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by rogerbinns 4762 days ago
> Well, they've been compounding at over 10% for the investor for the last 10 years

Those sort of metrics are lagging indicators - they are about what was done in the past. There were plenty of similar companies with similar performance, right before they cratered. The Innovator's Dilemma covers this in detail. (Of course that is no guarantee IBM will crater.)