﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TMFJake's Blog</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/</link><description /><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 05:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Request for Interview and My Free ZippyTrade</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=568337&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fools, just want to support Joe Steinhardt's request to interview willing CAPS members as part of his graduate student research into investing psychology.&amp;#160; Joe's a good guy and we received great feedback from those who participated in his first round of research last year.&amp;#160; If you'd be willing to have Joe interview you about your approach to investing and use of CAPS, please email him at:&amp;#160; &lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="ma...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:28:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pt. 2 of My Conversation with ZZlangerhans</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=541387&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2011/02/18/an-inside-look-at-biotech-investing-part-2.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read part two of my interview with ZZlangerhans.&amp;#160; You can read part one &lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2011/02/17/an-inside-look-at-biotech-investing.aspx" target="_self"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:51:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Conversation with ZZlangerhans</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=540364&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;When he's not &lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/16-chimp-contest-entry/540181" target="_self"&gt;working with FloridaBuilder&lt;/a&gt; to inspire&lt;em rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt; stock pick haikus&lt;/em&gt;, ZZ is our resident biotech expert.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2011/02/17/an-inside-look-at-biotech-investing.aspx" target="_sel...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:40:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat With the Fool: 24 Hours of Foolishness </title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=494078&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;Ask a Blunt Man (TMFUltraLong) has taken over &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://Fool.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fool.com&lt;/a&gt; with a 24 hour chat for our Foolanthropy charity.&amp;#160; &lt;a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/12/21/live-chat-with-the-fool-24-hours-of-foolishness.aspx?source=ihpsitth0000001" target="_self"&gt;Check it out&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Update On CAPS Stock Rating Performance</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=453684&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;Responding to a request on the historical CAPS Ratings performance. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5038675109_a2ec4af342.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt; &lt;img rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5038675155_50a46478eb.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"&gt;Our recent performance has shown as much differentiation as i...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:00:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Today's 11 O'clock Stock</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=452812&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Last week I asked the CAPS Community in &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/what-the-caps-community/447180" target="_self"&gt;my blog&lt;/a&gt; to recommend an 11 o'clock stock. The most popular recommendation was JNJ, which I would have gone forward with, but James Early picked it as his 11 o'clock stock the day after my post.&amp;#160; :(&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;So, I went with Mobile Mini (&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/MINI.aspx" target="_self"&gt;MINI&lt;/a&gt;)...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:14:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What The CAPS Community 11O'Clock Stock?</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=447180&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Many of you have been following the new &lt;a href="http://Fool.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fool.com&lt;/a&gt; series, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/07/22/introducing-11-oclock-stock.aspx" target="_self"&gt;11 O'Clock Stock&lt;/a&gt;, where we are finding a great stock to recommend every day for 50 days and investing $50,000 of The Motley Fool's money in these positions.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;We want to include a recommendation from the CA...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat Now: This Week With The TigerPack Fund Management Team</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=436085&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt; Just click on the embedded chat module below to join us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;iframe rel="nofollow" src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f0cf804f52/height=600/width=580" scrolling="no" height="600px" width="580px" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f0cf804f52"&gt;TigerPack Portfolio Roundtable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ifra...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:01:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reminder:  Live Chat at 8 p.m. Tonight with The TigerPackFund Management Team</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=436033&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Join me tonight, &lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;Thursday, August 19 from 8-9 pm ET&lt;/strong&gt; for a Live Chat with  the &lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;TigerPackFund management team.&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;  The team will provide an update on the performance of their model  portfolios and introduce some new portfolio designs that they've  developed this summer--including a new long/short portfolio they're  designing for passive investors.The team will also share their Top 10 Most Popular Long ideas from t...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat This Thursday: TigerPack Fund Management Team</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=435184&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Join me on &lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;Thursday, August 19 from 8-9 pm ET&lt;/strong&gt; for a Live Chat with  the &lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;TigerPackFund management team.&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt; The team will provide an update on the performance of their model portfolios and introduce some new portfolio designs that they've developed this summer--including a new long/short portfolio they're designing for passive investors.&lt;/p&gt;The team will also share their Top 10 Most Popular Long ideas from their p...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:43:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dear Hypno Toad</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=417833&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;I miss you.