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🗓️ 26 April 2011

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Netflix reports better-than-expected earnings and strong subscriber growth. So why is one of our analysts seeing red? Coca-Cola reports weaker-than-expected earnings. Should Coke borrow a page from Pepsi and grab a snack? And Ford reports its strongest first-quarter earnings since 1998. Should investors take Ford out for a ride or is GM the better investment?

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday April 26th and this is Market Fullry. I'm Chris Hill and joining me in

0:06.8

studio today from Million Dollar Portfolio Ron Gross from Income

0:10.2

Investor James Early and from Hidden Gems, Charlie Travers.

0:13.3

Guys, good to see it.

0:14.5

Good to see you, Chris.

0:15.3

We've got earnings this morning from Ford and Coca-Cola,

0:18.3

but we will begin with last night's earnings from Netflix.

0:22.0

Charlie, Revenue Beat Expectations, Subscriptions

0:24.8

grew at a faster rate than expected, and Netflix is now the largest entertainment

0:30.1

subscription service in the United States, but they lowered guidance and the

0:35.4

stock is down more than 7% as we're taping this a very heavy volume. Why is the

0:41.0

bad news outweighing the good results?

0:44.0

Yeah, that's a very good question, Chris.

0:46.0

And I might have to crawl under the desk and hide

0:49.0

before I go any farther because Netflix is one of the most beloved companies in

0:53.5

Fooldom but I'm going to agree with the market selling off the stock here I am

0:57.2

not really that happy with what Netflix is doing you know it's kind of a you know

1:02.2

one down thumb one up thumb, one up thumb. And the down thumb here is that

1:05.8

this company is just wasting gobs and gobs of money at a time when their business is under

1:10.6

assault from all angles. For example, they spend a hundred

1:14.5

million dollars buying back shares this quarter, you know, and they've only got

1:18.7

300 million on the balance sheet, and you know as they're getting into

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