“By finagling the 0.4 to a 0.5, accountants then get to round up to the next higher number. Hence, 12.4 cents is ‘managed’ to 12.5, which then becomes rounded to 13 cents per share.
They dub the effect ‘quadrophobia’ — fear of fours.”
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