It is no surprise that we at BloggingStocks are no less prone to grab a headline with sexual provocation to increase our hit rate. That we did when we posted a story on Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and their unhappiness with a young women's attire, our most popular story of the week. Having such success, like every other tabloid in the country, we could not resist a story (or two or three) about a young Disney (NYSE: DIS) starlet having some obscure personal photos, including a nude, pandered on the web.
News is news and there is no hiding from the headlines. However, I write this story almost in a self-referential manner with self conscious feelings, as well because I can't write it without being accused of the same malady, so I feel some confusion about the issue. For this reason I decided not to refer to any of the other stories and not to link to any photos, sorry to disappoint some of you -- search elsewhere.
I think both stories would better serve our readers and our website if there was a deeper analysis (or at least some) of Disney or Southwest, from an investment perspective, accompanying the stories.
For the record, and the investors among you, Disney closed down Friday at $33.59 but moved up 1% after hours. The stock should be on your watch list for a buying opportunity (not because of any photos) and is starting to look like a value play to me. I will write more about this in the coming week. Southwest on the other hand is in the Airline business and that I would stay away from under almost any circumstances. It closed down about 2% on Friday to $14.82 and continued the trend after hours. This I will not be writing about further. Disney is far better regardless of which scantily clad female grabbed more headlines.
To find more potential opportunities and verify my track record read Chasing Value or Serious Money.
Sheldon Liber is the CEO of a small private investment company and the principal for design and research at an architecture & planning firm. He is on the advisory board of internet start-up CircleBuilder.com.
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9-10-2007 @ 11:07AM
Judity said...
I was delighted years ago when Disney stock was among those left to me in my parents' will. I'm a child of the 1950's and grew up watching TV as Disneyland was created. Hearing about this scantily clad woman doesn't have any impact on this continued delight, and I bet Walt wouldn't be bothered by the news either.
Judity
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