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> [The big picture is: the main thing you should be concerned about in the future are incremental returns on capital going forward. As it turns out, past history of a good return on capital is a good proxy for this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-greenblatt/the-big-picture-is-the-main-thing-you-should-be-concerned-about-in/)

[Joel Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-greenblatt/)

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