Triangulate the Earnings Surprise
Classify an earnings surprise by checking demand, timing, accounting, and management evidence.
The setup Revenue beat, free cash flow miss, and conflicting explanations before the morning call. The wrong classification can turn one quarter into a bad investment action. Hypothesis-driven earnings review Headline - hypothesis - evidence - action Do not debate the surprise in the abstract. Name the explanation and check the lines that should confirm or contradict it. Shortcut Revenue beat means demand is back. The quarter gets classified before the thesis gets changed. Classify the surprise before acting on the surprise. 01 Headline 02 Evidence 03 Action 04 Now you try
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