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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (48625)	11/7/2001 10:52:50 AM
From: darryl25	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Young investor question: I don't understand the insistence on companies warning ahead of earnings if they will miss. It seems to me that regardless of when management tells us that earnings will fall short, the result is still the same: earnings will fall short. I understand that management has given guidance and doesn't want to mislead investors if that guidance in fact will be wrong to the downside. But on the other hand, there are never warnings to the upside. Is there some unspoken rule that companies pre-warn if they miss? Thanks for the education. Darryl