&amp;#160; That is all.&amp;#160; --jk&lt;/p&gt;</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:21:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Finding great stock ideas in CAPS</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=401946&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;The Fool Editorial team is testing a &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=401860&amp;t=01009204128704891158" target="_self"&gt;new weekly article series&lt;/a&gt; that highlights the best CAPS stock pitch that they find each week.&amp;#160; They're looking for pitches that have a least 400 words and that are, well, awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;From the article you can sign up for the RSS feed to receive the weekly best of CAPS pitch.&amp;#160; And there's a a twitt...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:14:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feedback Requested on Proposed CAPS Average Daily Trading Volume Requirement for Stocks</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=398635&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;For background, please read my &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=397253&amp;t=01122484080623683728" target="_self"&gt;previous post&lt;/a&gt; on the proposed rule change to require a minimum average daily dollar trading requirement fort stocks to be rated on CAPS.&amp;#160; In the previous blog, I *think* there was general consensus that some form of share price and average daily trading requirement would meet our objectives, which I would summarize as:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:19:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alert:  CAPS Rule Change. Average Daily Trading Volume Requirement for Stocks</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=397253&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that on the evening of June 9th (two weeks from today), we will make a change to the threshold requirements that determine whether or not a stock can be rated in CAPS.&amp;#160; Today, we require a stock to have a market cap of $100MM and a share price of $1.50.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;As we've previously discussed, the problems with the current threshold is that sometimes some very liquid stocks are excluded from our ratings while some s...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 12:50:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Ratings Idea for CAPS</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=390484&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Recently, we tested a new ratings idea for CAPS. The idea is that it would be valuable to rate companies by categories in addition to future price performance.&amp;#160; As we do our research, many of us screen for companies that appear to be undervalued, or exhibiting strong growth... What is it that distinguishes these candidate companies from one another?&amp;#160; For many of us, it's understanding the quality of a business and its people... So, we identified key factors that we th...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:01:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you a Fool?</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=383974&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;If yes, we want to hear about it!&amp;#160; And you just might become famous.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;I'm a Fool because I believe the CAPS community provides information on stocks as good or better (actually much better) than Wall Street professionals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Let us know why you're a Fool and portentially find yourself featured on &lt;a href="http://Fool.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fool.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;#160; Read all about how to submit your Foolish bonifides &lt;a rel="nofollow" hre...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearlstein on Goldman</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=383090&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;The markets have voted and concluded that Goldman Sachs (&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Ticker/GS.aspx" target="_self"&gt;GS&lt;/a&gt;) got the best of our voted representatives in yesterday's hearings on the hill--up more than a half percent yesterday as the market cratered, and up nearly 2% today.&amp;#160; In a Washington Post &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042705285.html" target="_self"&gt;article &lt;/a&gt;today, Steve...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:05:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat Now: This Week With The TigerPack Fund Management Team</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=364164&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;You can join the live chat by clicking over to my &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=362403&amp;t=01122484080623683728" target="_self"&gt;chat blog&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#160; &lt;strong rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=362403&amp;t=01122484080623683728" target="_self"&gt;Click here to join the chat&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt; Once you're  in the blog, just click on the embedded chat module to join us. &lt;/p&gt;</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:59:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat Tonight: TigerPack Fund Management Team, The Sequel</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=363882&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;Just a reminder to join us tonight at 8 pm EST for a  Live Chat with members of the TigerPackFund management team:&amp;#160; &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/tigerpack.aspx" target="_self"&gt;TigerPack&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/anticitrade.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Anticitrade&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/bullishbabo.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Bullishbabo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://caps.fool.com/player/jakilathehun.aspx" target="_self"&gt;JakilaTheHun&lt;/a&gt;,  and &lt;a rel="...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:02:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Chat This Thursday: TigerPack Fund Management Team, The Sequel</title><link>http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=362403&amp;t=01122484080623683728</link><description>&lt;p rel="nofollow"&gt;They're back!&amp;#160; This Thursday, April 1 from 8-9ish pm EST, join me for a Live Chat with members of the TigerPackFund management team:&amp;#160; &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/tigerpack.aspx" target="_self"&gt;TigerPack&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/anticitrade.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Anticitrade&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/bullishbabo.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Bullishbabo&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;#160;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="/player/portefeuille.aspx" target="_self"&gt;Portefeuille&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a ...</description><author>TMFJake</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:15:02 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>