What’s In/What’s Out for Investor Relations in 2012

By Jim Buckley, Executive Vice President & Partner

To kick off the New Year, we decided to renew an old Sharon Merrill tradition and take a lighthearted look at what’s in and what’s out in investor relations and related areas in 2012.  Hope you enjoy, and have a happy and successful 2012.

What’s In What’s Out
Program trading Insider trading
Oral “Safe Harbors” Shareholder litigation
Corporate access Corporate excess
Baby boomers  E*TRADE baby commercials
Long-only investors Short sellers
Flash mobs  Flash trades
Wall Street layoffs  Occupy Wall Street
iPads/iPhones  Blackberries
Renminbi The Euro
Whisper numbers  Consensus estimates 
Proxy Access  Snail mail 
Optimism  Pessimism 
IFRS  GAAP 
Mergers  Kardashian weddings 
Oil and gas stocks  Oil spills 
Domestic hiring  Offshoring 
Transparency  Dark pools 
ETFs  Money market funds 
Penny candy  Penny stocks 
Say on pay Golden parachutes
SIRI  HAL 
Traditional financial analysis  Expert networks 
Risk management  Corporate scandals 
Russell 2000  Pink Sheets 
Investment clubs  Ponzi schemes 
Millionaires Billionaires 
InvestorRelations.com Google+  

Jim Buckley is an Executive Vice President and a Partner at Sharon Merrill. He oversees the implementation of investor relations programs and provides strategic counsel to clients on a broad spectrum of communications issues including shareholder activism, acquisitions, proxy contests, investor day planning, earnings guidance, institutional ownership trends, analyst interactions and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Jim’s clients represent a cross-section of industry, including economic and financial consulting, energy, environmental, life sciences and technology.

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2 Responses to What’s In/What’s Out for Investor Relations in 2012

  1. Well done, Jim.

    While there are many very entertaining links in your list, you touch on some very important issues, such as Oral “Safe Harbors” and Say on Pay.

    JohnL

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