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by junkscience2017 3120 days ago
no you can't. take the absolute highest resolution images you can buy, and take 100 of the best mathematicians and using only maps you won't even be able to guess within 20%...analysts can already estimate within 1% of expected earnings
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> take the absolute highest resolution images you can buy, and take 100 of the best mathematicians and using only maps you won't even be able to guess within 20%...

Why is that?

Walmart’s last quarterly EPS beat analyst consensus by >3%, according to an aggregation by the WSJ.
that example was more hypothetical of possible uses of satellite images. idk whether or not its too coarse to be a profitable signal

https://www.cnbc.com/id/38722872