[jalapenos]

> managing earnings to sustain equity valuations

That's an interesting take, so eventually they'll just run out of these tricks and at that point the valuations will burst?

[ProjectArcturis]

No, there'll always be a new trick.

[_DeadFred_]

That's what the MBA are paid for. New magic tricks.

[oblio]

Bingo. Yes. The trick, as usual, is timing the pop.