Chuck Hill
Chuck Hill
absorb built lines time
We built too many fiber-optic lines to nowhere. It will take some time to absorb that.
debt further losses meet precarious pushing puts situation spot worry
It puts you in a precarious spot where you have to worry about further losses pushing you into situation where you wouldn't meet the debt covenants.
beat beating estimates less lining looks normally silver start until
It looks like we are going to beat the estimates by less than we normally do. Until we start beating them by more than we used to, there's no silver lining in these reports.
finger momentum negative news pendulum pushed somebody stuck swing worse
It's like somebody stuck their finger in there and pushed the pendulum to the pessimistic side, so it'll probably swing out further. So the back swing is probably going to have a lot more momentum than it would have had otherwise. The negative is the news is going to be worse in the short-term, but we're probably going to get over it sooner.
good
It's going to be an exceptionally good quarter.
companies easy excellent growth last overseas quarter stronger
It's going to be an excellent quarter for earnings. A lot of these companies will have some very easy comparisons over last year, which will help, but stronger growth in the U.S. and overseas is really going to make a difference, as well.
bad period terms
This really is a bad period in terms of warnings.
earnings growth percent track
We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter.
critical less negative question
The critical question isn't are we having a lot of negative pre-announcements, but are we having more or less than normal.
comments forward positive results
I think the Q4 results will be terrible. I think comments going forward will be much more positive than they've been in the past.
negative quarter record terms
We still are going to suffer. We are well on our way to a record quarter in terms of negative preannouncements.
changes companies earnings far fourth gains growth taking third time
There's big changes taking place. By the time we get to the third quarter, most of these companies are going to be significantly in the black, as far as earnings growth goes. And in the fourth quarter, the earnings gains are going to be huge.
earnings month next picture
At least for the next month or two, the earnings picture is going to be pretty dismal.
looking
As usual, the analysts are looking through rose-colored glasses.