September 3, 2009
How honest were IROs in this survey?

How important are retail investors to the investor mix of your company?

Absolutely essential  9.3%
                             
Very important  21.6%
                             
Somewhat important  29.4%
                             
Not very important  31.4%
                             
Not important at all  8.3%
                             

 

via www360.shareholder.com

The results are based on a survey of Shareholder.com clients by Rivel Research. It’s not clear how many actually answered the survey (204 *recipients* is mentioned), but the real question is did the respondents tell the truth?

The incentive here is for IROs to overstate the importance of retail investors. It’s never a good thing for an IRO to say *any* investor is not important, and they know that.

So I’m included to read the results at 30% think retail matters and 70% don’t really care.

Posted via web from IR Web Report in Brief

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