ScottMo
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-15
Stony Brook, NY
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Re: Why do I feel "analysts" are almost ALWAYS clueless as hell?
You never hear the decent ones because they don't make outlandishly stupid claims like the big-mouths. Big outlandish claims are what drive headlines like the one we're reading on DSLR. If an analyst were to say cable companies should offer DOCIS 3.0 and expand their offerings to keep customers believing in the value of their subscription, then we'd all agree, yawn, and move on.
But wait! Here's a guy who thinks short-term profits are better than long-term vision. Wow! What does he have to say? Forego upgrades and keep the money - which results in fatter short-term profits and a big bonus to the analyst for being "right". And since he's got lots of money, he must know what he's talking about. Which he does, as long as you don't care about the future. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| short term profits vs long term vision is what has hurt all too many US corporations. their investors ask why spend billions and have no ROI for 10 years when we can spend a few million and get an ROI on a subpar product in 3 years.(i kinda feel this way about AT&T's Uverse, it doesnt really seem to have a fighting chance once cable goes fully DOCSIS3 3.0 and SDV, while FiOS in the end could end up more profitable for verizon even if they went full deployment network wide)
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