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Filing: Wizards of the Coast makes up roughly 70% of Hasbro's value
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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8598053" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>When investor complaints about mismanagement line up with employee complaints about mismanagement I listen. The employees are usually more concerned about the long term health of a publicly traded company than any other stakeholders, including usually upper management. And definitely more than folks whose major interest in the company is how much they're going to be able to sell the stock for in the next few quarters - or even days. (Private companies are a bit different in that respect - there's usually a legacy that the folks at the top are concerned about).</p><p></p><p>But when investors are complaining that a company is "mismanaged" because they could make more money thought stock manipulating shennanigans and the management won't do it, they need to be roundly ignored. Not just ignored - actively shouted down. That's how companies get destroyed. Because folks like that are not motivated to thnk about the long term health of the company - they're motivated to think about how to maximize their earnings. And if destroying the company would make them wealthy beyond the dreams of King Midas, well, they're going to do that.</p><p></p><p>Wizards right now is a company that basically produces two products - Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons - along with being the major cog in Hasbro's long-term electronic gaming strategy. They are very profitable licenses to own right now, but being part of a larger company can help to shield them when times eventually again dip for those two major products. Because they will - the entertainment industry is not an ever increasing line of popularity, it's full of ups and downs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8598053, member: 19857"] When investor complaints about mismanagement line up with employee complaints about mismanagement I listen. The employees are usually more concerned about the long term health of a publicly traded company than any other stakeholders, including usually upper management. And definitely more than folks whose major interest in the company is how much they're going to be able to sell the stock for in the next few quarters - or even days. (Private companies are a bit different in that respect - there's usually a legacy that the folks at the top are concerned about). But when investors are complaining that a company is "mismanaged" because they could make more money thought stock manipulating shennanigans and the management won't do it, they need to be roundly ignored. Not just ignored - actively shouted down. That's how companies get destroyed. Because folks like that are not motivated to thnk about the long term health of the company - they're motivated to think about how to maximize their earnings. And if destroying the company would make them wealthy beyond the dreams of King Midas, well, they're going to do that. Wizards right now is a company that basically produces two products - Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons - along with being the major cog in Hasbro's long-term electronic gaming strategy. They are very profitable licenses to own right now, but being part of a larger company can help to shield them when times eventually again dip for those two major products. Because they will - the entertainment industry is not an ever increasing line of popularity, it's full of ups and downs. [/QUOTE]
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