Decoding the Quarterly Earnings Report
Motley Fool Answers
The Motley Fool
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🗓️ 18 October 2016
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Earnings season is upon us again when many publicly-traded companies can bury us in an avalanche of accounting mumbo-jumbo and excuses. What’s an individual investor to do? What should you believe? And what really matters? Motley Fool Advisor, Seth Jayson, joins us to unpack a typical earnings report and shares his approach to earnings season.
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| 0:19.5 | This is Motley Full Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp, |
| 0:23.9 | personal finance expert here at the Motley Pool. I'm also joined, not as always, but today I am by Seth Jason. |
| 0:31.2 | Hello, Seth. Hi, Seth. I'm flexing. cameras are on, right? Don't miss it. |
| 0:36.4 | Seth is an analyst here at the Molly Fool |
| 0:38.5 | and advisor on Motley Fool's Hidden Gems newsletter. How long have you been in the Molly Fool? |
| 0:44.1 | Twelve years now? Twelve years. I have to ask somebody, I guess. Well, Seth Jason is here because |
| 0:48.8 | it's that magical time of year where decorative gourd and earning season coincides, which means you can enjoy some |
| 0:56.1 | delicious balance sheets along with that pumpkin spice latte. |
| 0:59.3 | Earnings for share, net income and nutmeg. |
| 1:02.0 | What really matters? |
| 1:03.7 | And what is the CEO really saying on that conference call? |
| 1:06.4 | All that and more on this week's episode of Motleyful Answers. |
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