RE:A couple “one offs” skewed numbers...Yup. It will depend on how analysts want the stock price to move. If they want it to move down they will harp on how TCW lost 52c/share. If they want it to go up they will mention the fact that excluding one time items TCW lost 7c/share which is better than expectations of a loss of 10c/share.
"Excluding the impact of the goodwill impairment and unrealized loss on the Keane investment, net loss would have been $21 million $0.07 per share"