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Why analysts’ long-run earnings growth forecasts lag behind naive zero growth models

Why analysts’ long-run earnings growth forecasts lag behind naive zero growth models

Analysts' long-run earnings growth forecasts are less accurate than a naive model that simply predicts zero growth. That is not a provocation: it is the literal conclusion of an evaluation published in an accounting and finance journal. And there is more: the random walk beats an...