Netflix $9.5 Billion Bet

The stock is up more than 3 percent after hours and a positive earnings release but Netflix is in trouble.
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The stock is up more than 3 percent after hours and a positive earnings release but Netflix is in trouble.

No it’s not because it is airing Sony’s North Korea film The Interview about a month late this Saturday. It’s also not because it beat earnings by almost 100 percent ($1.35 vs. $0.72 expected). The company also added 4.3 million subscribers to a total of 57.4 worldwide.

 It’s because of the quality of the earnings, the future commitments for developing content, and an outrageous cash burn.

Valentin Schmid
Valentin Schmid
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Valentin Schmid is a former business editor for the Epoch Times. His areas of expertise include global macroeconomic trends and financial markets, China, and Bitcoin. Before joining the paper in 2012, he worked as a portfolio manager for BNP Paribas in Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.
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