Caroline de La Soujeole, an analyst at Seymour Pierce, said: "The outlook statement is cautious: strong growth is anticipated in the first half of 2012 but management are more cautious about the second half when they say any downturn in economic activity is more likely to be felt and comparatives will be tougher".
By virtue of cautious, patient reporting, Fallows anticipated some of the Iraq war's missteps, and if the articles in "Blind Into Baghdad" seem to arrive at what is now the conventional wisdom, he got there before the journalistic pack.
Mears is older and a little more cautious, preferring to anticipate problems rather than be compelled to wrestle an alligator or strangle a camel with a urine-impregnated T-shirt.
Against this backdrop we maintain a cautious stance and anticipate that our overall performance in 2010 will be similar to that of 2009, although the relative contributions of our individual businesses may be somewhat different.
SG Cowen said Intel's new guidance "was not as optimistic as we had anticipated," and reiterated its cautious near-term view on the stock.
"I should have anticipated better, and been more cautious, and put my new status as president before everything," he writes.
On the final day of the share issue Slim bought €2m worth of shares; further investment is anticipated but the message is a cautious one.
This was actually anticipated because some hospitals might be cautious to provide such detailed and confidential information about coding practices.
While cautious about worldwide economic conditions, Mr. Kowalski said the company anticipated that its results would improve during the holiday season, partly because of easier year-over-year sales comparisons but also because of new stores and new products.
Both sides expressed optimism that Giambi, a free-agent first baseman, would sign with the Yankees, a deal that has been anticipated for several days, yet they were still cautious about the elements that needed to be completed.
