[QUOTE="dumfart66"][QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="dumfart66"]A profit when a business expected almost 20% more IS a loss in there books. Why? Because investors see it as a failing in the company, lose interests, and and the stock price lowers. That is a loss. Read the full article please.
ramey70
Um, no it's not. A loss is when your receivables are less than your expenditures. This is basic business. Posting a loss is simple, you either file one with the SEC or you do not. Unless of course you're Enron.
A loss can have many different meanings in business. If you expect to make 20% more then you did, its considered a loss. If your stock prices fall, it is considered a loss. You are still LOSSING 20% of that profit, and no company restructures if it is making a good profit, thats not good business. Good business is adapting yes, but not completly restructuring.
Legally they cannot have "different meanings". Jesus I'd love to see where you went to business school. I went to McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. What you said would never uttered by a professor there in a million years. When posting a profit or loss in your SEC filings it is either one or the other. Black or white. It is not up for speculation or interpretation.
By the way, Microsoft and other heavyweights such as Southwest Airlines have lowered earnings forecasts for several occassion over the years. You'd have a hard time convincing anyone they posted a loss. Unreal.
Hey ramey, nice job owning.
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