The Motley Fool
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| Type of business | Private |
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| Founded | July 1993 |
| Headquarters | Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
| Founder(s) | David and Tom Gardner, David Berger and Erik Rydholm |
| Slogan(s) | The Motley Fool's purpose is to help the world invest better. |
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http://www.fool.com http://www.fool.co.uk http://www.fool.com.au http://www.fool.ca http://www.fool.com.sg http://www.fool.de |
The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial-services company that provides financial solutions for investors through various , investing, and personal finance services. The Alexandria, Virginia-based private company was founded in July 1993 by co-chairmen and brothers David and Tom Gardner; and Erik Rydholm, who has since left. The company employs more than 300 people.
The Motley Fool offers a wide range of stock news and analysis at its free website, www.fool.com, as well as through a variety of paid investment advice services. The services, many of which combine a traditional paper newsletter with interactive electronic discussion boards and other tools, cover a range of styles from small caps to international stocks, to options, to shorting.
The company received the 2014 and 2015 nationwide honor for being "the No. 1 Medium-Sized Company to Work for in the United States" from Glassdoor.com.
In June 2009, Motley Fool Funds launched its first mutual fund, Motley Fool Independence Fund. As of mid-December 2014, the fund (FOOLX) had outperformed the Russell 2000 index by almost 20 percentage points and earned 3 out of 5 stars from Morningstar.
In November 2010, Motley Fool funds launched Motley Fool Great America Fund. As of mid-December 2014, the fund (TMFGX) had outperformed the Russell 2000 and the most popular low-cost ETF tracking the Russell 2000, the iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), by almost 20 percentage points and earned a 3-star rating from Morningstar.
In November 2011, Motley Fool funds launched Motley Fool Epic Voyage Fund (TMFEX). As of mid-December 2014, the return of this fund was one-third that of the S&P 500.
The name "Motley Fool" is taken from Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It.
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