By Eugene Christiansen, Founder, Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC, New York City (Mr. Christiansen’s “Secretariat: Critics vs. Moviegoers” was published by Horse Racing Business on October 13, 2010 and can be accessed in the Archives.) The New York Times weekly movie box office report employs data from Baseline, a widely used industry source that includes Canada and typically provides [...]

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If you have ever worked in the world of publicly traded corporations, you will recognize the jockeying that just culminated at Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) with the abolishment of the company’s entertainment division (CDE) and the upcoming departure of the division’s president, Steven P. Sexton. This is a typical corporate scenario that plays out in [...]

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By Eugene Christiansen, Founder, Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC, New York City Here are some numbers from Fandango: Secretariat: average critics’ score = 61 (out of 100); average fan rating = Go (second-highest rating). The Social Network: average critics’ score = 95; average fan rating = Go. These numbers say Secretariat is much more popular with [...]

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