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DELL 115.33-5.5%Feb 5 3:59 PM EST
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To: Don Martini who wrote (58128)8/13/1998 8:07:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit  Read Replies (1) of 176388
 
Hi Don,

I have a somewhat different take on whisper numbers. As more and more companies try to "manage" their earnings through managing perceptions about earnings, more and more people have discovered the fact that the analysts really don't analyze and forecast at all. Instead, they act as the passive conduit of information from the companies they follow. Now everyone knows that it's great when you beat expectations, so the companies use the analysts to set investor expectations to easily attainable levels. Since most people have become aware of this tactic the whisper number has become an important benchmark. The problem is that nobody knows what the whisper number is.

TTFN,
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