Saturday, January 21, 2012

Reading the fine print so we don't have to

Morningstar has started a new service called footnoted, which reports and analyzes the fine print of many companies' SEC filings.

The edition available today includes articles on

Jerry Yang leaving Yahoo "to pursue other interests, and not due to any disagreement with the Company",
The perks at a dental supply company that explain why your dental work costs so much,
The golden parachutes for executives who screw up, and
The whopping entitlements that directors at Google get.

I've added footnoted.com to my bookmarks. It will be interesting to delve into it now and then.