> I find it very surprising that investors would follow such guidance without being able to see the numbers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4poQw1mZo https:

> I find it very surprising that investors would follow such guidance without being able to see the numbers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4poQw1mZo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx4poQw1mZo > How are businesses who produce this kind of report evaluated? These reports are made by sell-side analysts, and the banks are evaluated by how much profit their buy-side analysts can make. See a disconnect? > Do people count the number of times they predicted correctly or incorrectly? Google "analyst ranks", so I guess once a year, but investing is mostly a relationship-based environment so the actual ranks might not make a difference that often I will say Dave Wessels is real good at this