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out there. All my family is out and Antarctica there in -- hockey players all these Bruins players that you love -- -- where you think they're from either from you figure from Massachusetts. What -- -- the American players on the crossed amber is here now so why. Why did you leave. My dad a transfer okay Kampman you'd still be their -- guys that are not facts you'd go back tomorrow -- if you. The problem is I'm not a good enough occupier he it to be. Saskatchewan. Produces more hockey players per capita than any other place in the world to -- a -- paid attention the past couple weeks. But supposedly the number one hockey player in the world it turns out. He's not that Iraqi player you know he is that it is just that the other Canadian playing against -- is a better player. -- birdie is a better player than Sidney Crosby . When he doing and you look at the game of hockey -- get ready looks at the offensive side of hockey chemicals that yet now it's a two -- game you gotta be of the play defense Sidney Crosby can't play defense he sucks and the defense he's he's he's a wimp. And he doesn't play. That's an uncle Chris Chelios . Give me a belt made him but he running each. Is. Like rich rich this is embarrassing to to stop that knowing that Jack and Roenick now. Wage on the island -- got your -- -- these. Players I sound yet I've actually her -- The hall of famers I mean it the best like Bobby or he's from Canada and -- now he's from Saskatchewan. Wayne Gretzky he's from -- In isolating it like that's your national sport that you didn't see any baseball players made it in the -
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right now are taking a look at the waterfront -- the new real estate option. Then moving to a different officers bank put you know they want to establish -- -- exciting new abandoned building and so. The seaports and interest and opportunity that drawing a lot of companies trying to. Why I think I like the financial district to that what's the big attraction of the seaport area you name it may be a mess it's. Poll. It's cheap and it's that's the main thing is that you know right up there looking around at look at okay -- and I moved to and another office building downtown and I stay put. You know that the currently rate or should I mean he moved to the seaport there's a -
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been and then. We'd like to buy the whole company and then negotiated transaction . Do you own any shares in the company now. We do we heard the second largest outside shareholder. The family owns roughly 90%. Of this company. DE Shaw. Very very large hedge fund in New York City is the largest outside shareholder and we are number two. Why panel why they're why they hesitating to solitude they must feel that the shares are worth Maurizio I think I can conclude. Well. I don't wanna speak for them but I suspect you're right on the money. They had no idea that and they know there's a lot of value there. And I guess they're confident that someday they will get that we would like to help shareholders get that values sooner rather than later. Because. We thought the assets -- well. You made the statement that you feel the -
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we asked a question of the day which had to do with Social Security And collect your Social Security for retirement age or are you going to collect literally. 73%. Of Americans collect their Social Security early in the vast majority of cases I think that's a mistake but people do it for any reasons. When I came up with June and I think is a good idea for us to talk about is you know we're sitting here and and and acting all high and mighty. As it relates to this discussion about Social Security in the back the matter is we have access to tremendous resources on this topic whether the courts are now ski. Who worked for the departments of security for 37 years or whether it's Chris Farrell was a reporter for Bloomberg we have access to a lot of data. What I would like to do is make this information on Social Security Tips to maximizing -- worst Social Security benefits I'd like to make it available to our listening. I think it's they I think it's important. You know people refer to it I think some 97 -- as areas of securities of Ponzi scheme this. I disagree with you respectfully -- disagree with you but you know -- more importantly. Please educate yourself on Social Security Call this phone number it's 508591. 5444. Asked for the guide about Social Security tell the I would pay -- wanna learn more about Social Security Barry seems to know a lot you know why I read a -- I studied this stuff every day it's what I do for a living. 5085915444. Is the number you should call. Call them. Tell -- you're listening to the financial exchange and you want to learn more about how he can maximize your benefits. Out of Social Security I think you'll be glad you made the call I know I was glad when I read the report on Social Security Maybe a more informed consumer. 5085915444. Up next Sean Kravitz he's the president of a hedge fund. That has been trying for
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It's time for stock -- and we are joined by -- George from the Motley Fool good morning welcome to show -- tired on. -- yourself good they you know I was down in New York over the weekend and my daughter always uses yell. Before work she'll buy anything or go to a restaurant. I guess I am not really familiar with what they do -- could explain to us a little bit then are are not under 25 years old what yell isn't and what they do. That's been my pleasure let me start by saying that your daughter pretty represented about her age -- there's a lot of young people in New York using Yelp before they go to the bathroom let alone a restaurant. So it's a very popular business to be -- it at the leading on line. Local business directory. What that means essentially. Today a website that city by city. You know built out the traditional business directory like the yellow pages. But they have on top of that lead Tuesday really reach base user generated reviews so. If you wanna go to do sushi place you type in the name of it on Yelp you're probably gonna get out fifty reviews are from people who really care about food. -- and were generally writing. You know pretty spot on content. What can -- do they have as any any of any competition from other you know other companies that do the same thing. There's there's absolutely competition. I get Princeton. You know has been in the business for very long time. -- Is trying to break its way into. Sort of the the LB the local business directory game and actually purchased -- and attempted to purchase Yelp. In 2010. Out there vote is very clear to me and that is just the content they've got about. 