The future is really, really hard to predict. What are some of the ways that you get out even two, three years and make adequate predictions about the future? The concept of base rats would be what i wish i had when i was 20 years old. A base rate says usually it will be justt take one sep back, w we have a problem. It could be forecasting a company's performance, or whatever it is. You can combine your own experience with others' experiences in order to forecast into the future. Or so rather than thinking about this situation on another class mgth say, ok, you thinka the base rate,. Or by contrast, a very different
Michael Mauboussin is an adjunct professor of finance at the Columbia Business School and the Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Bill Mann interviewed Mauboussin in front of a live audience about a range of investing topics, including:
- The approach of "expectations investing" and how to apply it
- Why a company's base case for growth is so important
- Peloton’s faulty growth predictions
- Businesses with real option value
Companies mentioned: SBUX, PTON, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, WMT, TGT
Host: Bill Mann
Guest: Michael Mauboussin
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Tim Sparks
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