rael ramone
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Or perhaps his fear of losing his viewers money has finally eclipsed his fear of Zenia's wrath
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A Spirited Perfect Ten
- Thread starter WDW1974
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Or perhaps his fear of losing his viewers money has finally eclipsed his fear of Zenia's wrath
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
I'd say it failed spectacularly, Any further doubts about Iger only caring about the stock price hm?, Perhaps Berkshire-Hathaway should buy DIS and operate it properly as the underlying businesses (except for media are strong and can grow with the RIGHT managers at the helm).
rael ramone
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I don't remember if there was any pyro at World of Color at DCA. Doesn't need it.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Or perhaps his fear of losing his viewers money has finally eclipsed his fear of Zenia's wrath
I think that figured prominently as well...
I've never actually heard that it is anything todo with AZA, but I wouldn't be surprised. I think the closest they got to pyro was for the Millennium with a show in the parking lot of the park.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Taco Bell is not food, I'm not sure WHAT it is but it's NOT Mexican and it's not FOOD.
Frankie The Beer
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I wouldn't worry about Disney's stock price, I would be more concerned about China's economy. That's where the problem is. When bonds and gold rise, you got issues.
rael ramone
Well-Known Member
I suppose the The Weatherman and other insiders could
buy shares at full market value with their own funds...But the potentially scary part of this for us fans of the parks is if the price gets low enough we may get Activist Investors in the shares. People talk Eisner/Wells vs Eisner post Wells. We could actually be missing the Iger era before Carl Icahn backs up his Brinks Truck and loads up on shares.
PhotoDave219
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Well when it comes to pyro at Disney, you're better connected than anyone.
PhotoDave219
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I suppose the The Weatherman and other insiders could
But the potentially scary part of this for us fans of the parks is if the price gets low enough we may get Activist Investors in the shares. People talk Eisner/Wells vs Eisner post Wells. We could actually be missing the Iger era before Carl Icahn backs up his Brinks Truck and loads up on shares.
Remember, any corporate officer's stock transitions have to be publicly disclosed and reported to the SEC.
rael ramone
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Seeing how their Parks & Resorts depends a lot on families spending five figures on vacations, and the Films depends a lot on their treating their franchises like they treated Who Wants To Be A Millionaire years ago not tiring out the moviegoing public, Media could take a dive, and STILL be their #1 business....
As far as sports: My guess is the NFL will see this as leverage to squeeze even more out of cable...(and if ESPN isn't willing to do MNF as a 'loss leader' to just bypass them and put the games on NFL Network). Baseball, on the other hand - could be totally nuclear (though the big spending teams get all their $$$ from huge local cable deals).
ctrlaltdel
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If Dinsey is smart they make ESPN available online for a fee. Tons of people would pay for it if the price is right. They obviously have to find a good price point, but that would make serious cash. Doing that and ditching Netflix and starting their own streaming service would make up for a ton of the lost revenue from cable.
Disneyhead'71
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Isn't it amazing how a half a bottle of Patron can make tomorrow feel hotter?
TalkingHead
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If that's true, then it really doesn't instill confidence for the plans they announced. It could turn out to be a case of all bark, no bite.
PhotoDave219
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More to the point... stock financial analysits simply dont pay any attention to the theme parks. Too long of a return or loss for them to care.....
rael ramone
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Looked up the Form 4's from 2015 from sec.gov (couldn't through the $DIS site - they just had links to the 10K, 10Q, 8K, etc.) for sake of time just looked at the Weathermans.
Sold 200k shares at $108 and change (not as good a price as @ford91exploder got), and the same transaction gave away 90k shares. The other 2 I found were acquisitions - of stock options
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rael ramone
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PhotoDave219
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Which is exactly why its taking a hit. Wall Street is addicted to the mentality that "It Will Always BE This Way"
Mouse Trap
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Let's also not forget the whole stock market is getting smacked right now. Disney is far from the worst performer in the S&P. I remember hearing 1/3 of stocks in the 500 are down 15% or more. At least DIS isn't getting pummeled during a nice rally.
rael ramone
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While there are multiple problems - the 'ever so safe' $DIS being hit after earnings (and again, and again) is part of it.