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To: JohnS who wrote (8503)	1/20/1998 2:38:00 PM
From: Roger Hess	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

[To All:] I recently stumbled upon this and wanted to share it with anyone who may not be aware of it: 207.183.153.23 I haven't been able to keep up with all of the estimates, but in a nutshell, what are the analysts projecting the revenues and earnings will come in at for the quarter? I think analysts sometimes deliberately come in high or low to influence the price of the stock when earnings come in opposite of what they forecast. Am I wrong or right? Do they deliberately come in with a low figure, load up their clients with the stock, then sell at a profit after the earnings exceed their projections? It always amazes me when a company will have projected earnings of a certain amount and exceed them, only to have the price of the stock fall because it didn't exceed earnings by enough. For example, a company like Intel can make $1.5 billion for the quarter, but because someone thought they should have made $1.6 billion, it falls. The fact is, they still made $1.5 billion and have more money in the bank than you can shake a stick at!