To: John Koligman who wrote (162167 ) 10/16/2000 1:10:58 PM From: D.J.Smyth Read Replies (2) | Respond to talk about slant: multiplied 93-fold between the same starting point and its peak this March, on the view that it could generate astonishing personal-computer sales growth no matter how big it became....Then, in 1999, sales growth slowed to 38% -- still enormous, the bulls enthused. But earnings growth also slowed, and in the fall of 1999, Dell warned investors that its earnings would fall short of estimates. The stock bounced around as bulls and bears fought it out over the company's growth prospects. But in the end, the skeptics were proved right. Dell warned repeatedly that its performance would disappoint. On Oct. 4, it said that this year's third-quarter revenue and fourth-quarter earnings would miss targets. these analysts proven wrong? Never? Since Dell has only now warned?
