Investing - General & Miscellaneous, Securities & Finance Law, Business Law - General & Miscellaneous, Corporate Finance - General & Miscellaneous, Stocks - Investments
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Overview
Today many of the 40 million individual investors are making their voices heard - largely through a shareholders rights movement spearheaded by such organizations as the American Association of Individual Investors, National Association of Investors Corporation, and the United Shareholders Association. Small investors, once largely ignored by corporate boards, are no longer silent. Understandably concerned about dwindling dividends, unethical investment patterns, and flagrantly overcompensated CEOs, just to name a few problems, small investors are no longer silent. The Active Shareholder is one more important way that you - as an often neglected small investor - can become empowered and demand your due rights. The only comprehensive guide to specifically address your prerogatives as an individual investor, The Active Shareholder carefully takes you through the impact of federal and state regulations - from SEC mandates to staff shareholder laws to show you precisely what you can and cannot expect to achieve with your holdings. You'll also discover which companies are - and are not - responsive to the needs of its shareholders. You'll come to understand the important differences between the rights of preferred shareholders and those of common shareholders as well as the differences between the roles and influences of individual and institutional investors. Armed with this and other information, you'll learn how to exercise your rights to positively affect corporate earnings and, in turn, your investment performance in particular, you'll learn how to prepare for and respond to a proxy with the help of clear guidance on how to access and interpret company information and disclosure documents, so that each of your votes is an important step toward corporate profitability. The book highlights the power - and limitations - of the process by presenting several front-page proxy battles that dramatically illustrate key points. The Active Shareholder also shows how you cBook Details
Published
March 5, 1993
Publisher
New York : Wiley, c1993.
Pages
289
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780471571001