mooncake623 wrote:Tronus_Rex wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Tronus_Rex wrote:If Hasbro continues to focus on the long term plan, & not feed the impatient stock-holders, the ones who ask for immediate gratification, they will, in the long term, continue to grow & prosper.
Short term doesn't matter, if your laying the work for the future boom, or for your seeds to sprout & grow in to a bountiful crop.
Other farmers have to spend even more time - changing the plant itself - so that it will grow a superior plant. Others focus on soil maintenance, rotation for fallowing/rest, and quality to improve yield.
If you can only see 3 months ahead, you may eat what'll feed you in 6 months, a year, or 5 years.
Others need to focus on 20 years or more.
No trolls, please, if you're even thinking I'm stating the "obvious" or "high school level", than stop before you say anything, as right now, 99% of people DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS! Including a few who've said they did, but really/obviously didn't. [Personal experience with fools who've cost my ventures money - themselves especially].
What does this have to do with Hasbro paying out quarterly dividends. Are you saying that Hasbro is not investing in the future because they are paying out dividends to shareholders? Cause Hasbro has been paying out dividends for Years. Look it up before you make a awful analogy that doesn't apply here....
I take it you don't deal with investors, stockholders, & the companies that have to appease them? I have and still do. THIS has everything to do with what is going with the Hasbro Q4 report. And problems in the markets shareholders, themselves. People want instant gratification. I've even seen coverage on this issue on TV for the financial reporting channel. There are "commentators", IE, entertainers who say that Hasbro "has to do better", stating that the increase is "disappointing". I saw one MORON say that after the next movie, Hasbro will suffer, and the usual statements of doom and fear.
This is VERY relevant. I repeat & summarize, companies are too fixated on short term profits to make investors/stockholders happy, & they're often forgetting about the long term.
I'm not going to tell you what I do because it doesn't matter....
...From your analogy it sounds like you are saying that Hasbro and every other company should save their money and invest in the long run and that by paying the shareholders they are not investing in their future.... This simply isn't the case here...
...Also FYI MCDs is one of the best dividend plays out there... but according to your analogy Mcds is really in trouble... because they are not investing in the future... please..
I'm not saying anything of the kind. All I am saying is that many people are looking at this, such as on pretend news channels, and saying Hasbro has somehow, screwed up. It's being repeated on a few fake news sites online. & I saw hints of it on this thread today.
You can do things that make money, in the short term, make profit, yet, leave given company in a bad enough situation that, long term, they're unable to compete. How this happens is the subject of many studies, and commentaries, and interviews with leaders in capitalism, who all point to this trend today.I'm
defending Hasbro, not criticizing it. Today, companies are required to make stockholders happy, without hurting the company in the long term. You have to keep the future in mind. Many companies, as of right now, have fallen in to a trap where they're too concerned about making quick profits to make the investors happy. & thus are hurting themselves.
As for "what I do", you comment was poorly thought out, please calm down. You misunderstood I was trying to point out that people criticizing Hasbro, & need to stop listening to the TV scare-entertainers, & arm-chair quarterbacking.
As for your point.
Do you ask a man in the stock exchange to go perform a major operation such as rebuilding a heart valve? Do you ask a skilled carpenter to teach a language he/she is unfamiliar with in another country? No, because they are not trained, nor well versed to handle such things.
Jeez, what if you asked a stuffy mathematician to make a colorful table-tp game...WAIT!
EDIT for Clarification. There are many who are saying that the dividend is too small and a sign of Hasbro somehow f'n up. I've seen an article today on a BS website that Hasbro should be bought for the movie then dumped when stocks reach a peak again. They say that after the movie influence, Hasbro will suffer, & that other IP's are now tired and, 'blah, 'blah, 'blah, it's just scare mongering for hit's or ratings.
