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Legends of the Shortfall: Why So Many Firms Missed Estimates in 2000

 

We all know what it's like to be overly optimistic.

Take the bride who buys her wedding gown a size smaller because she anticipates losing weight before the big day. With the seams splitting as she walks down the aisle, how could she have predicted that cutting out the cookies would be her hardest obstacle yet?

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