Comments on: MSFT Shares Down 8% – Why I Don’t Think it’s Due to Announced Job Cuts or Profit Decline http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Leonhardt http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html/comment-page-1#comment-66582 David Leonhardt Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:38:30 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html#comment-66582 If wall street expects profit forecasts and they cannot be given, of course that will scare investors. Even at the best of times, you want to invest with certainty. But in uncertain times, everyone is jittery. And with the way Google is encroaching on Microsoft...still increasing search market share, buying up apps like Feedburner, building apps like Chrome... That said, earning forecasts are only as good as the rosy assumptions on which they are made, right? If wall street expects profit forecasts and they cannot be given, of course that will scare investors. Even at the best of times, you want to invest with certainty. But in uncertain times, everyone is jittery. And with the way Google is encroaching on Microsoft…still increasing search market share, buying up apps like Feedburner, building apps like Chrome… That said, earning forecasts are only as good as the rosy assumptions on which they are made, right?

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]]> By: Andy Beal http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html/comment-page-1#comment-66509 Andy Beal Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:36:07 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html#comment-66509 @Jaan - it's not quite that bad as I believe they are talking about the rest of their fiscal year, which has just 2 more quarters left. But still, pretty scary. @Jaan – it’s not quite that bad as I believe they are talking about the rest of their fiscal year, which has just 2 more quarters left. But still, pretty scary.

]]> By: Jaan Kanellis http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html/comment-page-1#comment-66506 Jaan Kanellis Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/01/msft-shares-down-8-why-i-dont-think-its-due-to-announced-job-cuts-or-profit-decline.html#comment-66506 Makes sense to me. Do lots of other companies that size say they cant off profit forecasts for the rest of the year in January? <em>Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..<a href='http://www.jaankanellis.com/google-analytics-questions-answers-comments/' rel="nofollow">Google Analytics Help, Questions, Answers Comments, Etc.</a></em> Makes sense to me. Do lots of other companies that size say they cant off profit forecasts for the rest of the year in January?

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