Investing 102

[GregWeld]

So here's what I was saying about "THE FUTURE" as it pertains to a companies quarterly reports.... and these are - to me - far more important than what they did "this quarter". Because I'm an INVESTOR I want to have a feel for how my dividend is going to be paid going forward... that's what I'm buying - that dividend (earnings) stream...

So HALIBURTON comes out and says this quarter was good - they beat by a penny -- but then say - but going forward we may be impacted because of blah blah blah... Some of that talk is CYA - but some of it is right on the money because they are seeing something they don't like - so expect HAL to open down today and maybe trend down going forward


Here's a cut and paste...


Halliburton Co, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and said its revenues would grow faster than oil and gas companies would drill this year.

Still, the company said its costs were rising, and that the industry shift away from dry gas and toward oil and natural gas liquids resources would hit its first-quarter earnings.

"We believe that reduced productivity and increased costs resulting from this relocation will be a short-term disruption for us and that the impact we saw in the fourth quarter will continue into 2012," Chairman and Chief Executive Dave Lesar said in a statement.