> My theory is that Netflix is kind of in a counter cyclical business.

> 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???

> Not a hater or pumper, just an individual investor. My money is blind
> to all that BS. I don't invest on emotion or wishful thinking. I don't
> listen to anyone, I listen to everybody.
> Netflix's dvd by mail will go down in history as a "one hit wonder"
> I'm out, too many others that are going somewhere. Lots of
> competition.
> 10 million subscribers big friking deal. Nobody has heard of netflix
> still, out of the 8 billion people
> worldwide. (Blockbuster is in 20 + countries) SIRI XM - paid radio
> nobody has heard of & they have 20 million subs! Paid radio!
> It's a drop in the bucket.
> Reality, DD & common sense told me to get out.
> Blockbuster is known by everyone & will always be known as the company
> that helped Hollywood what it is today.
> Everyone knows BLOCKBUSTER, & 7-Eleven too.
> It's just a matter of what goes up must come down.
> Oh also, Redbox (coinstar) is a converted soda machine that pissed of
> the industry too.
> Long live Amazon, Microsoft,Intel, Blockbuster, Siri, Mesa...
> One more thing, did Blockbuster & VCI hook up & make a deal out in
> arizona recently?...
> I'm a machine opperator at VCI.
> Do your homework folks.
> Losing money sucks I imagine, waking up in the morning, turning on
> your computer
> to find out your investment went south.
> But then again, if it were not for stupid/ignorant people, the world
> wouldn't work.
> It is what it is.

> On Oct 15, 1:53 pm, cfguy2000 <brenden.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Where are all the BBI fanboys at?  You have been awfully quiet for a
> > while.

> Continuing the previous technical analysis:

> Why Sell:
> a) The stock price is dropping today, after a two day rally. Maybe
> it's a sign to sell.

> Why Buy:
> 1) The stock price is indeed dropping a bit, but in a small volume. I
> expect it at the end of the day to be ~85% of the avg. volume, but in
> any case significantly smaller than the short rally we witnessed this
> week. Technically, this is a bullish sign (the stock is "getting
> ready" to build a support level in this price).
> 2) The fundamental news are still very good to NFLX's future.

> What to do?
> Good luck with whatever you decide.
> I still choose the "Buy" alternative: I believe in NFLX's competitive
> advantage (fundamental), and the technical opportunity in these new
> heights (technical).

> On Oct 26, 1:29 pm, Someone Special <thestocksanal...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > Even after a quick ~12% return on my original investment (see below),
> > I'm glad to say that I'm not selling any of my stocks here.
> > I still recommend on buying this share today, for a long term, and I'd
> > love to get your feedback on the reasoning I share below.

> > Why buy:
> > 1) The recent big leap in the stock price was done with big volume:
> > about 7.25M, which is 5.5 times larger than the average volume.
> > 2) The stock has exceeded its all times high, which is a very
> > important technical indicator. Combined with the previous technical
> > indicator (big volume when doing so), this may have very positive
> > technical implications on the stock.
> > 3) Possibly more consequences from the conference this weekend (see
> > below), where NFLX enjoyed huge respect from the research community.
> > This also means that the core business of NFLX has a sound basis and
> > the risk is low for increasing competition.
> > 4) Fundamental news (new product/market), as suggested inhttp://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=A....
> > Some would say that these news are already reflected in the recent
> > leap the stock enjoyed, but then again we got an update/reassurance
> > in:http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1700ap_us_tec_netflix_playstation.html
> > that justifies the recent big leap.

> > Why sell:
> > a) Maybe some day traders will try to shake the stock? Big leaps tend
> > to do so.
> > b) When the market/analysts get too excited about big deals (with
> > Sony), even the slightest shadow on the deal can be used by short
> > traders to frighten the excited audience. In other words, there's
> > again a risk that we face some shaking of the stock this week (again,
> > this mostly affects directly the day traders).

> > Will appreciate any feedback on this, thanks.

> > On Oct 22, 3:00 pm, Someone Special <thestocksanal...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:

> > > Netflix recommendation solution has received a lot of attention
> > > recently, and this weekend -- especially today -- it is expected to
> > > get extra attention due to ACM's Recommender Systems 2009 conference.
> > > Quoting from ACM's homepage athttp://recsys.acm.org/:
> > > ""RecSys'09 News
> > > New panel: “What did we learn from the Netflix Prize? Perspectives
> > > from some of the leading contestants” on Thursday, organized by Jon
> > > Sanders from Netflix.""

> > > This has implications on the company's technology position. Netflix is
> > > more and more considered as the technological leader in its field.

> > > Disclosure: I bought their shares yesterday at $48.9 a share.

> Even after a quick ~12% return on my original investment (see below),
> I'm glad to say that I'm not selling any of my stocks here.
> I still recommend on buying this share today, for a long term, and I'd
> love to get your feedback on the reasoning I share below.

> Why buy:
> 1) The recent big leap in the stock price was done with big volume:
> about 7.25M, which is 5.5 times larger than the average volume.
> 2) The stock has exceeded its all times high, which is a very
> important technical indicator. Combined with the previous technical
> indicator (big volume when doing so), this may have very positive
> technical implications on the stock.
> 3) Possibly more consequences from the conference this weekend (see
> below), where NFLX enjoyed huge respect from the research community.
> This also means that the core business of NFLX has a sound basis and
> the risk is low for increasing competition.
> 4) Fundamental news (new product/market), as suggested inhttp://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=A....
> Some would say that these news are already reflected in the recent
> leap the stock enjoyed, but then again we got an update/reassurance
> in:http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1700ap_us_tec_netflix_playstation.html
> that justifies the recent big leap.

> Why sell:
> a) Maybe some day traders will try to shake the stock? Big leaps tend
> to do so.
> b) When the market/analysts get too excited about big deals (with
> Sony), even the slightest shadow on the deal can be used by short
> traders to frighten the excited audience. In other words, there's
> again a risk that we face some shaking of the stock this week (again,
> this mostly affects directly the day traders).

> Will appreciate any feedback on this, thanks.

> On Oct 22, 3:00 pm, Someone Special <thestocksanal...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > Netflix recommendation solution has received a lot of attention
> > recently, and this weekend -- especially today -- it is expected to
> > get extra attention due to ACM's Recommender Systems 2009 conference.
> > Quoting from ACM's homepage athttp://recsys.acm.org/:
> > ""RecSys'09 News
> > New panel: “What did we learn from the Netflix Prize? Perspectives
> > from some of the leading contestants” on Thursday, organized by Jon
> > Sanders from Netflix.""

> > This has implications on the company's technology position. Netflix is
> > more and more considered as the technological leader in its field.

> > Disclosure: I bought their shares yesterday at $48.9 a share.

> Netflix recommendation solution has received a lot of attention
> recently, and this weekend -- especially today -- it is expected to
> get extra attention due to ACM's Recommender Systems 2009 conference.
> Quoting from ACM's homepage athttp://recsys.acm.org/:
> ""RecSys'09 News
> New panel: “What did we learn from the Netflix Prize? Perspectives
> from some of the leading contestants” on Thursday, organized by Jon
> Sanders from Netflix.""

> This has implications on the company's technology position. Netflix is
> more and more considered as the technological leader in its field.

> Disclosure: I bought their shares yesterday at $48.9 a share.

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> Where are all the BBI fanboys at?  You have been awfully quiet for a
> while.

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

> I just received the latest 'Motley Fool Stock Advisor' newsletter, and
> it looks very similar to the one from 2007, where the company that was
> most "like Dell" was actually Netflix.. this time too they refer to
> Netflix as one of their picks, not by name of course!