Archive for April, 2005

Proxy-Advisory Firm

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

The Wall Street Journal calles Glass Lewis & Co. an “independent reaearch and proxy-advisory firm.” I have been looking for just such resources on the Internet. The very idea behind the firm leads me to add them to Stockholders.com blog roll of notable sites.

General Motors or Protectionism

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Why did the market go down three hundred some points in three days? We have low inflation, low interest rates, relatively low taxes on capital gains and dividends. The highway I drive every day has never has so much construction on the few remaining available lots for commercial development. Lots that have […]

Mutual Funds Lowering Fees

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

As The New York Times reports mutual funds on the whole have been lowering their fees. An exerpt:

John C. Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and a persistent critic of fund managers, said that Mr. Spitzer’s efforts had reinforced competitive pressures acting to bring down costs - although not enough to seriously impair the […]

Words

Friday, April 8th, 2005

Reprinted from my other site, but applicable mostly here:

Stockholders.com, I have always had a plan for. A corporation is like a little primitive model of a representitive republic. In fact it is like a model of American government. The stockholders (citizens) democraticaly elect a board of directors (representatives). There is no direct democracy, the stockholders […]