How Do You Predict Your Company's Earnings Ten Years From Now?

"People seem to want to negotiate. If they hear a house of price to 200,000 they're not going unless it's in some unusual situation," he says. "I'm not sure how it changes, but we'll do fine whatever direction it goes." 'Can you name at least five characteristics of a company that gives you confidence to predict its earnings ten years out in the future? And can you also use IBM as a case study? How would check all those boxes?' asks shareholder.