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Investors, this is your day!

September 13, 2011 – 8:45 am

If you’re not already doing an “analyst day” every year or two, maybe you should be. That’s my takeaway from “NIRI Survey Reveals Current Analyst/Investor Day Practices” - a benchmarking study released Monday by NIRI. Key finding: 71% of the 431 investor relations professionals responding to NIRI’s survey hold a periodic analyst/investor day. It’s a chance [...]

By Dick Johnson | Posted in Industry Blogs, Investor Relations | Also tagged Analyst days, Capital markets & IR, CEOs, institutional investors, Investor Relations, Sell side | Comments Off

Adding wiggle room to guidance

August 5, 2011 – 4:41 pm

Are we in recession again? Weak recovery? Heading for Financial Crisis 2.0? No wonder more than a few CFOs and IROs have been wringing their hands over what guidance to provide investors as part of the second-quarter reporting season. If you’re looking for an example of softening guidance by widening the range, Procter & Gamble [...]

By Dick Johnson | Posted in Industry Blogs, Investor Relations | Also tagged earnings, Financial crisis & recession, Forecasting, Guidance, Investor Relations | Comments Off

Raising your profile as an IRO

June 10, 2011 – 4:34 pm

Gaining access to the C-suite is critical for investor relations professionals, both to know what we need to know about the company for effective communication with investors – and to build personal success in our own careers – according to NIRI‘s June/July 2011 issue of IR Update. The tips and ideas on raising your professional profile apply [...]

By Dick Johnson | Posted in Industry Blogs, Investor Relations | Also tagged Career development, CEOs, Integrity, Investor Relations, Skills, trust | Comments Off

Substance over style

November 13, 2009 – 1:33 pm

The CFO of a local company made a good point today during a panel discussion on the state of the capital markets: It’s the substance of a company’s story that matters to investors, more than style or charisma – especially in tough times.
Ryan VanWinkle, senior VP and CFO of NYSE-listed Ferrellgas Partners LP, was asked [...]

By Dick Johnson | Posted in Financial communication, Industry Blogs, Investor Relations | Also tagged Capital markets & IR, Investor Relations, Messages & writing, Recession | Comments Off

CFOs: The future looks hazy

August 1, 2009 – 4:15 am

The good news is chief financial officers at the world’s top companies are a tad more optimistic than last quarter about when recovery will kick in and start benefitting their businesses, according to the Duke University/CFO “Global Business Outlook Survey” reported in the magazine’s July-August 2009 issue.
The bad news is – well, let’s skip over the [...]

By Dick Johnson | Posted in Industry Blogs, Investor Relations | Also tagged earnings, Financial crisis & recession, Forecasting, Guidance, Investor Relations, Recovery | Comments Off