TMFUltraLong’s Profile

General Info
Investing Basics
Favorites
Expertise
Education and Work
Interests

General Information

Name:: Sean Williams
Fool Since:: March 7 2009
Aliases:: UltraLong (11/23/2010)
Where I Live:: Tulalip, WA
Where I Grew Up:: Panorama City, CA
Gender:: Male

Investing Basics

Investing Experience:: High
Risk Tolerance:: Medium High
Investing Style:: Motley (i.e. Anything goes!)
Portfolio Size:: Large (12 or more Stocks)
Types of Investments:: Smaller capitalization, generally high growth, some mix of value
Stocks I Own:: AEO, AG, AMZN, BAC, CAMP, CNTTQ, CVS, ELVT, EXEL, FB, FLR, ICPT, ISRG, KSHB, LOVE, MA, MEDIF, NEBLQ, PINS, SQ, SSRM, T, TDOC, TEVA, WBA, WDC, WFC, XOM

Investing Favorites

Stocks:: I loosely follow 300-400 companies
Industries:: Really anything and everything
Boards:: Motley Fool
Books:: The Big Short
Blogs:: The Motley Fool
People:: David Einhorn, Warren Buffett, T. Boone Pickens

Investing Expertise

My Area of Expertise:: Metals, Health Care, Technology, Retail, Micro Caps & Small Caps
Greatest Investment:: Claude Resources
Worst Investment:: Cigna Calls
Money I Manage:: My own account.

Education And Work Information

School(s) Attended: UC San Diego, BA Economics
Job Title: Writer
Company / Organization: The Motley Fool
Former Jobs: Financial Advisor w/ First Investors of New York

Interests

Personal Quote:: If you french fry when you should have pizza'd, you're gonna have a bad time
My Interests:: Stocks, football, baseball, fast cars, texas hold 'em, collecting just about anything
Person(s) I'd Like To Meet:: Warren Buffett, Barney Frank (just so I can tell him how insane he is to his face)
Favorite Restaurants or Foods:: El Cotixan (San Diego), Santana's (San Diego), Patty's Egg Nest (Seattle), Tasters Wok ( Seattle), In N Out
Favorite Vacation Spots:: San Diego, New York, Las Vegas
Favorite Sports or Teams:: Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, notice a pattern?
Favorite Movies:: Shawshank Redemption, Traffic, Spaceballs
Favorite Board Games:: Trivial Pursuit, Apples to Apples
Favorite Video Games:: Grand Theft Auto series, Original Legend of Zelda
Favorite Music or Musicians:: Rock and alternative

An Interview with TMFUltraLong

Last updated: 11/24/2010

The Fool:: Does ethics or 'socially responsible investing' have a place in your investment approach? How so? How not?
TMFUltraLong:: Generally not...my friends know me as the Eric Cartman of the investing world. I see every year how well the Vice Fund performs and I just can't see why I'd change my investing style if some of the easiest "gimme's" are in the non-socially responsible sectors.

The Fool:: Have you had a brush with fame, the proverbial '15 minutes'? Tell us about it.
TMFUltraLong:: Funny you ask... I just started writing for the Motley Fool two months ago and now I'm part of their staff. I finally have my name in print, that counts for 15 minutes of fame right? We'll see where that leads won't we?

The Fool:: What was the most significant discovery of the last century?
TMFUltraLong:: The computer... how on Earth would we be able to connect with each other without this great piece of machinery. Notice I didn't say the internet because nothing would be possible without the advent on the computer.

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My Story

Blame everything on Robert Shaw, my 12th grade Government/Economics teacher who entered us into the Stock Market Game 2000 contest where my selection jumped 90% in 2 months. Thus was born my love for the stock market when I realized I could do that with real money! While in college I would trade in between classes with my trading style becoming more buy-and-hold as time passes by. Since I've joined the Fool in 2010 I've been lucky enough to do a few radio interviews and even get picked up by ABC Nightline. I consider myself perhaps the lone bear of the bunch around here and Mr. Contrarian among a sea of Fools.

How I Invest

Generally I'm looking for unique situations and/or companies that are trading way out of their normal deviations. Considering it fundamentally based, but using technical support levels to aid with entry and exits point. Hold time tends to be one to five years.

TMFUltraLong

Sean Williams