forecast is something to look back on and see if the company knew what it
was doing.
Herb....
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From: "Lawrence Kwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
<shrug> Forecast is forecast - i.e. guess work. Maybe an educated guess,
but still a guess nonetheless. Especially in a quickly expanding market,
the forecast can be widely wrong. Trying to analyse market share using
forecast is fruitless; especially using it to predict glooms ahead.