The average 2003 forecast price-to-earnings ratio of the eight stocks we selected is an affordable 16.
On August 10th Tata Motors reported a forecast-beating first-quarter profit, which it said had been driven by demand for JLR's luxury models.
Many AAII members are still optimistic, however, thanks to a combination of the ongoing rise in stock prices, continued economic growth and better-than-forecast fourth-quarter earnings.
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Complicating matters further: a weaker-than-expected forecast for third-quarter results.
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Our most recent forecast -- a cautiously optimistic one -- is based on the expectation that the key Crisis economies should bottom out in early to mid-1999 and begin to recover slowly thereafter.
Late Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service said it might downgrade Ambac's all-important triple-A financial-strength credit rating after the company forecast significantly higher-than-expected losses from insuring credit derivatives, many of them tied to subprime mortgages.
Late Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service said it might downgrade Ambac's (nyse: ABK - news - people ) all-important triple-A financial-strength credit rating after the company forecast significantly higher-than-expected losses from insuring credit derivatives, many of them tied to subprime mortgages.
Heavy snow - reaching up to 20cm on higher ground - was forecast for the worst-hit areas, along with a number of yellow "be aware" warnings across the rest of the country.
But after the closing bell, Apple reported a forecast-busting rise in first-quarter net profit, following a jump in iPhone sales.
The stock took a dip after a not-so-merry Christmas forecast and a report that third-quarter sales of Fisher Price toys were weaker than expected.
Snow-forecast's co-founder, Nick Russill, says the company provides three reports for each ski resort, one for the summit, one for mid-slope, and one for the village.
However, BBC Test Match Special commentator Simon Mann revealed on Twitter that heavy rain in Melbourne on Thursday - with more forecast for Friday - could put the Twenty20 match in doubt.
Teen apparel chain Zumiez (nasdaq: ZUMZ - news - people ) has a forecast for a same-store sales increase of 7.1%, according to Thomson.
Aetna shares were even cheaper before they jumped 12 percent this month on the day officials unveiled stronger-than-expected year-end results, offered a surprisingly upbeat 2011 forecast, and announced a fifteen-fold increase in what had previously been an anemic dividend payout.
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Even the consensus sell-side long-term EPS growth forecast, normally seen as a casually-generated and typically optimistic ornament to the overall suite of analyst estimates, calls for EPS to decline at a 5.2% annual rate.
Needham analyst Richard Kugele this morning raised his rating on Western Digital to Buy from Hold after the disk-drive maker late yesterday reported better-than-forecast results for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31.
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Today, the Labor Department released its monthly employment survey and reported that the nation lost 11, 000 jobs in November -- which was about 115, 000 fewer than was forecast -- and is about close to zero, from the perspective of our overall economy. (Applause.) The unemployment rate ticked down, instead of up. (Applause.) The report also found that we lost about 160, 000 fewer jobs over the last two months than we had previously thought.
Then Monday morning, another report showed that U.S. durable-goods orders rose by a much higher-than-forecast 4.6% in December.
March 19, Sony-Ericsson sharply revised its first-quarter profit forecast, citing slow sales of its mid- and high-end handsets in Europe.
The company expects wafer shipments of 1.8 to 2 GW, down from a previous forecast of 2.7-2.9 GW, and module shipments of 750-800 MW, down from 800-900 MW. For the year, the company now sees gross margin of 15%-20%, down from a previous forecast of 24%-29%.
But he said normal forecasting had massively improved, with the four-day forecast now as good as the one-day forecast when the Met office started more than 30 years ago.
Mr Koehler's comments follow the release of the IMF's World Economic Outlook, which predicted that global economic growth in 2001 would be a full-percentage point lower than originally forecast - at about 3.2%, and well below last year's 4.8% growth rate.
In August the bank's monetary-policy committee (MPC) forecast that consumer-price inflation would fall back to its official 2% target, but only after a period of economic weakness had drawn its sting.
That allows a certain amount of hedging of bets because sometimes the weather is very easy to forecast - in a spell of high pressure for instance - and sometimes it is very hard.
While Activision has raised its full-year forecast promising a "record-setting" year, EA has had to lower its outlook for the current period blaming its latest Medal of Honor and NBA Basketball games for having "disappointed" and its Star Wars: The Old Republic role-playing title for having "underperformed".
Blue Coat shares were hammered lower after the company missed top-line estimates in the first quarter, forecast second-quarter net income below that of analysts, and announced the exit of its President and CEO, Michael Borman.
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The International Energy Agency said in a report last week that oil consumption will climb to 84.3 million barrels per day (bpd) this year--330, 000 barrels more than it forecast last month--citing stronger-than-expected economic growth in China.
On Monday, the company slashed its guidance for Q3 module shipments to a range of 375-385 MW, down from a previous forecast of 450-480 MW. Trina also said it now sees Q3 gross margin of 0% to 1.5%, below previous guidance of mid-single digit margins.
Earlier this month, the Osaka-based firm issued a lower-than-expected profit forecast.
The world's largest maker of computer chips, Intel, has cut its three-month sales forecast and withdrawn its full-year predictions.
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