Rainforest Cafe: Rumble in the Jungle
A Fool will fall in the Rainforest this week -- will he make a sound? With sixteen restaurants worldwide, none older than The Motley Fool itself, Rainforest Cafe <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RAIN)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RAIN)") end if %> has fed both patrons and imaginations.
Fad or fortune? The weather reports vary and that is why we have lined up a pair of Foolish meteorologists to look into this climactic climatic Duel. Our bull, Rick Munarriz (TMF Edible), sees sunny days ahead, while our bear, Jim Surowiecki (TMF Cinder), sees more falling RAIN.
What to wear? Shades or galoshes? Create your own personal forecast after reading the respective arguments and rebuttals. Your safari is about to begin.
You Get to Vote!
After reading all of the arguments, cast your vote for the winner of the Duel. We'll tabulate results each week and revisit them from time to time to see whether you were right! As always, we invite you to join us in the Rainforest Cafe message board to continue the duel.
[Any suggestions, comments, praise, or flames, please send them along to the Dueling Fools Team.]
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Bull... Most investors have put Rainforest Cafe on the endangered species list. Sure. My fellow Fool Jim will no doubt note that themed restaurants are in a slump. Same- store sales at the likes of Planet Hollywood <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: PHL)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: PHL)") end if %> and even Rainforest Cafe were down for the fourth quarter. He may wave the fad banner proclaiming eatertainment dead. Granted, Hard Rock Cafe has been branded a passing craze for the last 26 years. Continue... |
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Bear... Designers in the toy business are told, "Never fall in love with a product." Investors, of course, need to take the very same advice when it comes to stocks. Hard as it is not to believe that a company that has rewarded you so handsomely up to this point will continue to shine in the future, successful investing depends on a hard-nosed separation of sentiment from analysis. Continue... |
Here Are Last Week's Amazon Results:
AMAZON.COM DUEL RESULTS |
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| Answer | Percentage |
| 1. I can't make up my mind | 2% |
| 2. TMF Bogey's Bear argument | 41% |
| 3. TMF Seymor's Bull argument | 49% |
| 4. They were both excellent | 6% |
| 5. They were both lame | 2% |