At the same time, expectations for technology earnings in the fourth-quarter have fallen, driven down largely by the companies themselves.
Tim Courtney, chief investment officer of Burns Advisory Group, said that with the euro zone debt crisis a concern for investors for some time, expectations for a solution were already low and priced in to the markets.
With no Federer in the final this time, expectations for Murray were high, with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and Alex Salmond, the first minister of Murray's native Scotland, sending him messages before the match.
During that time, expectations for the opening price kept climbing.
Ling's argument is that, over time, expectations for accessibility have become universally heightened as a result of having virtually anytime-anywhere access to each other, not to mention information and other forms of content.
In recent times, expectations for lead female characters in British TV thrillers have been ratcheted up to dauntingly high levels.
At the same time, expectations are high for a rapid transformation — through costly technology — to online instruction.
At the same time, expectations are high for both the quality of care and training and supervision, particularly in tertiary hospitals [ 7].
So I leave thinking the Paris agreement – for the first time setting expectations for all nations and for the world – might just be a strong enough signal to give real momentum towards slowing global warming despite the dysfunctional international process and the imperfect national promises and the arguments over detail that will continue interminably at such conferences.
"Both sides are going to spend a lot of time setting expectations" for the markets and the voters, he said.
