Well, that would depend on the company you keep ... or the company you work for.
Never, have I seen an industry (or company more specifically) where your CEO announces to the street that "Oh yes. We have made our numbers, but we did it in an unexceptional way." Oh yeah, the street loves to hear that.
So we all bust our humps for a quarter at a time. Make our numbers through cuts and hard work. Then our CEO comes out with a statement like that. Our whimpering little (once very large) company takes it in the shorts again along with all of our investors. But I bet the CEO's retirement plan is uneffected. Probably gets that in cash not stock.
Bitter you say? No not me. Not at all. There are some far worse off than I.
Its amazing to see some writers with online services hit the nail on the head siting unexciting or nonexistant strategic vision.
That's it. That's the ticket.
Oh well, take stock in stock, but not ours.
Well, at least Monday only comes once a week.