The Triumph of the Stupidly Optimistic

By Paul Kedrosky · May 17, 2010 · Discuss ·

How many jobs are there where being wrongly optimistic for ages gets you promoted? I offer you … equity analysts, who have, on average, overestimated S&P 500 earnings by 2x for a generation.

[via HBR/McKinsey]

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