Horror Movie-nomics

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Why are there so many horror movies? Because they're so profitable to make. (0:21) Jim Gillies discusses: - Volatility (the good kind!) in the market today - Insider buying being a signal he watches closely - Why he's most interested in TFS Financial Corp. and Medpace Holdings this earnings season (12:50) As horror movie fans get ready for this weekend's release of "Halloween Ends", Ricky Mulvey talks with Catie Peiper about the economics of horror movies. Stocks discussed: TGT, TFSL, MEDP Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jim Gillies, Catie Peiper Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just in time for Halloween, we've got to look at the business of horror movies and just
0:10.0	how scary profitable they are.
0:12.5	Motley Fool Money starts now.
0:14.7	I'm Chris Hill joining me today from the Great White North.
0:23.7	It's Motley Fool's Senior and I'm Jim Kelly.
0:25.9	Thanks for being here.
0:26.9	Thanks for inviting me.
0:28.6	We don't actually have snow on the ground up in Canada though.
0:30.8	Of course not.
0:31.8	No.
0:32.8	68 degrees yesterday.
0:34.8	Okay.
0:35.8	You like how I translated the Fahrenheit for your American types?
0:38.3	I did.
0:39.3	I appreciate it.
0:40.3	I mean, never mind the listeners.
0:41.3	I appreciate it for me.
0:43.3	Don't make me do the math of Celsius.
0:45.6	Before we get to earning season, we should talk about the consumer price index numbers
0:51.9	that came out this morning.
0:54.2	This is, today is a nice reminder that volatility goes in both directions.
0:58.5	A lot of times when the word volatility is thrown down, it is meant to indicate that
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