Thanks for checking out this week's In Focus, our look into a company, companies, or markets that made Wall Street's news cycle. This week we bring Disney in focus. On Thursday evening Disney (DIS) provided long awaited details about it's streaming service Disney Plus, and I'll say that it impressed me. I've discussed Netflix (NFLX) and the streaming wars twice before, and I've been critical of Disney both times, expressing my belief that Disney wouldn't have the goods to mak

Thanks for checking out this week's In Focus, our look into a company, companies, or markets that made Wall Street's news cycle. This week we bring Netflix and the rest of the streamers in focus. In my youth there was one main battle for your television, cable or no cable. If you could afford it you had cable and if you couldn't afford it you didn't. Fast forward to the cord-cutting phenomenon, which isn't a phenomenon to me, cable is f*cking expensive. But now viewers have a

You Want to See a Dead Company? Sears filed for bankruptcy protection this week, which came as a surprise to many people I spoke to. Only because they had assumed Sears filed for bankruptcy a long time ago. Sears has been a dead man walking or a dead company standing for some time. Sears, like Google Plus from a week ago is a victim of not having a distinct thing or in the case of Sears not adjusting their thing to the market. If you're starting a business or just into busine

Today Disney (DIS) closed its deal to buy Twenty-First Century Fox, completing the deal for $52 billion in stock. The deal is still pending regulatory approval, but if passed it will have a big impact on the entertainment industry. Here are a few points that we took away from the deal. Disney becomes the majority owner of Hulu. Hulu is a joint venture between Hulu LLC, Comcast, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, and The Walt Disney Company. With the close of the Disney and Fox de

After the release of Disney’s 2017 4th quarter results the stock has been on an upswing. This is a big deal for the markets and for Disney shareholders, because the stock had been in a rut for the past two years. Although Disney’s 2017 4th quarter results failed to meet or exceed analyst expectations, investors we’re optimistic about Disney’s future after getting more details about Disney’s streaming service. Is the hope of what a Disney streaming service could become enough