Does Investment Matter?
This formidable IRO says to me, “Quast, here’s the deal. You say rational, fundamental investment is a tiny fraction of trading now and we’re all bond servants to traders and risk managers who’re...
View ArticleA Rational View of Share Prices
Belated Happy Thanksgiving! After breaking for a week as an act of giving thanks, we’re back. Karen and I joined 88,622 others in Aggieland at Kyle Field in College Station for the A&M football...
View ArticleA Blueprint for Modern IR Strategy
There are old guys around a table watching video. No. They’re not IR professionals. But stay with me for two minutes. One says, “He’s got a good swing.” “He’s got the build of a hitter,” adds another....
View ArticleThe 11.1% Occupying Earnings
The One Percent is a catchy phrase. But statistics highlight the 11.1%. It’s earnings season. Fifty-seven percent of our clients have reported, our data show. In the past five days across the Nasdaq...
View ArticleKnight Time
Some were forced to do it themselves. In the wake of Knight Capital’s technology glitch – if you missed it, a linchpin in trading markets was nearly undone Aug 1 by faulty trading software – some...
View ArticleInstant Replay
Let’s go to the tape. That’s what we hear in sports now, especially football. Send it to the replay booth. Forget the referee’s call. We’ll check frame-by-frame and – yes, see, right there, his pinky...
View ArticleOur Best Sentiments
Question: “Would you like more timely information about who owns your shares?” Answer: Yes! Question: “Would you be willing to ask for more timely information?” Answer: Um… Let’s change that “um” to a...
View ArticleHolistic IR
Do sharks belong in the ocean? You might reply, “They certainly don’t belong on land.” But that’s not what I mean. This isn’t a lesson on catachresis or other obscure grammatical and rhetorical...
View ArticleConstituents
Is you is, or is you ain’t, my constituents? If you know cinema’s Coen Brothers and the epically hilarious 2000 movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” you’re smiling. You remember the scene, the southern...
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