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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 but maintaining the status quo in their lives. Now, things on Main St. are starting ...
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A couple of weeks ago, I took a quick poll of 15 financial analysts who cover various sectors in North America. The main question asked of them was – “Has the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a bottom?
Every single analyst answered “NO, this is not the bottom.”
The analysts were evenly split on where they saw the bottom being. ...
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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 safe? What can I do to help?Suppliers are asking – will you continue to be a customer of ...
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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. One safety mechanism is an attractive dividend yield. These ...
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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 known as good liquidity) so that they can easily get in and out of a particular stock. ...
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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 acquired Merrill Lynch, thus removing another major investment bank from the ...
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Last week I spoke to the fine people at iMiners in California. They have put together an intriguing, out-of-the-box, Web 2.0 offering for IR departments throughout North America (and the world for that matter).
Communication methods with shareholders certainly are changing. Remember the days when companies would scoff at the idea of ...
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Lots of hits on your IR website does not equate to IR success. It may just be your webmaster and employees hitting the site and inflating your stats.
Putting together an impressive IR presentation with lots of cool graphics does not equate to IR success. Cool graphics are no substitute for good performance and direct communication of ...
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McKinsey and Company recently defined intrinsic investors as those institutions that base their decisions on a deep understanding of a company’s strategy, its current performance, and its potential to create long-term value. Furthermore, they are also more likely than other investors to support management through short-term ...
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Is an IR blog really that different from a corporate blog? I don't think so.
Why would an investor (institutional or otherwise) read an IR blog created by a company?
Most likely, it would be for the exact same reason why that investor would call the company, meet with management, speak to a sell-side analyst about the ...
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