I would love nothing more than to have my inklings proven wrong....

I would love nothing more than to have my inklings proven wrong. I admit to being highly sceptical to the point of being pessimistic. Partly my personality in general but largely due to my experience in small/micro cap investing. Learning to read between the lines of announcements at this end of the market is a most important and fundamental requirement before even thinking of “investing” down here. I have only learnt this through trial by fire (and because I refused to listen to people with greater experience than me, bloody hubris!).

any omission should be read as a overt negative.
overly technical means deliberate confusion.
terms like “expected” and “imminent” are meaningless.

i could go on…..