TMFHobo’s Profile

Investing Experience:: Medium
Risk Tolerance:: Medium High
Investing Style:: Motley (i.e. Anything goes!)
Portfolio Size:: Medium (4-12 Stocks)
Types of Investments:: I like growth stocks and options.
Stocks I Own:: CMG, NKE, BZUN, JD, GM, WGO, NFLX, SHAK, JCP, KR, MTCH, UA, SBUX, PLAY, SFIX, OKTA, FB, XPO, TDOC, AAXN, UXIN, TTD, MJ, AMZN, TREX, STZ, RAD, SHOP, DIS

My Area of Expertise:: I would say I know the most about the restaurant industry.
Greatest Investment:: CMG
Worst Investment:: JBLU
Money I Manage:: My own

School(s) Attended: Colorado College, BA, 2001. American University, MBA, 2011
Job Title: Fool Contirbutor
Company / Organization: Motley Fool
Former Jobs: restaurant manager, small town newspaper reporter

My Interests:: I enjoy sports, comedy and food.
Person(s) I'd Like To Meet:: Matt Taibbi, Stephen Colbert, Larry David
Favorite Restaurants or Foods:: Gray's Papaya is a lifetime favorite. I'm also a big fan of deli sandwiches and half sour pickles.
Favorite Vacation Spots:: Anywhere warm and Spanish speaking. Maine's cool too.
Favorite Sports or Teams:: 1986 Mets
Favorite Movies:: Clerks, Swingers, The Wrestler, Hoop Dreams, Clue, The Big Lebowski, Office Space
Favorite Board Games:: Scrabble
Favorite Video Games:: Super Tecmo Bowl on the original Nintendo. It is simply in a class of its own.
Favorite Music or Musicians:: I like 90's-era rap, some classic rock, and electronic stuff. My current favorite Pandora stations are Manu Chao, Gorillaz, and The Cars.
Book Currently Reading:: Moneyball

Last updated: 1/5/2012

The Fool:: What's your greatest athletic achievement? Little League champ? Ran a marathon? Did 4 consecutive sit-ups?
TMFHobo:: I scored 9 points in a row in the fourth quarter in the high school student-faculty basketball games sparking a comeback victory by the students.

The Fool:: How'd you find out about the Fool? (Make your answer as colorful and truthful as possible.)
TMFHobo:: I'd always seen the name on various websites and found it intriguing. It sounds like it's meant to be a funny website like the Onion or something, but as I became more interested in investing I began to visit more often.

The Fool:: What's the most overrated idea, person, or event in our culture?
TMFHobo:: I think formal education tends to be pretty overrated. We seem to conflate education with intelligence and ability, but really there's a pretty large self-selection bias there. You can be smart without being educated and educated without being smart. The Gardner brothers, who founded the Fool, are notably English majors with no formal training in investing.

TMFHobo