conversation: User (Voerendaalse): "[This small article](http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/14/stupid-things-finance-people-say.aspx) got a chuckle out of me, here and there. \n\nExamples:\n\n**"Earnings missed estimates."**\n\nNo. Earnings don't miss estimates; estimates miss earnings. No one ever says "the weather missed estimates." They blame the weatherman for getting it wrong. Finance is the only industry where people blame their poor forecasting skills on reality. \n\n**"Earnings met expectations, but analysts were looking for a beat."**\n\nIf you're expecting earnings to beat expectations, you don't know what the word "expectations" means."
  Self: "Some of them were not quite as stupid as made out to be, but I did like this:\n\n**"He was tired of throwing his money away renting, so he bought a house."**\n\n**He knows a mortgage is renting money from a bank, right?**"
  frycicle (frycicle): "You do build equity though, unlike renting."
  godofpumpkins (godofpumpkins): "A big chunk of every early mortgage payment goes straight into interest, though."
  TheSubterfuge (TheSubterfuge): "And then $2,300 goes right into fixing that leaking roof. (Dumb roof.)"
  