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Re:Standard & Poor's gives Google the U.S. debt treatment by extension on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @11:57PM (#2894018)
No particular reason the advice has to be accurate.
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Re:Standard & Poor's gives Google the U.S. debt treatment by sliverstorm on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @12:23AM (#2894083)
accurate advice is more likely to come true, thus bolstering your credibility.
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Re:Standard & Poor's gives Google the U.S. debt treatment by extension on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @12:48AM (#2894145)
But the advice comes true because you gave it. This is the inherent flaw with the market at issue here -- it selects for consistency, but not accuracy per se.
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