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expectation

[ek-spek-tey-shuhn] / ˌɛk spɛkˈteɪ ʃən /


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Analog Devices beat Wall Street expectations earlier this week thanks to strength in its industrial and data-center divisions, a trend that Curtis believes will continue.

From MarketWatch

And when it’s been dented, we’ve seen historically that it’s damaging for society, it’s damaging for expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal

The data center infrastructure provider beat earnings expectations and guided for a blockbuster 2026.

From Barron's

AppLovin’s guidance for the current quarter beat expectations but the outlook represented a deceleration of revenue growth.

From Barron's

Stocks were mixed Friday after U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4% in January, cooler than economists’ expectations.

From Barron's