Soft guidance takes punch bowl from earnings party By: CNBC.com News January 17, 2014 at 10:05 AM EST It's bad enough to have an earnings miss, but guiding lower before earnings even come out can be a real killer for a stock's momentum. Read More >> Related Stocks: American Express General Electric Intel Corp Qualcomm, Inc. Schlumberger Ltd United Parcel Service iShares Trust S&P Semiconductor Index Fund