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U.S. companies should look Down Under
By Dominic Jones AUSTRALIA, according to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), has one of the highest rates of individual share ownership in the world. It’s the best example we have of an equity ownership culture — something many U.S. policy makers and politicians wish America would become. In America, rates of direct share ownership among [...]
Best of the Blog Vol. 1
OVER the past eight months or so, we’ve published more than 355 posts amounting to over 900 printed pages of text and pictures, not counting the 225-odd comments from readers and ourselves. To help new readers, and those who’ve been busy over the annual reporting season, we’ve put together a list of the original pieces [...]
An aroma of ostrich at Starbucks
COFFEE giant Starbucks needs to figure out a strategy for dealing with the bad press the company has been getting lately over its dispute with Ethiopian farmers before the criticism undermines the company’s brand image. Insults like that made by company chairman Howard Schultz at yesterday’s annual shareholders meeting make the company look extremely uncool. [...]
If retail investors don't matter, IR is in trouble
By Dominic Jones RETAIL investors’ direct ownership of U.S. stocks has dwindled to new lows. According to a survey released by the Conference Board, institutional investors owned 68% of the top 1,000 companies in 2005. To put that in perspective, consider that in 1950 individual investors directly held 92% of stocks. Today they own just [...]