After PLD lowered guidance for FY 2008 in FFO and EPS respectively from $4.65-$4.85 per share to $4.00-$4.35 per share, and $3.15-$3.35 to $2.70-$3.00, in anticipation of slowing growth in its core property management business and a continuing weak dollar, analyst sources from Business Week, RBC, 24/7wallstreet and Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast all lower their ratings for PLD in the weeks after. Prologis' involvement in the Lehman Brothers' last, tipping-point deal to acquire Archstone-Smith also shakes faith in Prologis. Soon after, stocks start a steep slide well into October.