They are only focused on the numbers. No-one is looking at strategy. No-one cares about strategy. Why should they when they removed its weighting from their compensation package! But lack of growth will affect them in the end, the assets and cost savings can't sustain forever.
The Price based on Estimated Growth (PEG) which is price earnings divided by growth rate, is still below industry average. It's current high ratio means investors are paying more for earnings growth than they were this time last year.
No doubt the analysts will predict a 61% growth to 105 per share again and we play another silly year of ignoring real growth in favour of virtual assets and EPS.
I absolutely agree with the original poster. Great post @W1Tzxwe-2qyn , you told it like it is.