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From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. It's the Motley Fool Money

radio show. I'm Chris Hill, and joining me in studio this week for Million Dollar Portfolio

Jason Moser and Simon Erickson, and for Motley Fool Deep Value, Mr. Ron Gross. Good to

see you as always, gentlemen. Hey, you're earnings, Belusa Rolls-Hum. We've got the latest

results from Wall Street. Columnist Morgan Howell is our guest this week, and as always,

we'll give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar. But before we dig into these

companies, guys, let's just go around the table real quick. How do you approach any given

companies' earnings? What is it that you're looking for? Jason Moser, I'll start with you.

So two things I'm looking for. Number one is management doing what they say they're going

to do. Are they meeting the expectations that they set out for themselves? I'm not nearly

as concerned with the expectations that Wall Street tends to have because they are far

more short-term in nature, and I don't think they're nearly as connected to the business

as management is. Those are the two things I really focus on.

I have a quick question about that. How important is listening to the conference call to figure

that out? Can you get it from the press release? No, I don't. Well, you can get a vibe, I guess,

this is the best way to put it from the press release, but I do think the calls are a wonderful

source. Now, with that said, I think the question and answer portion of the calls, I find those

to be useless 95% of the time. Except when it gets a little chippy. That is a lot of

chippy. That is fun. Simon, what do you look for? Chris, I'm looking for the underappreciated

story. If you go five to six paragraphs into the results and find a hidden gym in there

that really tells how this business is performing. If you're found the conference calls may be

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