MoeBruin

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 10:31 AM

Re: MouseBucks - McCain takes aim at Cable Bundl

Capitalism and Business don't always go hand in hand.

Fuskie
Who says what is best for the consumer may not always what is best for the consumer...


Reminds me of these not so famous definitions:

Good for [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 7:50 PM

Re: MouseBucks - McCain takes aim at Cable Bundling

McCain's A La Carte Cable Will Make Content Creators Richer

I don't know if McCain's bill will be good for ESPN and Disney or not but I do feel strongly that in a Capitalistic society consumers should have the choice to buy [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Mechanical Investing board. 7:13 PM

Re: Fidelity - Value Line subscription discount

I know I signed up years ago for the Fidelity rate. I pay a fixed monthly rate auto charged to my credit card. It still works for me.

Moe

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MoeBruin replied to the Mechanical Investing board. 6:54 PM

Re: maybe done

I have been around since the beginning with this board and I still have most of my money in MI as it has done better for me then any other type of investing.

I was fortunate to start right before the bubble making 300% in my first 18 months. [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 5:28 PM

Re: Merida's (unnecessary) Make-Over

I imagine Pixar would explain that after the events in the movie, Merida has been more open to her mother's advice on how to be a lady and is growing up into a mature young proper Scottish woman,

Actually it looks like someone at [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:51 AM

Re: Merida's (unnecessary) Make-Over

I imagine Pixar would explain that after the events in the movie, Merida has been more open to her mother's advice on how to be a lady and is growing up into a mature young proper Scottish woman,

Well the creator of the character for [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Mechanical Investing board. 11:59 AM

Re: Dog Island Inv. Co. - what's happening?

Hey Robert,

Good to hear from you. BTW I still have your shirt and wear it occassionally.

I have continually used MI but have learned allot (I hope). My numbers in the last 5 to 10 years have been nothing earth shattering but they [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:19 AM

Re: Disney 2Q13 Earnings Report - Conference Call

Totally appreciate this big time Fuskie. Not only am I unable to catch the telecoms but I have poor hearing so even if I listen I miss allot of what is said.

Thanks for making it possible for me not to miss a thing.

Moe

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:18 AM

Re: Article on Disney and Iron Man

Good informative article. Glad to see Marvel has crunched the numbers to see if an actor is worth his fee. Actually surprised at how much of an impact Downey has made on his movies, I would have thought those type of movies would be easy to recast [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 1:50 PM

Re: Star compensation

Then again, I suppose, going back to your point, Disney crunches the numbers and will go the different-actor route when it makes sense. In fairness, we don't have as much information as they do.

I will consider your points. At the end of [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 7:48 PM

Re: Iron Man 3 Review

I should have known when the 3D previews did not work correctly that the movie was going to be a bust. Yes, I saw about an hour of Iron Man 3 before the image froze on the screen of Tony Stark fighting a woman...

Well now I don't [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 7:45 PM

Re: Star compensation

it's paying an actor and a manager and an agent and a publicist and trust funds for the actor's family and the mortgage for the fourth mansion, etc., which is the problem for shareholders. I too don't begrudge Johnny Depp making millions off [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 6:23 PM

Re: Chinese version of Iron Man 3

what is released in China is the version they had to make in order to get the permissions and to hopefully reduce piracy since the Chinese won't see the World version and therefore can't tape it and replicate it...

From what I have [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:56 AM

Re: Star compensation

I agree with your conclusion but in this case it is almost a different issue in its entirity.

Partly because of executive compensation and also for other reasons most executives will do what it takes to make the short term number regardless [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:31 AM

Re: Media CEO compensation

One more reference point, Scripps Networks paid their CEO Ken Lowe $14.2 million last year, a 47% increase over the prior year.

Yes and I am sure he did allot to disserve his 47% raise just like he did probably the 30-40% he has [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:27 AM

Re: Media CEO compensation

But, there is no way to force a company to invest in intangibles. Is snow at the top of the Matterhorn ride track really necessary? I say yes. The CFO might see it as too expensive for the ridership.

At Disney at the end of the Eisner [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:23 AM

Re: Media CEO compensation

What bothers me is the guaranteed money in sports. I know something like this would never happen, but what if some Asian country, like North Korea, decided to drop a nuclear bomb on its nearest neighbor (and I am not thinking about China. That [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 11:14 AM

Re: RIP Annette

Sure it's sad she passed, but she has lived 25 years with a debilitating disease over which she has had little control. The way I see it, she is at peace now, and I hope so is her family. And to me, that is good [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 1:17 PM

Re: Article on ABC/synergy

On the other hand, Once Upon A Time is drawing from virtually every Disney character ever drawn, making it difficult to bring them to the small screen in separate content vehicles.

Actually Disney is counting on the above statement [more]

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MoeBruin replied to the Disney board. 12:32 PM

Re: Media CEO compensation

I doubt raising Iger's pay to $60M would make the company run one whit better.

I bet if his pay got cut to $20 mil he would do just as good a job. Probably wouldn't be able to get a better one and if he did we would be able to find [more]