MarketFoolery: 02.01.2011
MarketFoolery
The Motley Fool
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2011
⏱️ 12 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Half the states in America are battling the latest storm and airlines are canceling hundreds of flights. So why is Compass Minerals poised to profit from the historic snowfall? If BP lost close to $4 billion in 2010, why did the company decide to start paying a dividend again? And shares of Tupperware Brands soared on the company’s latest earnings. Time to party with our Tupperware quiz.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, February 1st, and this is Market Foolery. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Chris Hill and joining me in studio today from Motley Fool Hidden Gems, Charlie Travers, |
| 0:10.0 | from Income Investor James Early, and from Hidden Gems Seth Jason. |
| 0:13.9 | Guys, good to see you. |
| 0:14.8 | Good to see you, Chris. |
| 0:15.4 | Two to one. |
| 0:16.3 | Hidden Gems is gonna beat on James. |
| 0:18.6 | You're right. |
| 0:19.6 | Don't we do that every day though. |
| 0:21.1 | All right, we've got earnings from BP and Tupperware but we're |
| 0:23.7 | going to start here in the United States where we may not have the historic |
| 0:27.2 | flooding that they have in Australia but we do have what appears to be a record |
| 0:31.2 | breaking winter on our hands. |
| 0:33.6 | Charlie Travers, 24 states are in the line of fire |
| 0:36.8 | for this latest storm. |
| 0:38.2 | A hundred million people are probably |
| 0:40.4 | going to feel the impact. |
| 0:42.0 | When you look at this storm, I'm guessing you |
| 0:44.9 | don't see snowfall and that sort of thing. You see dollar signs. |
| 0:49.1 | Right, Chris. I remember pretty clearly sitting here doing a show with you last week where you |
| 0:55.1 | denied the existence of a weather machine yes I think I got to say you're wrong so we |
| 0:59.9 | usually talk about companies that are going to have negative effects from the snow in the winter. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Motley Fool, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Motley Fool and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.