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Topic: Investor confidence

	SEC Testimony: Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (William H. Donaldson); April 21, 2005
		Since its enactment in the summer of 2002, the Act has effected dramatic change across corporate America and beyond, and is helping to re-establish investor confidence in the integrity of corporate disclosures and financial reporting.
		Investor confidence in the reliability of information in a company’s filings with the SEC is fundamental to the vibrancy of our markets.
		The committee will conduct its work with a view to protecting investors, considering whether the costs imposed by the current regulatory system for smaller public companies are proportionate to the benefits, and identifying methods of minimizing costs and maximizing benefits.
	www.sec.gov /news/testimony/ts042105whd.htm (4205 words)

	ASB - Robust Economy keeps Investor Confidence Levels High
		Investor confidence bounced back to near record levels in the second quarter of 2004, thanks to a predominance of positive economic news, according to the ASB.
		Results released in the latest quarterly ASB Investor Confidence Survey show a nett 21% of respondents believe their investment returns will be better this year, up two percentage points from the first quarter of 2004.
		Confidence in residential rental property remained stable in the second quarter, although the gap between this and the other investment types measured has closed over recent quarters.
	www.asbbank.co.nz /story4546.asp (489 words)

	ASB - Sharemarket Strength Supports Investor Confidence
		Investor confidence was down slightly in the first quarter of 2004, but remains strong thanks to a growing faith in sharemarket returns, according to the ASB.
		Results released in the latest quarterly ASB Investor Confidence Survey show a nett 19% of respondents believe their investment returns will be better this year.
		Confidence amongst those with residential property as their main investment was down 17 points to a nett 14%.
	www.asbbank.co.nz /story6722.asp (422 words)

	Press Release - Investor Confidence Index Rises to 86.9 in November
		European and Asian investors displayed slightly lower confidence, with the European Index falling from 70.6 to 69.9, and the Asian Index declining from 85.4 to 83.3.
		The index is based on financial theory that assigns precise meaning to changes in investor risk sentiment, or the willingness of investors to hold proportionally more or less of their portfolio in equities.
		European levels of confidence are very low and remain broadly unchanged this month, and Asian confidence, which has been more robust in the past, has fallen again.
	pr.statestreet.com /us/en/20051122_1.html (862 words)

	SIA's Annual Survey Shows Rise in Investor Confidence
		Nearly 60% of investors — up 12 points from last year — are confident that the reforms made by the securities industry will benefit them.
		Gorman said that while investors consider themselves "neutral to slightly bullish" in their market outlook, their expectation for returns, while tempered since the days of the dot.com mania, may still be too aggressive.
		According to the survey, investors are expecting a 12.8% investment return this year, and a 14.1% return in 2005.
	www.ml.com /?id=7695_7696_42133_42135_42178_42179 (409 words)

	Restoring Investor Confidence
		In a broader sense, it might be said that investor confidence has been shaky for the last two years.
		Many lost confidence in the market when the dot-com bubble burst or when they discovered that their expectation of 20 or 25 percent annual returns could no longer be realized.
		But the loss of investor confidence we face today is much deeper than that which resulted from lower-than-expected returns and a declining Dow.
	www.southerninstitute.org /Resources-GoodBusiness-Content(5).htm (2455 words)

	Who Belongs to The "Investor Class"?, Revised 1/23/03
		The implication is that a broad cross-section of the American public is now invested in the stock market and that the “investor class” is no longer confined to those with high incomes but has become a more representative group.
		Although this may be truer than in the past, it misses two fundamental points: First, a significant portion of investments occurs in the context of tax-deferred retirement accounts, particularly for middle-class investors.
		In other words, when it comes to stock holdings in taxable accounts, the “investor class” is still dominated by those with high incomes.
	www.cbpp.org /1-6-03tax2.htm (624 words)

	Yale School of Management: Investor Confidence Recedes on Fears of Higher Interest Rates According to Survey Results of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One-Year Confidence Index: Approximately 88 percent of individual investors and 84 percent of institutional investors expect an increase in the Dow in the coming year, down from approximately 93 percent of individual investors and 91 percent of institutional investors six months earlier.
		Valuation Confidence Index: Approximately 64 percent of individual investors and 70 percent of institutional investors believe the market is not valued too high, down from approximately 67 percent of individual investors and 79 percent of institutional investors six months earlier.
		Approximately 67 percent of institutional investors and 64 percent of individual investors expect the market to rebound the next day should the market ever drop 3 percent in one day, compared to approximately 54 percent of institutional investors and 68 percent of individual investors six months earlier.
	mba.yale.edu /news_events/CMS/Articles/3132.shtml (797 words)

	rediff.com: Investor confidence intact, claim UTI bosses
		However, the UTI brass maintains that the small investor's confidence is intact and the market still has faith in it, the US-64 crisis notwithstanding.
		Despite the confidence he exudes, it is not going to be an easy task.
		Whether the small investor's confidence in UTI will remain intact till then, is something that will depend on what the UTI board comes up with on Monday.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/jul/07uti6.htm (976 words)

