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Diamond Foods Alternate CEO Gaffe Headlines

TMFUltraLong — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:52:26 GMT

For the past month and change I've been putting out a weekly series that highlights CEO gaffes. Some are absolutely worse than others and this week's highlight, Diamond Foods, is no exception.

I can't help but admit though that I was torn between keeping the series name consistent, "CEO Gaffe of the Week: (insert company name here)... or to go with one of the following alternate titles...

As someone lucky enough to be able to share my ideas with the community through The Motley Fool, I enjoy writing every article. Every once in a while though... I really really really enjoy writing an article and the ideas just flow like water. Last night was one of those instances. I thought about trying to come up with 10 incredible figures that would represent what we've witnessed as traders/investors since 2011 began. I actually came up with ...

5 things I'm most grateful for on a day like today

TMFUltraLong — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:00:19 GMT

Yes the stock market put in its worst day since the credit crisis three years ago. Yes, margin calls are going up like white flags worldwide and roughly 1800 companies hit new lows according to Stockcharts.

And yet I can think of 5 things that I'm incredibly grateful for even on a day like this....

5. The opportunity to buy companies that I missed out on when the market reb...

Revisiting 3 Picks for 300%

TMFUltraLong — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:56:00 GMT

So it has been six months since I chose EnGlobal, Procera Networks and Leading Brands as my speculative three stocks for 300% in 2011 - let's take a closer look at how they're doing.

EnGlobal (ENG) - EnGlobal shot out of the gate like a bat out of hell but has since cooled off. I'm not really surprised that EnGlobal's business has cooled off considering the Japane...

Germany to Shelve Nuclear Power by 2022

TMFUltraLong — Mon, 30 May 2011 02:29:39 GMT

WOW..... I mean I am stunned. Absolutely flabbergasted would be a more meaningful way to describe it.

Germany gets roughly 22% of its electrical output from nuclear reactors, so now it has an immediate need to replace the energy produced by those reactors in just ten years - that's not a lot of time. What's more interesting to me is how the country is going to undertake such a task and to what extent it'll tu...

Ask A Blunt Man Returns - Wednesday May 4th

TMFUltraLong — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:23:49 GMT

Ladies and gentlemen,

Get your questions ready..... because it's coming....

Ask a Blunt Man will be returning for a 24-hour live chat marathon on Wednesday May 4th and I'll give you 3 guesses who will be answering most, if not all, of the questions. No, Warren Buffett and Bern...

Better Know a Stock - Part 21

TMFUltraLong — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:06:02 GMT

The inspiration here is all Stephen Colbert's.... he has his series of "Better know a district" so I figured why the heck not... Better Know a Stock, companies that are never followed or too small to be heard of. So here goes that 9000 part series.... =)

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY)

Sure I can make your life really easy and di...

Mazda Recalls 67,000 Cars Because of.....What?

TMFUltraLong — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:48:54 GMT

News flash - the only thing officially not blamed in the auto industry for a recall is now literally the kitchen sink. Mazda is blaming Yellow Sac SPIDERS for the reason it's recalling 67,000 cars. The fear is the spiders could weave a web (who knew they did that) and cause a vent to get clogged potentially damaging a hose causing the car to miraculously burst into flames and potentially explode.

Seriously? I ...

Better Know A Stock - Part 20

TMFUltraLong — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:16:00 GMT

Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: JGBO)

Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals en...

4 Months With The Fool - Reflections

TMFUltraLong — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:13:02 GMT

Well, its been four months of writing for The Motley Fool and I have to say I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm sure a few of the editors have my picture up on their wall with darts straight through my eyes, but all in all I'm having a very good time.

Much like my random musings blogs I thought now would be a good time for a reflections blog, so here goes....

I've l...

Three Speculative Plays for 300% in 2011

TMFUltraLong — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:51:06 GMT

As promised earlier, I do have my usual list of small-cap suspects that I feel could outperform in 2011, but guessing a company will move up, and predicting it will shoot up by 300% or more are two totally different things. I'm going to attempt the unusual as always and predict the following tiny tots are going to triple in 2010. Remember that these are not recommendations to buy, nor do I currently own any of these companies, so you need to do ...

Ask A Blunt Man - The Charity Edition

TMFUltraLong — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:48:08 GMT

Foolanthropy is back in full swing and the Fool is dishing out 10 cents per comment so I figured what better way to rack up money for a charitable cause than through another Ask A Blunt Man series.

I have to admit there will be some minor tweaks this time mainly because of constraints on my time and my now working with the Motley Fool. For starters, I will only entertain ...

Introducing TMFUltraLong

TMFUltraLong — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:33:28 GMT

Seriously...I promise there is no conspiracy to have an entirely TMF staff top 10, but I can see where you would think that over the last month with Babo joining the advisor staff.
As you can see, UltraLong has been ugraded by Goldman Sachs to TMFUltraLong. I've been writing articles on individual stocks, sectors and the overall economy since mid-September for the Fool and I'm going to expand that by writing ...

November Nuances, Random Ramblings & Beautiful Babblings

TMFUltraLong — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:09:30 GMT

Time for more of those random ramblings you've become so used to over the last few months. First let's clear up the clutter and get a few of the most recent articles out of the way....
Is it time to buy Somaxon Pharmaceuticals?
Have you noticed I never get tired of ripping off title's from Stephen Colbert? I had better hope he doesn't take notice.
In all seriousness though, I have made a living off of being contrarian and liking everything you dislike and loathing the popular play. I actually am contrarian and so can you!
In March 2009 no one wanted to be within 100 yards of a stock, yet I couldn...

My Favorite Bank, Reasons to Forget Apple & More Random Thoughts

TMFUltraLong — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:06:10 GMT

Despite my relative avoidance of banks, would you be just a little curious what my favorite financial company is? I go into some detail about my favorite bank here.
In another article late last week I gave some reason to for...

How To Tick Off an AMD Shareholder & More Random Musings

TMFUltraLong — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:12:08 GMT

Want to know the secret to ticking off an AMD shareholder? Tell them the truth. =)
Now for more random musings.....
Piper Jaffray and Roth Capital both must have eaten from the s...

Harnessing Volatility & More Random Musings

TMFUltraLong — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:01:20 GMT

I figure that it will probably be easiest to continue to post links to my Motley Fool articles here as well. People apparently want articles/blogs from me and my blog is one place to look for a history of all of those articles. I recently did a write up on using beta to your advantage which can be found here.
Now for some rand...

What to do with Peerless Manufacturing? Is China a Buy?

TMFUltraLong — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:55:49 GMT

Yes, a two subject blog post - wrap your brain around that for a bit!
I recently wrote an article on whether or not you should be thinking of leaving Peerless Manufacturing in the dust which can be found here.
I also wanted to further expo...

Check It Out - I'm Famous

TMFUltraLong — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:18:10 GMT

Check it out, I now have two ways to harass the viewing public - in CAPS blogs and here
I guess this makes me moderately famous now....about as famous as Patrick Duffy right?....right? I'm actually very excited and humbled to be contributing here. Look for a regular stream of blogs com...