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	<title>Comments on: Updating the numbers at Barclays</title>
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		<title>by: T Freke</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/05/13/12994/updating-the-numbers-at-barclays/#comment-20458</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[didn't citi bring out a report on Barclays yesterday? haven't seen it but hear it's ugly]]></description>
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		<title>by: RBS Investor</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/05/13/12994/updating-the-numbers-at-barclays/#comment-20413</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concensus earnings in this environment are bound to mis-inform the great unwashed (incl.me) for the consensus includes some estimates  that are out of date as all  analysts do not all update at the same time  . Indeed , some analysts will be waiting for an update from the company before they re-evaluate their forecasts and therefore the consensus going into that process must be questionable. The  likes of  Investors Chronicle (Pearsons Group) habitually issue buy recommendations in a weak market on the basis of consensus  (eg for banks and property companies) suckering in investors through the pathetic dependance of writers on concensus.]]></description>
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		<title>by: VP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reminds me of BP "guiding down" a few months ago (presumably so they could then smash?) - this is just the sort of unlevel playing field the LSE/FSA should be on to, not the HBOS witch-hunt.]]></description>
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