Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA), F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV): This Week’s 5 Dumbest Stock Moves

Warner Archives Instant — or WAI, as in WAI did Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) do this? — charges $10 a month for online access to many of the old shows and movies in Time Warner’s vault.

There’s nothing wrong with rolling out a video service, but when your “most viewed” list includes a Yul Brynner movie and episodes from obscure shows dating back to the 1960s, you don’t have a right to hit the market as the most expensive streaming service.

It also doesn’t help that you’re targeting nostalgic octogenarians but only making the shows available on PCs or for folks owning Roku streaming boxes.

4. “Five” rhymes with “dive”
Maybe the global corporate economy isn’t bouncing back as expected.

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) shocked investors after hosing down its near-term guidance. Shares of the networking gear specialist were halted yesterday as it revealed that it will fall well short of expectations.

F5 now sees itself earning no more than $1.07 a share in earnings on $350.2 million in revenue for the quarter that ended last week. Its earlier forecast was calling for a profit of $1.21 a share to $1.24 a share on $370 million to $380 million in revenue.

F5 blames the softness on domestic government orders and global telecommunications providers.

5. Use the forceps, Luke
The love affair between Lucas fans and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) hit a bump this week.

Months after paying roughly $4 billion for George Lucas’ media empire and breathing new life into the Star Wars movie series, the family entertainment giant is shutting down video game publisher and developer LucasArts.

Disney is moving away from an internal development model, seeking licensing deals to farm out future releases. The move may eliminate some of the risks of developing costly games that don’t pan out, but this obviously doesn’t fly with fans that were wowed by the Star Wars 1313 game that was in development but now gets scrapped in this move.

At a time when game developers are in demand, does Disney really want to show an entire arsenal of game makers the door?

The article This Week’s 5 Dumbest Stock Moves originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz owns shares of Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS). The Motley Fool recommends F5 Networks, Tesla Motors , and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of F5 Networks, Tesla Motors , and Walt Disney.

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