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The importance of beholding earnings (expectations)

ANALYSIS: The trend in earnings revisions can be a powerful tool to overlay on an investment process

Analyst expectations for company earnings have historically proven to be a useful tool for picking stocks.

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Numerous broker analysts publish estimates for the future earnings, cashflows, and balance sheets of large listed companies. Working as a professional fund manager, I can access the detail of these forecasts through broker research portals and through a Bloomberg terminal. But anyone with access to

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