November 2007 - Posts

• Buy-Side Activity

  The “buy-side” is a term used by the investment community that refers to investing institutions such as mutual funds and pension funds. They often are the largest shareholders of publicly traded companies. How actively a buy-sider interacts with a particular Read More... Posted 23 November 2007 18:32 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Financial Analysts, Company Management

• The Cut Throat World of Selling Short

  Selling short is a hard nosed game. Last week the New York Times reported that Lululemon’s VitaSea clothing line wasn’t all it was cracked up to be . Turns out the New York Times was tipped off by a short seller of Lululemon stock. Here was Lululemon's Read More... Posted 20 November 2007 21:10 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Valuable Valuations

  Earlier this week IBM announced the $5 billion acquisition of Cognos Inc. In eight short months the three largest pure-play business intelligence software vendors in the world have been acquired. Not surprisingly, all three transactions included a reasonable Read More... Posted 16 November 2007 15:11 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR