Tag Archives: Bear market

Graham & Dodd on today’s market

For perspective amid the market turmoil, I’ve been reading the classic Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd. The first edition, from our local library, takes us back 75 years to the market of 1934.
In the midst of the Great Depression, the value mavens write:
Economic events between 1927 and 1933 involved something more than [...]

Tough times? IR can shine

The Kansas City chapter of NIRI heard today from Derek Cole, an experienced investor relations pro and NIRI national board member who is Vice President-IR & Corporate Communications for ARCA biopharma Inc. in Denver. A sampling of Cole’s advice on “Winning IR in a Tough Economy”:

“Get out there” - despite the tough economy and market. The recession causes [...]

This isn’t good …

So the bear market reasserts itself. In an ugly two weeks, the S&P 500 finally breaks below its 750-ish autumn low, back to 1997 levels. Bad news echoes and re-echoes. We’re on Financial Bailout 3.0 or 4.3 or … well, big banks almost want to be owned by Uncle Sam. Automakers swoon. Fear rules. President Obama puts Joe Biden [...]

Communicate your relative strengths

A couple of Boston Consulting Group gurus urge companies to “Seize the Advantage in a Downturn” in the February 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review - and investor relations is part of their story.
After listing actions management can take to maximize cash and working capital, reduce costs, and drive revenue, authors David Rhodes and Daniel [...]