Word: whisperingly
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...woke up on Monday morning to the news that tobacco companies plan to stick them with the bill for their multi-billion dollar lawsuit settlement, costing an extra 62 cents a pack. By Friday, CEOs from Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco were tentatively admitting that their cigarettes could have ? whisper it low ? actually killed people...
...level the field, it always ends up tilted. Get ready for another uphill climb. In the coming weeks, companies will begin reporting second-quarter results, and some stocks will react in ways that defy logic. Why? They are being moved by a relatively new Wall Street device, the "whisper number." Trust me. This whisper is more exciting than anything a dream date might pant into your...
...whisper number is, simply, the most up-to-the-minute Wall Street estimate of what a company will earn in a given quarter. The name derives from the air of secrecy surrounding it. No one puts the number in writing; few admit to even speaking it. Yet there are probably whisper numbers for up to 200 stocks each quarter. They tend to be technology stocks and other hot names such as Nike or Starbucks, where robust earnings are critical to supporting the stock price. Intel seems to have a whisper number in most quarters. There's been one for Microsoft...
...playing field was leveled--for about a minute. Along came the whisper number, and now "the official Wall Street estimates aren't worth the paper and ink used to produce them," asserts Chip Morris, manager of the T. Rowe Price Science and Technology fund. The official estimates are systematically understated. The number that matters is the one analysts call in to their best clients as the earnings date draws near. Last April, Intel reported a doubling in earnings and beat the printed estimates by 6%. The stock fell because the whisper number was higher. Stinks, doesn...
...Smith he is just a whisper away from hysteria; moral innocence confronted with political corruption must erupt violently. In real life he gave up his career to join the Army Air Corps, distinguishing himself on bomber runs. But those clear eyes, as blue as the skies patrolled by the Strategic Air Command, saw terrible things. He returned to movies with It's a Wonderful Life, where George Bailey does good deeds in a small town that his ambitions were too big for; he is a hero because, with reluctant grace, he made the noble compromise...