I have the same issues with my company (and all my previous ones too!).
There are essentially two markets for every publicly listed company:- One that sells things and tries to make a profit from sales, and one that pumps up share price so the stock commodity enhances the balance sheet (and analysists, bankers and executive managers share portfolios).
Talking to my dealer (in the know apparently), TBS was nailed just for that. i.e. he tried to pump the B&O stock price and make the company a good investment prospect at the expense of debasing the ethos of the B&O family, products worthy of the name etc...
Personally, looking at these idiots who can undermine their own banks, hard savers and potentially collapse economies etc...I want nothing to do with them. If fact, if I were in-charge, I would have them all lined up and shot!
Reminds me of the old story of the Shepherd and Consultant (read Analysist).
Once upon a time there was a shepherd tending his sheep at the edge of a country road. A brand new Merc screeches to a halt next to him. The driver, a young man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Rolex wrist watch, and a BHS tie gets out and asks the shepherd, "If I can guess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?" The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the sprawling field of sheep and says, "Okay."
The young man parks the Merc, connects his notebook and wireless modem, enters a NASA site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel tables filled with algorithms, then prints a 150 page report on his high tech mini printer. He then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1,586 sheep here."
(N.B at this juncture; the analyst would not do any of this, they would simply ask you how many sheep you had and repeat it back to you. I digress.)
The shepherd answers, "That's correct! You can have your sheep."
The young man takes one of the animals and puts it in the back of his vehicle. The shepherd looks at him and asks, "Now, if I guess your profession, will you pay me back in kind?"
The young man answers, "Sure."
The shepherd says, "You are an Analysist."
"Exactly! How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here without being called. Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already knew. Third, you don't understand anything about my business - and I'd really like to have my dog back."
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