A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the relationship between Sell Side Coverage and a company’s ability to generate commissions. The long and the short of the article was that the sell side is paid via commissions and therefore, the more trading v…
I had the privilege of speaking last week before the Austin- San Antonio chapter of NIRI. The topic was one of my favorites, Insights from Academia, or What I’ve Learned About Investor Relations by Teaching in a Business School. Every time I give the…
Go to almost any gathering of investor relations officers and you are likely to hear them bemoaning the decline in the number of sell side analysts that follow their companies and publish earnings estimates. And if you are talking to small and even m…
In our mind’s eye, we never age. We remain slim, dark haired and up to the moment in developments. However, every now and then something happens that reminds us that our view of the world is different than those younger than ourselves. Just such …
The insider trading trial of the century has started in Manhattan featuring Raj Rajaratnam, his Galleon hedge fund and a diverse set of characters ranging from a former Goldman Sachs director to consultants and naturally, other hedge fund managers. T…
February 28, 2011 – 2:12 pm
If you look at the history of financial regulation in the United States, one of the things you notice is that almost all regulation of financial activity at the federal level comes as a result of some form of financial scandal or abuse. This goes al…
February 17, 2011 – 10:52 am
Readers of this blog will know that I am somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to the use of social media in investor relations (and yes, I recognize the irony of that statement when written in a blog). It’s not that I think there is no use for twitt…
February 1, 2011 – 1:52 pm
I’m happy to report that I will be speaking on February 15th at the Houston NIRI chapter on the topic of “IR Insights from Academia: Does Any of That Fancy Theory Apply in a Real World Context?” This will be the second time I’ve given this ta…
January 25, 2011 – 10:37 am
There was an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal entitled “Investors Want Right to Know” which uses the recent announcement of Steve Job’s latest medical leave of absence to advance the argument that Boards of Directors need to disclos…
January 19, 2011 – 11:21 am
I’ve been reading an interesting book lately. Normally I stay away from business books, particularly ones that sound like they want to solve business problems with touchy-feely quick fixes. But in this case I listened to the author get interviewed …
