Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, meet Japan

By Dutch Trader: When I was doing research for my article China Loves Chocolate And You Can Profit, I came across a company that I didn't mention in the article because it didn't have operations in China yet.

By Carol Kong:If you're looking to diversify your portfolio with a micro cap growth stock trading at a good value, then investing in Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF) is a sweet idea.

ByBuffett Junior: Business Overview

WHILE housing bubbles battered Nevada and Arizona, most of the territory sitting astride the Rocky Mountains had a better recession than the country as a whole. In October of 2009, when the national unemployment rate peaked at 10.1%, Colorado’s jobless rate was just 8.5%. That was high for the region; New Mexico’s unemployment rate sat at 7.8% at the time; Montana’s was just 6.8%.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jaenette Coyne estimates she had five minutes to leave home after calling 911 to report forest fire smoke behind her home. There was no time to grab wedding albums, fingerprint artwork by her 20-month-old daughter, quilts her grandmother made, her family’s three cats. “We left with nothing,” she said. She and her husband later watched on television this week as flames engulfed their house.

ValueHuntr submits:Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), one of the stocks still part of the ValueHuntr Portfolio and also one of our favorite investments, recently held an earnings call where management updated shareholders on the company’s future plans and strategy. Some of the updates, along with an updated valuation, are posted below.

The escalating dispute between China and Japan over an archipelago of rocky islets known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan has curbed Japanese exports into China, forcing Tokyo to fast-track moves to distance itself economically from its larger neighbor.