Estimates Can Be Valuable If You Eye Them With Skepticism

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Estimates can be valuable looks into the future. But they're rife with problems and you need to know how to read them. The post Estimates Can Be Valuable If You Eye Them With…

In the countdown to the midterm elections, we were peppered with predictions and estimates. Everyone wanted to guess which candidate would win — and by how much. Countless polls offered "data" on who was most likely to vote, how excited they felt about voting and whom they'd choose. Polls are forward-looking. Like Wall Street analysts setting a price target on…

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