Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
So, while we are all sitting around and some might even bite fingernails in expectation of the great revelations next week, and while some people obviously can't stand the excitement and prefer to sell out - question is, what does the market expect?
So far I would expect a similar EPS than last year (maybe slightly lower) - say 13 cents for the first HY, an indication that the second half will be better (it always is) and (hopefully) on top of that some one off property gains, which percy thankfully brought to our attention.
On the other hand - if that's what the markets expect, than I don't understand the price trend ... somebody here must be really pessimistic.
So - what do you guys think, what would be in your view a really good HY result pushing the SP above the $3 (in my view something above 15 cents EPS without one offs) - and what would be a really terrible result (worse than the disaster the market seems to price in anyway? What do you think it will be?