In the long run, investment returns are all about earnings and dividends. Dividends of course are real. On the other hand, given the remarkably wide parameters of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles , earnings have become whatever management wants them to be. When earnings can’t be managed to meet management’s projections, just change the terminology.
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