Investing Between the Lines: How to Make Smarter Decisions By Decoding CEO Communications (General Finance & Investing)
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071714073 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stephen P. Percoco said Well worth a read.. L.J. Rittenhouse drives home the point that the CEO's annual letter to shareholders provides important insights into the company's historical performance and future outlook. The book is chock full of examples - many of which are well known corporate failures - where the clues to future problems might have been ferreted out by a careful reading of the preceding annual letters. LJR . Good book Sergei Very good book, full of insights. The book presents a method of linguistic analysis of CEO letters to shareholders. The method helps assess CEO character and fits nicely into the five C's of credit analysis. I suppose the same method can be used to assess any statements made by executives, i.e. newspaper interviews or statements during conference calls. My only question is how to . "Great Book for Investing Fundamentals" according to David Chernow. This is a book that is designed to convey investing fundamentals. I work in finance as an investor and have read all of the mainstream investing books, including "The Intelligent Investor." Investing books can be dense, but I found that "Investing Between the Lines" did a great job of conveying the necessary information without over complicating it. The chapters are laid out and o
Rittenhouse was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers before founding her executive coaching and investor relations firm, Rittenhouse Rankings Inc. Her extensive research on the predictive power of CEO candor has been recognized by Warren Buffett and others for creating more trustworthy companies. A gr
R. COVEY, author of the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Speed of Trust, and coauthor of Smart Trust“Before investing only by the numbers, read Investing Between the Lines. In fact, the secret is right in front of youin black and whitein the words of every shareholder letter, annual report, and corporate correspondence you receive.Investing Between the Lines shows you how to:Decipher the “FOG” of confusing company communications D
I for one am grateful for her efforts." --Seeking Alpha"Rittenhouse's annual company rankings have consistently shown a convincing link between executive candor and stock returns. Indeed, Rittenhouse raised a red flag on Enron before it failed, noticing a discrepancy between the net income cited in its CEO letter and its audited financial statement, among other things." --Robin Blumental Barron's 20130112 . This book stands out for its emphasis on research and data, rather than just opinion. It should be dog-eared, filled with flags, passages underlined and highlighted" --IR Magazine"Rittenhouse offers page after page of detailed analyses of corporate communications. These analyses are not always intuitively obvious. That i