Financial and business terms. 2012.
Consensus Estimate — A figure based on the combined estimates of the analysts covering a public company. Generally, analysts give a consensus for a company s earnings per share and revenue; these figures are most often made for the quarter, fiscal year and next… … Investment dictionary
Consensus based assessment — expands on the common practice of consensus decision making and the theoretical observation that expertise can be closely approximated by large numbers of novices or journeymen. It creates a method for determining measurement standards for very… … Wikipedia
Consensus-based assessment — expands on the common practice of consensus decision making and the theoretical observation that expertise can be closely approximated by large numbers of novices or journeymen. It creates a method for determining measurement standards for very… … Wikipedia
Whisper Estimates — Informal earnings forecasts for high profile blue chip companies. Whisper numbers are generally above the consensus estimates collated and published by earnings tracking companies. A company will often see its stock sold off if it fails to… … Financial and business terms
Early Estimates — ► See Consensus Estimates … Financial and business terms
Cultural consensus theory — supports a framework for the measurement and evaluation of beliefs as cultural; shared to some extent by a group of individuals. Cultural consensus models guide the aggregation of responses from individuals to estimate (1) the culturally… … Wikipedia
Washington Consensus — The term Washington Consensus was initially coined in 1989 by John Williamson to describe a set of ten specific economic policy prescriptions that he considered to constitute a standard reform package promoted for crisis wracked developing… … Wikipedia
Copenhagen Consensus — is a project that seeks to establish priorities for advancing global welfare using methodologies based on the theory of welfare economics. It was conceived[1] and organized by Bjørn Lomborg, the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and the… … Wikipedia
Whisper number — Whisper numbers are the “unofficial and unpublished earnings per share (EPS) forecasts that circulate among professionals on Wall Street... generally reserved for the favored (wealthy) clients of a brokerage.”ref|Investopedia According to Per… … Wikipedia
Media coverage of climate change — has significant effects on public opinion on climate change,[1] as it mediates the scientific opinion on climate change that the global instrumental temperature record shows increase in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human… … Wikipedia
