time to tape this video on proxy season which is going on right now. You can watch the video here:

Fun with SEC filings!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

As footnoted regulars know, SEC filings aren’t always that much fun. But this video, which I shot for CBS Moneywatch, tries to look at the lighter side of digging through filings. As an added plus, it shows how hard Kumara, the brain behind footnoted, really works.