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FedEx, Brexit, and Levi’s IPO

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4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

FedEx shares fall as it deals with Brexit, the threat of Amazon, and a whole lot more. MFAM Funds portfolio manager Bill Barker analyzes the near-term future for FedEx, as well as the latest results from General Mills. Plus, we discuss Levi’s impending IPO. (Tangents include competitive dock-jumping, breakfast cereals, and Bad Idea Jeans.)

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, March 20th.

0:03.2

Welcome to Market Foolry.

0:04.4

I'm Chris Hill joining me in studio today from M-P-Ponds, Bill Barker.

0:08.5

Thanks for being here.

0:09.9

Thanks for having me.

0:11.1

We've got some surprising news from General Mills.

0:14.1

We've got a hot IPO coming up.

0:17.4

We're gonna start with FedEx stuff.

0:18.6

We gotta start with the bellwether

0:19.7

because FedEx reported after the market closed yesterday, third quarter profit and revenue came in lower

0:24.7

than expected, they lowered guidance for the full year and by the way that is the second time they've done that

0:31.3

for 2019 and not surprisingly shares of Phoenix down 4 or 5% this morning.

0:37.0

Yeah, following on many other declines over the last half year or so down about 30% from its highs.

0:47.0

As the story goes, the global market is showing signs of slowing and FedEx very much is in the

0:56.5

crosshairs of that and additionally the stock has been hurt by sort of increased rumors that and actions that

1:07.8

Amazon is getting into the to list the logistics and delivery space.

1:12.9

So there's not a lot of positive sentiment to start with,

1:16.7

and the numbers today and the numbers predicted for tomorrow,

1:21.9

there's nothing going the right way at the moment.

1:25.2

So nothing big is going their way at the moment but Fred Smith, the CEO, talked about how some of

1:32.2

the investments that they've been making are starting

1:34.3

to pay off a little bit, particularly in Europe.

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