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...dragging down Whole Foods' earnings. But the chain provides access to the Southeast, where Whole Foods is weak. And Harry's three megastores fit the prototype for Whole Foods' expansion plans; they are massive, fun (with cookouts on weekends) and strong in perishables and prepared foods--high-margin segments that account for 60% of Whole Foods' sales...
...years and it's still not happening." For now, an Eisner toppling seems unlikely. Even the Disney family could be brought back into the Eisner camp quickly if the stock turns up. Disney family members reportedly borrowed against the stock when it was much higher and may face a margin call if it declines further. Fixing that issue would go a long way toward fixing their faith in Eisner. Nearly two decades ago both Roy Disney and Gold championed Eisner to save the company. Now he needs to perform as well in rerun...
...worth right now. He believed in comparing a company's share price to its existing assets and past earnings. Only after determining a stock's value today would Graham entertain guesstimates of what it might earn tomorrow. Anchoring his analysis in reality gave Graham what he called "the margin of safety." As he wrote in his classic The Intelligent Investor, "Operations for profit should be based not on optimism but on arithmetic...
...disposal. Graham also believed that long-term debt should not exceed working capital. WorldCom's working capital sank to a negative $8 billion in 2000 even as its long-term debt was burgeoning--to more than $30 billion in 2001. WorldCom was making a mockery of Graham's "margin of safety...
...mighty who have fallen. The church scandal was as much about complicit Cardinals as about wayward priests; the FBI field agents did their job, but their careerist bosses stuffed all the clues into their desk drawers. As for the CEOs, they raid company coffers to pay off margin calls or build new mansions; awash in options, they manage the stock price instead of the company; as their business falls into bankruptcy and the layoffs pile up, they float away on golden parachutes--or yachts bought with company loans. "I've fully understood that they don't always necessarily have...