dailyoptionsreport.com - 10/23/2009
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Houston, we have our outlier. Amazon blew the doors off estimates (of course you can buy doors and Doors on Amazon).
But as we all know, everybody blows away estimates. Amazon, unlike most other, blew away the options board as well. The board priced in something like a 7-9% move.
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Google: Time To Cut Estimates
blogs.barrons.com 10/16/2008 — Apparently, today was the day the Street scheduled to cut estimates on Google (GOOG) : analysts at Morgan Stanley, Collins Stewart and American Technology Research chopped numbers on the company today, one day after Jefferies did the same.
Mary ...
Updated Estimates of Effective Federal Tax Rates
cboblog.cbo.gov 4/7/2009 — Today CBO released an update to its estimates of effective federal tax rates , which now incorporate data for the 2006 calendar year. CBO’s analysis indicates that:
The overall effective federal tax rate (the ratio of federal taxes to household ...
CBO Stimulus Estimates
econlog.econlib.org 2/5/2009 — (February 4, 2009 06:43 PM, by Arnold Kling) Doug Elmendorf writes CBO estimates that the Senate legislation would raise output by between 1.4 percent and 4.1 percent by the fourth quarter of 2009; by between 1.2 percent and 3.6 percent by the fourth ...
Earnings Estimates Fall
ritholtz.com 1/6/2009 — If you missed John Mauldin’s weekend piece ( 2008: Annus Horribilis, RIP ), have a look at these estimates for earnings in 2008. They started at $92 (early ‘07) and came down to $48:
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Not exactly confidence inspiring when it ...
Too big to fail FAIL
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 6/20/2009 — Too big to fail, even in 1982
I'm a big advocate of much strengthened financial regulation. One argument I don't buy, however, is that we should try to shrink financial institutions down to the point where nobody is too big to fail. Basically, it's ...
2008 EPS Estimates: Nobody Knows
tickersense.typepad.com 11/29/2008 — With only one quarter left in the year, analysts are still uncertain about the outcome of 2008. Shown below are the bottoms up 2008 EPS estimates for the S&P 500 and the ten economic sectors. We have sliced these estimates several different ...
Wall Street Analysts Are Finally Raising Dismal Profit Estimates
crossingwallstreet.com 7/27/2009 — The good news is that Wall Street is raising its earnings estimates . The bad news is that the old estimates were for incredibly lousy earnings. Now, they’re just expecting somewhat lousy earnings. Still!
Wall Street firms raised forecasts on ...
Earnings, Analyst Estimates, and Estimating Future Prospects
alephblog.com 8/9/2009 — This has been an interesting earnings season. Many companies have been beating earnings estimates once certain one-time items are excluded. This has led to criticism by market commentators alleging that earnings estimates and/or adjusted earnings are not a reliable guide for individual stocks ...