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CFO
March 17, 2003 |
How'm I Doing? Few companies believe that their own forecasts and reports are accurate and reliable.   |
InternetNews
October 17, 2006
Paul Shread |
The Is Have It: Intel, IBM Beat the Street IBM and Intel gave technology investors something to cheer about late Tuesday, but not so Yahoo and Motorola... Stocks fell during the day Tuesday on conflicting wholesale inflation data... EMC fell on its results... etc. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Joseph McCafferty |
The Long View Corporate managers have long complained about the pressure to focus on the short term, but now, for the first time, critics and business groups are racing to their defense. The cure for the myopia? Stop giving quarterly earnings guidance. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2005
Paul Shread |
IBM, Yahoo Beat The Street IBM and Yahoo beat Wall Street estimates with room to spare after the close on Tuesday... Motorola offered mixed guidance... Rambus missed estimates... |
InternetNews
May 4, 2005
Paul Shread |
Symantec, QLogic Post Strong Earnings Symantec's pro forma earnings topped forecasts... QLogic reported a big jump in earnings... IBM announced a massive restructuring... etc. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
Financials -- Guiding Less The percentage of companies providing earnings guidance is declining. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2009
Paul Shread |
Amazon, Microsoft Rise on Mixed Results Microsoft and Amazon report quarterly results that are just good enough. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Vincent Ryan |
Talk about Missed Earnings A new study finds that falling short of analysts' profits forecasts hits CFOs directly where it hurts: in their wallets and their chances of getting fired. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2006
Paul Shread |
Microsoft, Google Beat the Street Microsoft and Google reported better than expected quarterly results late Thursday, while AMD issued the latest disappointing results from the chip sector... Apple and Motorola were standouts... Microsoft shares surged... etc. |
InternetNews
July 19, 2005
Paul Shread |
Intel, Yahoo Fail To Inspire Intel, Yahoo and Motorola reported results largely in line with expectations... Juniper, Novellus and Seagate beat estimates... Stocks surged during the day... etc. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2005
Paul Shread |
eBay Shocks The Street Shares of eBay plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading Wednesday... Also after the close, Qualcomm warned, and Symantec and QLogic beat estimates... The Nasdaq tumbled 32 to 2073... etc. |
InternetNews
April 18, 2006
Paul Shread |
Big Blue, Yahoo Don't Disappoint Yahoo and IBM posted quarterly results late Tuesday that were in line with Wall Street forecasts... Texas Instruments beat estimates and raised guidance... Stocks rocketed... etc. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Joseph McCafferty |
Mum's the Word Several companies have decided to forgo quarterly earnings guindance, but a code of silence may not be for everyone. |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Alternative Budgeting Companies are still looking for better ways to set performance targets. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2006
Paul Shread |
Jabil Plunges on Warning Jabil Circuit became the latest victim of investors' impatience Tuesday, plunging after warning that its quarterly earnings will come in below forecasts... The broader market fell once again... Qualcomm rose after raising guidance...etc. |
InternetNews
July 19, 2006
Paul Shread |
Earnings Reports Mixed Once Again Investors were treated to another round of mixed earnings reports late Wednesday, with Apple, Motorola, eBay, Qualcomm and Intel all weighing in... After hours, Novellus rose... Stocks surged during the day... etc. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2006 |
Use a Rolling Forecast to Spot Trends An excerpt from Jeremy Hope's new book, Reinventing the CFO, on the concept of the rolling forecast as a flexible and meaningful supplement or alternative to traditional business measures. |
Entrepreneur
August 2005
C.J. Prince |
Just Say No? More big companies are refusing to give Wall Street quarterly earnings guidance. Should small firms jump on the bandwagon, too? Observers comment on longer term vs shorter term perspective. |
InternetNews
January 18, 2006
Paul Shread |
Apple, eBay Latest Tech Casualties Apple and eBay offered disappointing outlooks late Wednesday... AMD had nothing but good news for investors... Stocks fell during the day on disappointing results from Intel and Yahoo... etc. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Machuga et al. |
Hearing The Whispers Whisper forecasts, while relatively new, appear to be more accurate than traditional methods advisors use in evaluating individual securities. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2005
Paul Shread |
Jabil, Palm Top Forecasts Jabil and Palm reported quarterly results that exceeded Wall Street expectations... Stocks ended slightly lower... Buy.com postponed its return to the public markets... etc. |
InternetNews
July 18, 2007
Paul Shread |
eBay, IBM Surprise to the Upside Investors reeling from disappointing results from Intel and Yahoo got some good news Wednesday when IBM and eBay posted quarterly results that topped Wall Street forecasts... 3Com edged higher on takeover speculation... etc. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2005
Paul Shread |
Intel, Yahoo Beat The Street Intel and Yahoo posted better than expected results... Stocks tumbled during the day... IBM and Rambus rose on better than expected results... Blackboard surged... etc. |
InternetNews
July 15, 2005
Paul Shread |
Tech Leaders On Deck IBM heads a long list of top technology and Internet names (including Intel, Motorola, Google and Microsoft) reporting quarterly results next week... Stocks posted modest gains Friday, despite disappointing results from GE... Priceline edged up... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Playing (and Losing) the Guidance Game Some companies should just leave the forecasting to analysts and other experts. Logitech International is one of them. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2004
