January 2001

In December The Motley Fool announced that they no longer advocate the "Foolish Four" stock strategy, which they had created. Investor Home questioned the Foolish Four here many years ago and Professors Grant McQueen and Steven Thorley subsequently published an article in the Financial Analysts Journal criticizing the strategy in 1999. See Re-thinking the Foolish Four for the rationale behind the Fool's no longer recommending a strategy they had touted for years via their web site and books.