> When the market is up and times are good people have more disposable
> income and see more movies in the theater, go out for dinner and
> entertainment, etc. When times are bad or recessionary people tend to
> stay at home, eat at home, etc. But people still want entertainment.
> So services like Netflix become more attractive and mainstream. Plus
> the very fact that it is delivered is important. There is gas and fuel
> savings.

> Now the other thing about this, is that I don't believe people are
> explicitly economical in their thinking. Meaning that they don't
> produce a chart and map the marginal cost of netflix vs a dinner and a
> movie. But subconsciously it is there in the habits and behaviors and
> so Netflix like businesses seem to express a certain degree of counter
> cyclical behavior.

> The interesting question is will people who joined netflix during
> recessionary times start canceling accounts when the economy and
> market improves? Perhaps, perhaps not.

> On Sep 23, 11:53 am, Huzi <huzefamamo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Why does Netflix have an inverse co-relation with the market? Do
> > people watch more movies when the market drops???