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Dimon and Buffett call for an end to quarterly profit forecasts

Quarterly earnings guidance is contributing to the financial market’s short-termism, say the two Wall Street heavyweights

Dimon and Buffett call for an end to quarterly profit forecasts

Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon and almost 200 other CEOs are calling for companies to stop offering quarterly profit forecasts.

“In our experience, quarterly earnings guidance often leads to an unhealthy focus on short-term profits at the expense of long-term strategy, growth and sustainability,” Buffett and Dimon wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published late Wednesday.

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