Commentary: In retrospect, analysts were too kind
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SAN DIEGO (CBS.MW) - In light of Interstate Bakeries&#39; bankruptcy filing today, here&#39;s a rehash of something I wrote two weeks ago in Herb Greenberg&#39;s RealityCheck.
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They need help Comment Ashlee, I read you piece (NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories) over the weekend and man did you hit a chord with me. I sweat this stuff, Iâm accused quite often of being a Microsoft shill and, as you point out, there is actually a cottage industry that has cropped up making that accusation to keep me from saying anything negative about OSS (open source software) or Apple. Since Iâve been doing the analyst thing for well over a decade, I think most journalists know I answer questions as honestly as I can and, while I do make mistakes, they are honest ones.â¦
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Be careful when presented with methods that claim to time the market.
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Told to avoid inflaming anti-American  sentiment, U.S. athletes may have toned down the bravado too  much in the early days of the Athens Games.
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By Elise Ackerman; Connie LoizosSTAFF  AFEW YEARS AGO, a Wall Street analyst challenged a forecast Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker was making about the Internet giant's revenues.
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Comment is free: Deborah Hargreaves: Markets may have changed a lot, but history has a habit of repeating itself, and higher returns always bring higher risks.
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There isnât as much exposÃ© as you might expect in âShadow Company,â but thereâs considerably more thoughtfulness.
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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Some five-star funds have a few stars too many. Choose carefully.
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Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: We may have been naive, but I don't regret my CND days. Fifty years on, where are our heirs?
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It can sometimes happen that on the sidelines of an event that might otherwise be merely an asterisk of history, the veil lifts somewhat to reveal the possibilities of something greater.
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A frightening comment reminds this Fool about what the market is really like.
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Analysts&#39; roasting began before Stern&#39;s departure; can congloms fix medium? By Matthew Flamm Published on October 11, 2004.
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Some see reliance on just two companies as flawed, but other experts say talk of a crisis should be softened.
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The combination of estimates that were too high and material that was too familiar made Wednesday nightâs sale of Impressionist and modern art at Sothebyâs a rocky evening.
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Some mistakes are not always mistakes.
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Find out how one analyst contradicts himself in his report.