Motley Fool Analysts Talk Holidays For Wal-Mart, Hasbro, Duracell, and More

Host of

Money Chris Hill sat down with analysts Jason Moser, Jeff Fischer and Matt Argersinger to chat recent financial news, including Wal-Mart's

recent third quarter win, Hasbro's

interest in purchasing Dreamworks Animation

, Warren Buffet's play for batteries, and Twitter

on the show's latest

.

Wal-Mart hit a new all-time high after their Q3 profits surpassed analysts expectations. This is amidst them closing many stores in Japan while investing in eCommerce in hopes to grow. They were also able to increase same-store sales by 0.5 percent- the first time they've increased in seven quarters. Foot traffic, however, dipped by 0.7 percent, with high-priced purchases coming in to offset the number, noted Fisher. “They have their work cut out for them as the lowest-cost retailer,” said Fisher. “They're hoping that the falling gas prices will help them; lower unemployment will help them, but it's been a trail. The market laggard the past five years, and ten years, and it's hard to see it becoming an exceptional investment again anytime soon.”

Dreamworks Animation is in talks with the toy company Hasbro, who is looking to bring it into its fold after it's win with “How to Train Your Dragon 2”, while considering its other lucrative franchise properties. “I feel like if DreamWorks can become part of larger studio, or a larger company; a more diversified company, they can focus on making movies without worrying about he public markets all of the time. That might be a good move,” said Argersinger. For Hasbro, he's unclear. On one hand, they've had some movie success with the first two Transformers films, but also had big flops with Battleship, and to a lesser extent GI Joe. It also means more creative properties to create toys out of, from the “Shrek” to “How To Train Your Dragon” and more. On the other hand, it could murk the waters for their other toy deals. Hasbro just signed a deal from Disney to take on all of the princess toys and dolls, along with other imprints, which formerly belong to Mattel.

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Berkshire-Hathaway

bought the Duracell battery division from Procter and Gamble

recently, in a creative move where they used shares that they already had in Procter and Gamble and traded them in for Duracell and cash to the tune of $1.8 billion to boot. This also made the sale tax-free, avoiding a total of $1.5 billion in payments. According to Argersinger, this gives Buffet a chance to move on from Procter and Gamble while establishing his own management team at Duracell.

Twitter had some words for Wall Street, and they let their voice be heard when they reveled their growth strategy last week. “This is a company that's being run with a very long timeframe in mind,” said Moser. He highlighted that the growth will come along with an even wider adoption of mobile tech from Internet users. Moser said that new apps and other capabilities and products will extend their reach significantly. “They're already in the right place as far as where attention spans are going,” Fisher added.