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COVID's negative impact on commerce and the general economy will be felt for some time. 3M (tkr: MMM) is not the only company to hire a new CFO with operating experience in an effort to mitigate the operational uncertainties of COVID. One may believe that all CFOs are operators. Think again. “His (3M's new CFO), … Continue reading Companies Are Recruiting CFOs with Operating Experience to Mitigate COVID Uncertainty
Our 2019 Technology CEOs of the Year included Andy Florance of CoStar Group (tkr: CSGP), Lance Uggla of IHS Markit (tkr: INFO), Ajay Banga of Mastercard (tkr: MA), Satya Nadella of Microsoft (tkr: MSFT) and Bill Stone of SS&C Technologies (tkr: SSNC). The risk/reward ratio for the equity markets hasn't been this unfavorable since the … Continue reading Catching Up with CEORater’s 2019 Technology CEOs of the Year
I sound like a broken record when I say for the umpteenth time "the market is going to roll over." We wrote in recent weeks the importance of being an active manager. Only active managers can navigate the choppy seas of this turbulent economy. Further, we always favor quality management teams and quality names. However, … Continue reading Quality Is King
We outline CEO changes that have occurred over the past few weeks Click here for the PDF presentation. https://youtu.be/R7K2KPRtTmU
Where is the market support coming from? Lipper data (below) shows net fund outflows for Equity funds. Therefore perhaps a sector rotation into Technology funds is providing support for Technology names. We have yet to find fundamental data that would support a bullish near-to-intermediate-term outlook for Technology names, with the exception being the leading streaming … Continue reading Stick With Quality Companies
We discovered a weak-to-moderate correlation between the year-over-year percentage change in GDP and the year-over-year percentage change in CEO Turnover at Fortune 1000 companies. We examined GDP and CEO Turnover at quarterly increments from Q1 2009 through Q4 2019. We treated CEO Turnover as the dependent variable and GDP as the independent variable. CLICK HERE … Continue reading Are GDP & CEO Turnover Related?
Great CEOs are great communicators (see our TEK2day article: Successful CEOs Share These Six Attributes). What constitutes "great communication?" Great communication is: Clear and conciseConsistentDefines ExpectationsHonestUnambiguousValues listening on par with delivering the message
During a crisis (bookings down by as much as 80% for some Enterprise Technology companies), leaders act with imperfect information. A reactionary approach is never the optimal approach. We offer a 6-step plan. Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher. The "Pareto principle" - better known as the 80/20 rule … Continue reading A Common Sense Approach to Crisis Management. Leveraging A 6-Step Plan.
We reviewed the most queried CEOs on CEORater.com over the past 12 months. The following is a list of the 20 Most Queried CEOs. Click HERE to access our interactive PowerPoint file.Click HERE to access the interactive PDF version. https://soundcloud.com/ceorater
Lost amidst the drama around Jes Staley's ties to convicted (deceased) sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is Staley's poor performance as Barclays CEO. This speaks to Barclays' weak Board of Directors and lack of corporate governance. One need look no further than the numbers. Barclays has under-performed during Staley's tenure. Staley was groomed by JP Morgan … Continue reading Why Does Jes Staley Remain Barclays CEO?
