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JEAN PIERRE VERSTER: Winning with losers
It is often easier to identify future losers than future winners
06 August 2020 - 05:00
Generating an above-average investment return is hard. It isn’t complex, though. All you need to do is hold shares in companies that sustainably grow earnings at an above-average rate for the long term, letting the wonder of compounding do its thing.
The hard part is to determine, in advance, which companies will sustainably grow their earnings at an above-average rate far into the future...
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