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Do you think the guidance provided by Wall Street (viz. earnings projections, stock price projections etc.) should be the primary tool on which investors should rely when making investment decisions? Why/Why not?

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Wall Street should not be the primary tool that investors rely on when making financial decisions. An investor needs to be well informed, and needs to research the company, to gain a further understanding aside from what Wall Street provides. The investor needs to look at the company's financial statements from an investor's point of view. The 10-K needs to be taken into ...

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