# Professor Baruch Lev is quoted in a story examining the growing number of companies suspending earnings guidance during the coronavirus outbreak

1 Faculty News April 6, 2020 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](https://www.marketplace.org/2020/04/06/companies-suspend-earnings-guidance-economy-tanks/) -- "In normal times, it’s a bad look when companies clam up, according to [Baruch Lev](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/baruch-lev), professor of accounting and finance at NYU. 'When you stop guidance, the stock price is hit because it increases significantly \[the\] suspicion of investors. ‘Why did you stop? What’s the reason?’ ' he said."

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