Famous Quotes & Sayings

The analyst numbers all have different data and assumptions in them that we haven't provided until now.

The analyst meeting is a pivotal time for Cisco to build renewed investor confidence. We remain positive.

That would lead to more bullish analyst reports on the companies, which would help the stock price. We wouldn't change our estimates on the company, but we'd say in the reports the official expectation was conservative." ()

We believe the current range of analyst estimates for the first quarter ended September 30, 2005 and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, are reasonable and achievable.

I think she's a terrific analyst and I'm pleased with what she's doing.

Jon Gruden

I tell you this is a crazy league. There's an analyst on every corner who can figure it out. If you can control turnovers and have success on third down, you have a chance to win in pro football.

We are seeing more analyst downgrades than upgrades. Loss of earnings momentum in Europe is weighing.

We are seeing more analyst downgrades than upgrades, ... Loss of earnings momentum in Europe is weighing.

On the same idea, we would take Wal-Mart, ... They had their analyst meeting last week, and they made an incredible statement. This is a $200 billion company with 1.4 million employees, it's the largest retailer in the world. And they said the opportunities in front of us are bigger than the opportunities that we've already seen. That's an incredible statement. Whether it's true or not, we won't know for another five-to-10 years. But we think just with Super Centers, that they can grow at double-digit rates over the next five-to-10 years.

I don't think anyone had known for sure what the demand was before. But as an analyst who has been studying this for a long time, it surprised me, the demand we saw.

I don't think you could talk to any analyst in the country who would recommend that fast growth.

Given what management told people two weeks ago (at an analyst meeting), they are still confident they should be able to get final approval in the short term.

I would say we're in the mid-majors. We spoke with a mid-major analyst who had us ranked in that poll all year so this year I guess we stepped up to that level. A couple years ago, we were somewhere below it.

Carol Roth

I have been working in male-dominated industries most of my life. When I started my career in investment banking, I was one of two women in my analyst class.

Given the fact that not one analyst currently has a 'buy' rating on Gateway stock, I think Mr. Inouye leaving Gateway is good news for shareholders. The company has successfully cut costs, but now it's time for them to focus on increasing shareholder value.

Gillette fell short of earnings ... Wall Street's still down on the company but this year a lot of smart money investors are snapping up the shares because they see the trend in the technical generation of the stock. One analyst I called, Kevin Lane, says that the stock will hit $54 in six-to-nine months, ... So it's a very good play on an old name that's a fallen angel.

Annalee Newitz

When I was a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, I became obsessed with end user license agreements.

Jon Gruden

We have so far to go. Though we are 3-0 ... we look at the tape at who's on the horizon. There's an analyst on every corner that's telling you, 'Hey, you are one of the top five or six teams in the league.' Three weeks ago, we were in the 30s, you know what I mean?

We beat analyst estimates on revenues for the quarter.

Steve Jobs' presence at the analyst meeting can help to energize the financial community and offset some of the 'sell on the news' pressures.

George Fisher

Looking to the fourth quarter of 1999, ... we are confident of the continued revenue growth of our business consistent with year-to-date results and the current analyst consensus is consistent with our view of the full-year earnings of the company.

I think the initial read of the numbers was disappointing for a lot of people. Guidance as of last quarter was $500 (million)-to-$530 million. With typical analyst and investor behavior, we expect companies to upside from what their guidance is.

If the analyst is communicating his findings to a select group of people and it might lead to proprietary trading by his employer, then you might have problems. But if he is publishing information for a widespread audience, I have less of a problem with it,

Measures of consumer perceptions should be watched carefully for large and drastic moves, but the analyst who relies on small moves for an indication of consumer purchasing behavior is likely to get burned.

Barton Gellman

The causes and severity of NSA infractions vary widely. One in 10 incidents is attributed to a typographical error in which an analyst enters an incorrect query and retrieves data about U.S phone calls or emails.

Phil Simms

There is unbelievable freedom for an analyst to be in a two-man booth, ... In a two-man booth, Troy will be able to set up a game. He will decide what he wants to show and teach an audience. It's like a quarterback being able to call his own plays.

Phil Simms

There's an unbelievable freedom that comes to an analyst when he's in a two-man booth, ... ... It would be like a quarterback going into a game and calling all the plays that he wants.

Charles Payne

It seems like every single analyst on the Street is on the 'old economy' bandwagon and determined to drive the last nail in the coffin of highflying techs and arrogant investors.

Troy Aikman

Any analyst would tell you that being in a three-man booth is tough. It's just hard when you've got things to say and you're not able to say 'em.

Swift and appropriate resolution of these investigations will protect investors, facilitate the implementation of immediate and meaningful changes in research analyst and IPO allocation practices, and help enhance investor confidence in the marketplace,

creating and overseeing a flawed organizational structure that undermined research analyst objectivity.

The New Zealand market perhaps has been through its best years for a wee while. There probably is a bit of negative expectation yet to be built into analyst forecasts of profits.

Charlie Adam

Football's all about opinions, all of them different, whether from a top analyst or a man in a bunnet, and some folk are just never going to like you.