overoptimistic

Indeed, if you had taken me aside in 2008 and sketched out the first three years of Obama's presidency, I would have thought you were being overoptimistic: an $800 billion stimulus package -- recall that people were only talking in the $200-$300 billion range back then -- followed by near-universal health-care reform, followed by financial regulation ... don't ask don't tell, Bin Laden, Gaddafi, etc ...

Richard (RJ) Eskow: "Helpless President Lit" - The Latest Trend in Political Tragedy RJ 2011

Casting around desperately for anything that would help Henry, Jan and I were probably overoptimistic in imagining that anybody could really talk to him until he had been stabilised by medication.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

"Investors were overoptimistic on BYD's performance, and I expect some downward earnings revisions going forward to reflect its margin squeeze amid intensifying competition for its battery division and slower growth of its auto business," said Johnny Wong, an analyst at Yuanta Research.

BYD's Profit Report Disappoints Joanne Chiu 2010

Indeed, if you had taken me aside in 2008 and sketched out the first three years of Obama's presidency, I would have thought you were being overoptimistic: an $800 billion stimulus package -- recall that people were only talking in the $200-$300 billion range back then -- followed by near-universal health-care reform, followed by financial regulation ... don't ask don't tell, Bin Laden, Gaddafi, etc ...

Richard (RJ) Eskow: "Helpless President Lit" - The Latest Trend in Political Tragedy RJ 2011

Part of the problem is that most widely cited measures of P/E are based either on analyst forecasts, which tend to be overoptimistic, or the previous 12 months' profits, which have been particularly good times for company earnings.

Bargain Hunters, Beware Ben Levisohn 2011

GM, which traded at 9.6 times analysts' overoptimistic earnings expectations a year ago, now trades at six times.

Detroit Is Geared for a Rough Ride Justin Lahart 2012

That loan was based on a business plan that proved overoptimistic.

Greek Scenarios Don't Overlap David Wessel 2011

Casting around desperately for anything that would help Henry, Jan and I were probably overoptimistic in imagining that anybody could really talk to him until he had been stabilised by medication.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

"I think a lot of people have gotten overzealous and overoptimistic that Europe is going to solve the debt crisis this weekend…All the buying you've seen lately in oil, equities, and other risk assets has been premature."

Crude Prices Fall in Late-Day Selloff Christian Berthelsen 2011

In its latest France survey, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recommends an independent authority to review the government's often overoptimistic forecasts.

Overheard: Free Fall 2011