The acknowledged bible on investor relationsInvestor relations is an essential facet of any publicly tradedcompany, inevitably affecting its stock price, investments, andliquidity. Maximizing Your Investor Relations provides practicalguidance needed to master this complex undertaking and advocatepersuasively on your company's behalf to achieve greaterrecognition and value. Comprehensive and thoughtful, it focuses oncontrolling the day-to-day mechanics of investor relations to moreeffectively compete for capital.The Art and Craft of Investor Relations.
The Marketing Approach.
The Cast of Characters.
The Changing Landscape of Analysis.
Working with the Financial Community.
The Computer in Investor Relations.
Corporate Communications.
The Financial and Business Media.
Rules of Disclosure: The SEC and the Markets.
Going Public.
Shareholder Relations.
The Investor Relations Counsel.
Competing for Capital.
Appendices.
Index.
Bruce W. Marcus (Easton, Connecticut), a pioneer in investor relations and a consultant serving some of the nation's largest corporations, is a longtime Wiley author whose first of several bestselling books on investor relations, Competing for Capital, was published by Wiley in 1977. He is a widely published author of hundreds of articles and more than a dozen books on investor relations, ERISA, and marketing; a Connecticut-based consultant to some of the nation's largest corporations and to many professional service firms; and the editor of the internationally read newsletter, the Marcus Letter. As a marketing expert, he has been at the forefront of instituting fundamental cls"