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You Can't Impress Stock Analysts.and Shouldn't Try

Harvard Business Review

Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. It's a strategic and operational straight-jacket. In essence, they'll report their results to GAAP standards and as the SEC, FASB, and other quasi-regulatory bodies require.but they won't answer to analysts. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

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