Comments on: The Sell Side: Joe Herrick, Gutterman Research http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm We dividend our ad money to you. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Cletus http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76722 Cletus Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:27:48 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm#comment-76722 When I read this post, I thought, "55555 5555 5555555. 5555? 555!" When I read this post, I thought, “55555 5555 5555555. 5555? 555!”

]]> By: coop http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76631 coop Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:04:02 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm#comment-76631 your commenting format bores me... you both fail your commenting format bores me… you both fail

]]> By: Anal_yst http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76603 Anal_yst Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:27:42 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm#comment-76603 @ #2 above Lord-Cayne test: If the CEO/CFO/etcO engages in a supposedly natural, formal language conversation with sell-side analysts, but peaces out before a)any analyst can actually query the CEO/CFO/etcO to determine if he/she is actually in the room/paying attention/sober, or b)politely ending the conference call in accordance with commonly accepted business practice, then the actual CEO/CFO/etcO is said to fail the test. @ #2 above

Lord-Cayne test:

If the CEO/CFO/etcO engages in a supposedly natural, formal language conversation with sell-side analysts, but peaces out before a)any analyst can actually query the CEO/CFO/etcO to determine if he/she is actually in the room/paying attention/sober, or b)politely ending the conference call in accordance with commonly accepted business practice, then the actual CEO/CFO/etcO is said to fail the test.

]]> By: _Fooled by Randomness_, p. 72 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76575 _Fooled by Randomness_, p. 72 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:18:50 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm#comment-76575 Turing test: a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which try to appear human; if the judge cannot reliably tell which is which, then the machine is said to pass the test. Gutterman test: a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one sell side analyst and one unhinged lunatic, each of which try to appear as a sell-side analyst; if the judge cannot reliably tell which is which, then the actual analyst is said to fail the test. Turing test:
a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine, each of which try to appear human; if the judge cannot reliably tell which is which, then the machine is said to pass the test.

Gutterman test:
a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one sell side analyst and one unhinged lunatic, each of which try to appear as a sell-side analyst; if the judge cannot reliably tell which is which, then the actual analyst is said to fail the test.

]]> By: Joe Herrick of Gutterman Research http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76538 Joe Herrick of Gutterman Research Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:11:11 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/the-sell-side-joe-herrick-gutterman-research.htm#comment-76538 I see you are initiating coverage on Gutterman Research and I was wondering if you could shed some light on some of their data about their time wasted per call and food consumed (per kg) per analyst luncheon over asinine question per minute(YoY)? I see you are initiating coverage on Gutterman Research and I was wondering if you could shed some light on some of their data about their time wasted per call and food consumed (per kg) per analyst luncheon over asinine question per minute(YoY)?

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