Aug 16, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, History, Issues
The SSA – And We – honor Harry Poulakakos –Owner Of the World-Famous Harry’s Bar Of Hanover Square… “Wall Street’s Favorite Watering Hole” For Over 36 Years. What Valuable Lessons There Are To Be Learned Here!
Aug 16, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Dividend Reinvestment Plans, Issues
And With News Of Fresh Dividend Cuts Every Day… We Ask… “Is Buy-And-Hold Investing Dead???”
Aug 16, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Annual Meetings, Best & Worst Practices, Issues, Proxy
Wow, we noticed… it’s been 10 years since we listed our top-ten proofreading tips… tips which several readers told us they had tacked to their walls.
Aug 15, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Investor Relations, Issues
Sad as your editor was to see a scheduled proxy fight disappear unexpectedly, along with all the excitement such events bring…not to mention the paycheck…
Aug 14, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Compliance & Ethics, Issues
FOR STARTERS, LET’S RID OURSELVES OF THAT FALSE DICHOTOMY – AND THE TOTALLY STUPID DEBATE ABOUT ‘RULES-BASED’ VS. ‘PRINCIPLES–BASED’ REGULATION: While principles are great – and we should all have ‘em – we all need RULES for the really important stuff. The fact is...
Aug 14, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Compliance & Ethics, Issues
Just a few short months ago, we met with a fairly large group of very senior public-company people…and one of the top worries that surfaced was the kind of pressure there’d be for quick regulatory ‘fixes’…with all the disruption, extra work - and all the unforeseeable...
Aug 14, 2008 | 2008, 2008 Q4, Compliance & Ethics, Issues
TOTALLY ELIMINATE NAKED SHORT SELLING: We still can’t figure why smart people haven’t been able to understand exactly how naked short sales cheat investors – and how they can and do create cascades of sales to spook legitimate investors into panic selling – so the...
