Full Spectrum Communication

Topics:
Investor Relations
Tags:
Annual Reports,
Discovery,
Finance,
Financial Accounting,
Financial Statements,
Investor,
IRontheNet.com
Source:
IRontheNet.com

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Overview: The article discovers what's wrong with annual reports and IR web sites. It explains different discoveries: Discovery #1: Investment professionals find IR web sites frustrating; they get a lot of their information from other sources. Discovery #2: Investment professionals would use IR web sites more if they contained important and timely corporate information not found elsewhere. Discovery #3: Investment professionals consider annual reports mostly worthless. Corporations and investors agree on what information is important, companies fail to report most of the information investors need, and companies complain they are undervalued. The first problem with corporate reporting is its unbalanced focus on financial information. It explains that beyond communicating information about the competitive landscape, companies must clearly define their leaders' vision. There's no better place to do this than in the annual report chairman's letter. After all, this gives investors a unique insight, which they cannot get from third-party sources. It provide tips for its working.

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Format: HTML | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1

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