The Challenge: predict seven key metrics of Apple's fiscal success
over the past quarter -- such as sales numbers, profit margins, and gross revenue -- with the highest accuracy. The Competitors: In the blue corner, a bunch of amateur finance bloggers, and in the red corner, a cabal of professional analysts making mad dough at banks and trading houses. The Conclusion: whatever you're paying for your "
expert" advice on the future financial wellbeing of Apple, or any other tech stock for that matter,
stop. Just... stop.
