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🗓️ 7 May 2014
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Disney reports big earnings. Whole Foods tumbles. And Activision Blizzard raises expectations. Our analysts discuss those stories and share three stocks on their radar. Plus, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner talks with Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.
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0:00.0 | Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money. |
0:07.0 | From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. |
0:16.0 | It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. I'm Chris Cilling joining me in studio this week |
0:22.6 | from Motley Fool One, Jason Moser from Motley Fool Supernova, Matt Argus Singer and from Fool.com, |
0:27.4 | Matt Copenhefer. Thanks for being here, guys. Good to see you. |
0:30.4 | Hey, happy to be here. |
0:31.4 | Last week was the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. This week is the Motley Fool's Annual Meeting. |
0:35.4 | So we're taping in a little early this week, but we've got earnings news, a job opening, a target. |
0:40.4 | We will dip into the full mail bag, and as always, we'll give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar. |
0:45.4 | But we begin this week with the mouse that roared. The Walt Disney Company reporting strong second quarter results. |
0:51.4 | Thanks in no small part to the movie Frozen, the number one animated film of all time. |
0:56.4 | Matt, he shares close to an all time high. What stood out to you in the quarter? |
1:00.4 | Beside the Frozen. |
1:01.4 | Oh, besides the Frozen. I mean, they're operating in the studio segment quadrupled from a year ago. |
1:06.4 | And I haven't even seen the movie Frozen, but I feel like I've watched it 12 times. |
1:10.4 | Because every friend I've visited has kids. It's constantly on. The kids are dancing and singing to it. |
1:14.4 | So, yeah, like you said, that's a huge, you franchise. I mean, not only does that do a lot for them, of course, in the theaters. |
1:20.4 | But I mean, or in the films and the DVDs, but it just beyond that in terms of the characters and the brand, sequels, all that kind of stuff. |
1:26.4 | But really strong quarter for Disney across the board mentioned the studio, but operating profits, you know, of 15% in the TV segment. |
1:33.4 | I can't even name a show on ABC these days, but they're obviously doing well there. |
1:37.4 | Well, Jason was talking about dancing with the stars during the break. |
1:40.4 | Yeah, so dancing with the stars. |
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