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• First Wall St. and then Main St.

  The stock market tends to be a leading indicator for what happens out there in the real world a few months down the road. The financial crisis hit a few months ago and people went along on their merry way, curious and concerned about what was happening Read More... Posted 10 November 2008 21:40 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Financial Analysts, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Financial Crisis – Assuming the Fetal Position

  As Alan Greenspan , former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve put it “we are in a once-in-a-century financial crisis”. Investors and owners are asking – is the company stable, and is my investment in long term danger? Employees are asking – is my job Read More... Posted 10 October 2008 15:52 by Anil Dilawri | 2 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Just Pay Me

  These are tough markets to stomach for buy-side shareholders, management teams, IR departments, investment advisors, sell-side analysts, investment bankers, and retail investors. During these turbulent markets we often hear of investors flocking to safety. Read More... Posted 03 October 2008 16:05 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR, Company Management

• Volume Friend or Foe?

  Many small and mid cap companies complain about how they have low average daily trading volumes and therefore have difficulties marketing their company to large institutional investors. Institutional investors often like high trading volumes (otherwise Read More... Posted 26 September 2008 16:11 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• The Insanity of it All

  Not much has happened in the financial markets over the past 10 days (he said sarcastically): - Lehman Brothers, the 158 year old investment banking powerhouse, filed for bankruptcy protection. It is the largest bankruptcy in US history. - Bank of America Read More... Posted 23 September 2008 15:49 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR, Company Management, Corporate Governance

• Are we in a Recession or Not?

  This week Intel, Google, IBM, and Caterpillar all announced impressive financial results. Meanwhile GE and Wachovia came up short. Google stock is up 20% today. GE was down 13% last Friday. Some bellwether stocks are disappointing while others are hitting Read More... Posted 18 April 2008 20:52 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Emergency Move

  It has been a rough start to 2008 for the equity markets. This morning, the US Federal Reserve announced an “inter-meeting” cut to its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage points in an attempt to stop the bleeding. The Fed has cut rates before, Read More... Posted 22 January 2008 15:47 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• 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

• When Will Gravity Kick In?

  Many economies throughout the world have seen fantastic growth over the past 5 years or so. Logic says we are all due for a significant correction….or are we? Many thought the credit crunch/crisis that the US faced a few weeks ago (and continues to deal Read More... Posted 10 October 2007 16:44 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• The Ups and Downs

  This week I wrote about the volatility of the markets and the toll it can take on companies. One of my favorite companies to watch is Blue Coat Systems ( BCSI – NASDAQ ), a Web security software provider based in Sunnyvale, California. BCSI is a king Read More... Posted 17 August 2007 15:11 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Crisis/Emergency IR

• Volatile Markets

  The financial markets continued their streak of volatility this week with today looking like another triple digit loss for North American markets. These are tough days for investor relations professionals, especially given the short-term focus of many Read More... Posted 14 August 2007 21:15 by Anil Dilawri | 1 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Corporate Governance, Going to Jail, and Investor Relations

  William Sorin, the former senior general council at Comverse Technology was sentenced to jail a couple of weeks ago for his role in the company’s options backdating scandal. The former CFO, David Kreinberg, will soon be sentenced for his role in the scandal. Read More... Posted 22 May 2007 16:01 by Anil Dilawri | 2 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Executive Changes and Departures

  Jet Blue announced yesterday that CEO David Neeleman will be replaced by current President Dave Barger. Neeleman will remain Chairman of the Board. JetBlue stock was up 4.7% on the news . Executive changes and departures are like death and taxes. They Read More... Posted 11 May 2007 15:52 by Anil Dilawri | 2 Comments Filed under: Investor Relations, Crisis/Emergency IR

• Rumors Gone Wild

  To follow up on yesterday's post on rumors, CNBC Fast Money reported last night that of 130 buyout rumors since December, only 4 have panned out (source: StreetAccount ). Jeff Macke, one of the fast money five on CNBC said, "speculation and rumors are Read More... Posted 09 May 2007 16:41 by Anil Dilawri | 0 Comments Filed under: Crisis/Emergency IR