"It also didn’t help that IBM’s newly installed CFO James Kavanaugh said during a call with analysts that the company’s earnings per share for 2018 would be 'at least $13.80,' lower than analyst expectations of $13.92. IBM’s 2018 EPS is on par with what it had reported for 2017."
Hilarious! Way to nail it during the first week on the job! Geeeez. . .
http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/ibm-wall-street-quarter-earnings/