Forward Looking

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Definition of 'Forward Looking'

A business slang term for predictions about future business conditions. Stockholders often ask company management about what they believe will happen in future time periods. While it is clear to everyone that no one can predict the future, management is often in the best position to see new trends that may be occurring and to speak about what the company has planned.
Investopedia Says

Investopedia explains 'Forward Looking'

Despite the implicit understanding that certain statements are speculation, the SEC requires public companies to include a disclaimer on all management discussions with investors in order to emphasize this point. When properly emphasized, stockholders generally may not take legal action against company management for forward looking statements which proved to be inaccurate. In the U.S., the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides certain safe harbor provisions against fraud claims dealing with forward looking statements.
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'Forward Looking'

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    ... Article; Comments (0). Scotts Looking Forward To A Cleaner Year. Posted:
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  • How To Interpret A Company's Prospectus

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    ... including words such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect" and
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  • A Contrarian Bull In King Awful's Court

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/A-Contrarian-Bull-In-King-Awfuls-Court-SPY-IJR-IJH-IWW-IZZ0702.aspx
    ... Cheap There's more to valuation than a price-to-earnings ratio, especially a
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  • Five Small-Caps The Pros Own

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    ... However, with a trailing P/E of 17 and a plausible forward-looking P/E of
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  • How To Use The P/E Ratio And PEG To Tell A Stock's Future

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    ... Expectations - The stock market is forward looking. You buy a stock because of high
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  • Why Homebuilders Don't Seem To Be Recovering

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Why-Homebuilders-Dont-Seem-To-Be-Recovering-BZH-DHI-MTH-NVR-SPF-TOL-BHS0819.aspx
    ... stabilized. Meritage Homes (NYSE: MTH), for instance, is sitting on a trailing
    P/E of 17.6 and a forward-looking one of 20.7. NVR ...

  • SaaS Companies Not There Yet

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/SaaS-Companies-Not-There-Yet-CRM-ADSK-GOOG-AMZN-CTCT-KNXA-N-RNOW-SFSF-TLEO1120.aspx
    ... To make the point, some current and forward-looking values have been collected for
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  • The VIX: Using The "Uncertainty Index" For Profit And Hedging

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    ... As such, it is supposed to be a forward-looking representation of what
    sort of volatility the markets expect in the short term. ...

  • Can Earnings Guidance Accurately Predict The Future?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/analyst/03/012903.asp
    Explore the controversies surrounding companies commenting
    on their forward-looking expectations. ...

  • Gold: The Other Currency

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/10/gold-the-other-currency.asp
    ... already disappeared. Therefore, gold is forward-looking, and those who
    trade it must be forward-looking as well. The Bottom Line ...

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