General Discussion

I find it kind of ironic that a stock may have two or three analysts that estimate what quarterly earnings for the company will be.

Analysts, in my view, are just normal schmucks like me who maybe went to college and got a finance degree, who likely don't know their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes down to it. So they do a few spreadsheets, make a few assumptions, and come up with an earnings target, and then they publish it like it's the bible.

So a couple of "analysts" predict earnings will be $1.10 per share. Actual earnings come in at $1.08, so the hit piece articles come out about how the company missed earnings, giving the short sellers a perfect opportunity to short it some more, even with good future guidance from the company.

All based on the projections of a couple of loser analysts who probably have an agenda.