Whose side are you on?
Any conflict of interest is fraught with tension. When it comes to sell-side analysts, the companies they analyze and the...
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Sell side Archive
Hedge funds: Sharks or sharp investors?
Hedge funds attracted attention in the past owing to some spectacular failures. More recently, they have been making the headlines...
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Selling out
Sell-side analysts don't do the job they once did. More to the point, the role they perform now is increasingly being questioned...
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Putting a sell on hold
It really is little wonder that investment research is lacking in credibility. Try explaining to a novice that when an analyst...
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Sunshine conference
I am sitting in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida, ringed by tropical plants, waterfalls, Buddha...
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IR meets marketing
When I last wrote about corporate advertising (Investor Relations, March 2000), it wasn't difficult to find examples of companies...
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Misfits or Mavens Part II
Tell an investor in the US that you're writing an article on sell-side credibility and you invariably hear laughter, followed by...
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Shady side of the Street
The October murders of two New York stock promoters with questionable financial reputations prompted frenzied speculation of...
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Sector survey: Retail
When Steve Blum moved from Quaker State to JC Penney Co, he left slow-moving oil for a mercurial world of lightning-fast IR...
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We don't want no education
'It's not an issue of PR people keeping analysts and fund managers up to speed on their jobs, they do it themselves,' exclaims Dr...
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