How Twitter Levels the Playing Field for Small Cap Companies
Good news for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who are known to kvetch that that their companies fall below the radar screen of Wall Street analysts and the media. It’s widely known that mainstream media coverage seems to favor large companies over small ones. It’s a valid concern. (Disclosure: Every weekday, this portal’s stocks page [...]
[Read more...]6 Keys for Hedge Fund Managers to Succeed Long Term
Difficult economic conditions and higher expectations of investors mean hedge fund managers should make some salient changes for their long-term success, according to a global study by SEI. “With an increasingly crowded field of competitors, rising institutional demands, and a decade of disappointing overall returns, hedge funds are at a critical juncture,” said SEI [...]
[Read more...]Major Banks Are Too Big to Fail, But Not to Break Them Up
The time has come to break up the big banks. There are 5,000+ banks in the U.S. However, just a dozen of them dominate with 69 percent of the assets in the banking sector. America grew strong as the result of a free-market system. But the nation is barely surviving the Great Recession that [...]
[Read more...]An Important Quality So You Can Climb the Corporate Ladder
What salient attribute do chief executive officers have in common? They’re optimistic about life – more so than the average person. That’s the conclusion from an authoritative study, “Managerial Attitudes and Corporate Actions,” in the Journal of Financial Economics. The report on 3,000 personality test responses was co-authored by John Graham, Campbell Harvey and [...]
[Read more...]Investment Advisors Feel Buoyant, but Investors Don’t Feel the Love
How confident are investment advisors and investors about the economy? Well, many investment advisors in Q3 2012 were cheery enough about the future to hire staff while their clients were pessimistic. Those were the salient conclusions from a study by Charles Schwab, its 12th semi-annual “Independent Advisor Outlook Study.” “Investors are faced with a complicated and uncertain economic and [...]
[Read more...]Dow’s Flirtation with 14,000 Doesn’t Mean Economy is Better
Updated Feb. 28, 2013 While it’s heartening, don’t get exuberant over the Dow Jones Industrial Average passing above 14,000. The lofty height doesn’t mean the U.S. has a healthy business climate, despite what Wall Street analysts hope. The nation has huge economic structural issues. Let’s get real. The Federal Reserve’s practice of printing money [...]
[Read more...]IPO Guru: Why the Frantic IPO Pace Heading into the New Year
Dec. 14, 2011 Although 2011 has been a disappointing year for initial public offerings, several companies aim to go public this week making it the busiest IPO activity since 2007. So what’s going on? “There is a very large backlog of companies wanting to IPO and the November 4 Groupon IPO turned the light back on [...]
[Read more...]Marketing Principles Needed in Wall Street Protests to Create Culture of Economic Patriotism
From New York to Seattle, people are wondering about the impact of the Wall Street protests. No one is asking, but if the protesters want to know how to win, they need to conduct a cohesive major-marketing campaign. So, if you can humor me, let’s consider this a review of marketing best practices. Along [...]
[Read more...]Did Carol Bartz Use the Right Leadership Approach at Yahoo?
Imagine, you’re at work and you suddenly get a boorish mass e-mail from the head of your company announcing she’s just been fired. How would you feel? Would you respect the person sending such a message? Would you be confident in your company? I don’t know about you, but I’d have a negative response to [...]
[Read more...]How CEOs, Taxes and Policymakers Fail the U.S.
Updated May 23, 2013 Like it or not, stagnant growth increases the possibility of a double-dip recession. We’re in a precarious position, largely, because businesspeople and consumers lack confidence in the economy – for good reasons. Fourteen million Americans are unable to find a family wage job. For many available jobs, Americans lack education [...]
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