In contrast to the ever-sunny, “what, me worry?” attitude of some corporate management teams that would have you imagining them smiling broadly even as the car rockets over the edge of the cliff, Atlas Copco (OTCPK:ATLKY) has a reputation for playing things pretty straight. That doesn’t mean that they’re always right, but it does mean that investors can generally trust them to give as accurate an assessment of the situation as possible.
To that end, Atlas Copco’s Thursday Capital Markets Day wasn’t exactly the sort of event that’s going to get investors feeling