Tech: What's Got Video Game Stocks Down?

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🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

2018 hasn't exactly been a banner year for the stock market, but it's been particularly rough for video game publishers like Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard -- both stocks are down 25% year-to-date. On this episode we explain why these stocks have fallen so much and why 2019 could be kinder to them.

Stocks: EA, ATVI, TTWO

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0:00.0	Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market every day.
0:07.0	It's Friday, December 21st, we're talking about a class of beaten up tech stocks.
0:11.0	I'm your host still newest and I'm joined on Skype by senior
0:13.8	tech specialist Evan New. Evan how you feeling going into the holidays?
0:18.7	Man the market's been wild these past few months it's just non-stop volatility it's just getting crazy you got to really
0:25.2	buckle up yeah I think that's been the story of 2018 is a lot of big market moves
0:30.6	certainly a good time to be a long-term foolish investor.
0:34.8	But what I really meant, Evan, was, how are you feeling going into the holidays?
0:37.4	What do you have on your plate for holiday plans?
0:39.6	What kind of stuff are you going to be getting up to to be celebrating Christmas and stuff like that?
0:44.4	My parents are coming over holidays, so get to spend some time with the grandkids, but that's
0:48.8	about it, nothing too exciting.
0:50.8	Producer Austin Morgan, what about you?
0:52.2	What are you getting up to for the holidays?
0:53.4	There's so many holiday parties this weekend it's crazy so then hopefully come
0:58.8	Tuesday everything will settle down a little bit and it'll just be a relaxed.
1:03.1	So Tuesday, the true holiday is going to be your downbeat.
1:07.8	Hopefully that's my downbeat.
1:09.4	That's the plan.
1:10.3	You're living large man.
1:11.2	You're living larger than either of us I think
1:12.8	Gotta do what you gotta do. I'm gonna peak on Monday and Tuesday. That's when I will be having the most
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