35 million user generated reviews okay that they post yup and that. Florida way bigger than it. Now -- and when it's trading yet almost nineteen dollars a share 1898. Shares to billion dollar company do you buy this. At nineteen bucks a share because you think Apple's gonna -- amber in your Jersey you are you buying it because you like the franchise. I would buy it because I like the franchise you know one thing we look forward. You know it is amongst. -- -- Be hotter tech stocks is the strength of the brand Yelp has achieved that kind of brand as a verb -- especially among show people that they're Yelp and something. So. I think that speaks pretty highly. How much consumers trusted I also like. You know in the long term. I think local business owners are going to be convinced of how directly. Yelp informs on the street consumer spending decisions yet. And you know I think Yelp knows how directly than one that that's why they didn't -- to Google in 2000. How did they make money they do they sell advertising and is that advertising taint their recommendations. -- -- disease kind of look at any sale of that all of a sudden McDonald's has buying ads on there obviously -- it's not gonna say anything bad about McDonald's. Right well so did they -- advertising to someone like McDonald's that is consult traditional display advertising on the side there's site that only makes up about. 10%. Revenues that 80% of revenues that majority is coming. From advertising deals with the local businesses and so you know they've got. A hundred million businesses may be that are just listed on their side. Right then about a million of those businesses. The owners have come in and and claimed their accounts they signed in and that L regulars on reviews. That about 40000 of that million at decide to pay -- 300 a month. To to not only enhance their age. But that advertised. -- You know you don't want on Google news search something. They'll be just three result at the top that are in yellow those are advertising results and then there's the rest which organic. I Yelp is doing the exact same thing up so you know. A dry cleaner pays 300 a month Yeltsin promised them. They won't show up at the top result but clearly delineated as an advertising result maybe. You know hundred times that month. -- -- There has pretty weak via our written an analyst report on they think in a year to be 26 what do you guys think going to be. You know. I wouldn't want and nail it down I would -- thirty dollars a year wouldn't be unheard of. Well okay. Another stock and I've got to tell you I interview stock analysts every day. I don't think anybody has picked Bank of America all year. You like Bank of America it's up now. No I know I have to stop and Leah I'm not here I'm not going to bank America actually going to. Bank of the Internet. Oh what's the symbol for an upstart. I'd be OF five start -- a student and static. -- the the. My a BO. FY OK let's take a look at it together. 26 dollars a share why do you like this one. -- while I see why. Yeah exactly that Beckett Internet did the holding serve at the holding company for bank -- -- USA which tong and she calls itself America's oldest. And most trusted Internet bank. I think it is just stay out. You know so what do they do strictly online -- bank. No branches which means obviously low cost is passed a lot of that value down. Not the consumers are attractive rate on loans and savings it's just us two really lately comment sort of forward looking. Business model but that coupled with just really conservatively run but traditionally strong. Bank. Would they haven't deposits to you know. Yet the deposit bases about little under two billion right now that's tripled since 2008. I was up 570000005. Years ago. What makes him different is -- get you know fidelity can give your bank account Schwab can give you like everybody. If everybody's got to bank account now what makes these guys any better than fidelity Schwab Bank of America. I think what it really comes down through. You know. And that added that is a very good question -- it that it just even compared to guys like. Fidelity or Schwab they're efficiency ratio so you know. Non interest expenses. The percentage of net income due to significantly lower yup they're operating about 40% efficiency ratio. -- -- they're not making. Stupid loans to help. But they are making loans stade de -- lenders they're not just like I NG where he put your money -- -- the deposit base but they are actually soliciting things like car loans and home loans things like that. Absolutely again and they're making good money on that spread income has -- about 57%. Annually over the last five years and again the majority of those are those long third sort of old fashioned. Home and auto loans that -- not. Not doing a lot of sort of risky commercial type stuff. It's a five by today for 26 dollars a share we think this one's worth than a year to. Well it's already up 60% this year it got got a leg right now. Again. You know. You never know open I would I would be surprised this was at forty dollars in the year I think it could be. I'd like to slack and let it. In Macon is they're making a lot of money to -- in two dollars and 43 cents a share the Mets that's -- Louis and and and not paying out yields. They did there's no dividends so if you're getting into it nontraditional financial. You know on that -- -- but I think I think this stock it is going to be equivalent to -- All right thank you very much -- appreciate it. You there to stock picks there do you go one or just talking about it's deal bank of Internet. The symbol Ford is. BOF. -- it's 26 dollars in the united cents a share right now but here's the thing and I -- -- as soon as I looked at the screen. They're earning two dollars and 43 cents a share that's in the second pick that he in this the first pick. Is yell. In Yelp from what I can -- basically eight consumer reviews I just went on and I love yup I've never been on there. You get a phone app for your -- I can't EL I I absolutely in love with miss him at like it now I have this before when my daughter used it on Saturday we are New York. Do some shopping. And she used it to pick a -- -- -- dinner on Saturday night and it -- yeah it was a really good dressed. They use the the service was good but the food is fantastic a lot of sites like that nowadays that you could just be on your Google Maps which by the way just came back to the iPhone he just threw it. And by this one's better days I've seen those sites this one. It's if it's a little bit more intricate obviously because this place right in my neighborhood that I knew you'd think it was that great and they give -- full glass of wine right to the brand. Huge. 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