Other analysts are making even more aggressive estimates for the company's value, which, as of Friday, was $656 billion.
Using more aggressive estimates, the Facebook App Economy created a total of 235,644 jobs, adding a value of $15.71 billion to the U.S. economy in 2011.
But even if Reyes's season is discounted using Perry's more aggressive estimate for the extra effort put in by players in their contract years, his numbers still look remarkable.
Another explanation may be that analysts who follow technology companies tend to be more aggressive in their estimates, Mr. Mezrich said, creating a greater rush to the exits among investors when expectations are not met.
Additionally, the Obama administration is reluctant to send weapons and ammunition, as Kiev has requested, amid fears that lethal supplies would be seen as an escalatory step by the US and trigger a more aggressive response from the estimated 40,000 Russian forces massed on its border with Ukraine.
"Even with our own, more aggressive proposal, we had estimated the number of successful modifications at 2.1 million tops".
With Bernard Arnault, the new owner of Phillips, offering sellers large sums to compete with Sotheby's and Christie's, estimates became more aggressive than they might have otherwise been.
Art experts said Christie's was more aggressive, not only in its estimates but also in the guarantee (an undisclosed sum promised to a seller regardless of a sale's outcome), which they said was about $30 million, more than the low estimate for the collection.
In a recent case control study, dense patterns were observed to be associated with a higher relative risk estimate for the more aggressive grade 3 tumors than for grade 1 or 2 tumors.
He added that he could easily double that estimate if he were more aggressive in his assumptions.
He must insist that defense contractors submit more realistic cost estimates, and he needs to make far more aggressive use of the Pentagon's power to cancel programs plagued by serious cost overruns.