Paul Shread |
Apple's iPod Sales Bear Fruit Shares of Apple gained 5%... Novellus met estimates... Yahoo and Intel buckled under pressure from rising oil prices... The Nasdaq lost 4 to 1920... etc. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2007
Paul Shread |
Oracle, Accenture Deliver the Goods The tech sector got some welcome news late Wednesday: better than expected quarterly results from Oracle and Accenture... AMD finally broke its losing streak... ADC telecom fell on a $400 million debt offering... etc. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Credible Are Management Forecasts? Not Very A "perfect world" is one where you can take these earnings forecasts at face value. But that perfect world doesn't exist, and investors know it. Managers face tremendous incentives to strategically manipulate their forecasts to achieve particular results in the marketplace. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Lawrence A. Rothman |
The Bull's-Eye Shrinks at Target Target slashes its forecasts for September same-store-sales estimates. Is this a sign of things to come, or is it just a one -month aberration? |
InternetNews
April 19, 2006
Paul Shread |
Tech Giants Come Up Short Apple, eBay and Intel all posted results late Wednesday that came up short of Wall Street estimates, but only eBay shares were punished on the news... Tech stocks rose again... IBM and Motorola fell on their results... etc. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2004
Paul Shread |
Juniper Investors Turn Picky Juniper Networks beat estimates and raised guidance after the close on Thursday... Stocks fell sharply during the day on a GM earnings miss... The Nasdaq lost 17 to 1903... etc. |
InternetNews
April 17, 2007
Paul Shread |
Big Techs Post Mixed Results IBM and Intel fared well on their earnings reports, but Yahoo shares suffered... Stocks were mixed during the day... BCE rose after confirming takeover talks... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2004
Brian Gorman |
NYT's News Not Fit to Print New York Times' unwillingness to provide yearly guidance is a troubling sign. That's news its investors would rather not hear. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2006
Paul Shread |
Microsoft's Results Mixed Microsoft's earnings were in line with estimates, but sales came in a little light of forecasts... Broadcom and KLA-Tencor beat estimates... The Nasdaq surged 22 to 2283... |
InternetNews
January 17, 2007
Paul Shread |
Apple Shines as Intel Stumbles Apple gave investors reeling from Intel's earnings report reason for hope late Wednesday... Rackable Systems plunged 38% on a warning... Cisco lost 3.8% on a number of valuation downgrades... etc. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Budgeting: Bring It On After wrestling with tech implementations and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, CFOs are finally ready to address the budgeting process. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2010 |
Adobe, Jabil, Red Hat Kick Off Big Earnings Week And Oracle and RIM are right behind. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2004
Paul Shread |
Research In Motion Hits A Bump Research In Motion hits a bump... The Nasdaq gained 3 to 1896... Micron slipped after missing earnings and revenue estimates... Red Hat lost 4% on lukewarm guidance... etc. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2009 |
Apple Shines as Yahoo, AMD Disappoint Apple posts another strong quarter as the Nasdaq's winning streak hits 10. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 13, 2006 |
Readers Respond: Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance? Business professional offer opinions on the question of whether CEOs of public companies offer earnings guidance. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Guidance's Legal "Land Grab" A major change in legal requirements should be a big boost for growth at Guidance Software. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
July 15, 2004
Paul Shread |
Big Blue Delivers Finally, a tech bellwether delivered results that didn't disappoint Wall Street... Netflix, Lexar miss estimates... Nokia takes a plunge... Apple, ScanDisk soar... |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey U.S. CFOs see trouble ahead. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2004
Ben McClure |
Ericsson's Q1 Sparkles Ericsson offers yet another hopeful sign that the telecom industry is returning from the dead. But investors should beware. Strong profitability does not mean a strong buy. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Motorola in Motion Motorola turned in a quarter of strong sales but weak profits, as the company continues to chase after global market share at the expense of top-to-bottom margins. But is that the best strategy today? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
April 22, 2009
Paul Shread |
eBay, Apple Beat the Street Solid results from eBay and Apple bode well for the tech sector. |
InternetNews
April 25, 2006
Paul Shread |
Amazon Posts Sales Surprise Amazon reported better than expected results and guidance late Tuesday... Corning beat estimates and reaffirmed guidance... Stocks fell during the day on inflation concerns... etc. |
InternetNews
July 21, 2004
Paul Shread |
eBay Runs Into Wall Street's Expectations eBay became the latest Internet bellwether to run afoul of Wall Street's expectations after the close on Wednesday. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2004
Paul Shread |
Big Blue Beats The Street IBM's results exceed Wall Street's expectations... After the close, Texas Instruments beat estimates... Stocks rose during the day despite disappointing results from Dow component 3M... The Nasdaq surged 25 to 1936... etc. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Partial Clearing Budgeting software isn't the key to corporate finance reform, but it can help CFOs manage expectations in a sinking economy. |