	GAO-04-75, Securities Markets: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Investor Confidence and Improve Listing Program Oversight
		To avoid investor confusion caused by temporary changes to stock symbols, NYSE has implemented procedures for transmitting an indicator with the issuer's stock quotation data over the consolidated tape[Footnote 10] to information vendors,[Footnote 11] beginning 5 business days after NYSE notifies the issuer of its noncompliance with the market's quantitative continued listing standards.
		Investors currently receive information on an issuer's noncompliance with these standards through issuer press releases that are required by Amex, NASDAQ, and NYSE rules.
		Although differences exist between the roles, responsibilities, and characteristics of managers, directors, and shareholders and the regulation of corporate governance in these countries, their issuers were encouraged to increase the role and authority of independent directors on their boards of directors.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d0475.html (13822 words)

	Press Release - Investor Confidence Index Falls to 78.6 in October
		According to the October index, investor confidence decreased to 78.6 from September's revised reading of 83.4.
		Looking regionally at the revised figures, the confidence of North American institutional investors fell from 99.6 to 93.5, and that of European investors fell slightly from 70.5 to 69.7.
		Asian institutional investors, by contrast, displayed increased confidence, with the Index for that region rising from 78.8 to 85.2.
	pr.statestreet.com /us/en/20051018_2.html (869 words)

	Where Did All the Money Go?, State of Business Magazine
		Instead of seeing their money grow, these older investors have watched it dribble away, and they don't have decades to recoup their losses.
		Greene remarked, "Investor confidence is being eroded in different ways than we usually think.
		Because some corporations are acting like bad guys, all corporations are being scrutinized by investors, consumer action groups and, most recently, the SEC, which will be seeing at least a $100 million budget increase to investigate corporate fraud and enforce tough new laws just now being enacted.
	robinson.gsu.edu /magazine/fall2002/money.html (1067 words)

	USATODAY.com - Scandal further decimates investor confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Within weeks of Sept. 11, consumers, investors and most business sectors were on their way to shrugging off most of the fallout.
		Investors are "collectively dumbstruck," says John Markese, president of the American Association of Individual Investors.
		If investor confidence wanes, it will be harder for firms to raise money through stock and bond issues.
	www.usatoday.com /money/general/2002/06/27/confidence.htm (1487 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		According to the June index, investor confidence increased by 3.1 points from May's revised reading of 81.4.
		The index is based on the financial theory that assigns precise meaning to changes in investor risk sentiment, or the willingness of investors to hold proportionally more or less of their portfolio in higher-risk investments.
		"Investor confidence moved upward this month, with U.S. investors feeling a notable increase in their risk appetite for risky investments around the world," commented Froot.
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=28471309&rb=1 (906 words)

	Investor Confidence Index Declines to 84.7 in December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to the December index, investor confidence decreased to 84.7 from November's revised reading of 87.5.
		Looking regionally, the confidence of North American institutional investors fell slightly to a revised reading of 101.6 in December from 103.3 in November.
		European and Asian investors displayed lower confidence, with the European Index falling more substantially from 71.4 to 63.8, and the Asian Index declining from 84.3 to 76.7.
	www.ccnmatthews.com /news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=572872 (792 words)

	The Importance of Investor Confidence > Asleep at the Wheel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As long as the stock market was going up, investors did not want to ask too many questions about the behavior of the corporate system that was earning them profits.
		Investors became angry at the enormous fraud at Enron and at the other firms that have subsequently announced problems.
		The outcry against corporate greed and fraud is a manifestation of the failing confidence of investors in the corporate system, which, in turn, is partially caused by the decline in the stock market.
	www.informit.com /articles/article.asp?p=98127 (1065 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ask Matt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		That's why investors often try to understand how fearful, or confident, investors are about stocks.
		Some of the best investors are the ones that can accurately gauge this sentiment and make the right moves at the right time.
		But despite the fall in confidence, investors still ended the year more confident than they were in mid-December 2004.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/techinvestor/columnist/mattkrantz/2005-02-03-ask-matt_x.htm (460 words)

	OSC: Investor Confidence Initiatives: A Cost-Benefit Analysis (Summary Document) - CVMO: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A positive overall impact on investor confidence could be assumed based on the very evident result of the loss of confidence over the past three years.
		While some degree of information asymmetry is unavoidable, the damage to the investor, investor confidence and market integrity is most substantial when the investor is provided with misleading information.
		With audit committee composition, auditor reporting and certification at the forefront of the investor confidence initiatives, we have chosen to focus this part of the CBA on the relationship between the existence of an independent audit committee and evidence of aggressive accounting.
	www.osc.gov.on.ca /Regulation/Confidence/pic_20030627_cba-summary.jsp (5736 words)

	Econoday Reports - Consumer Price Index February 23, 2005
		Conventional wisdom suggests investors are confident when stocks are rising and pessimistic when falling.
		The investor confidence index is compiled with techniques based on modern portfolio theory.
		According to State Street, "the more of their portfolios that professional investors are willing to devote to riskier as opposed to safer investments, the greater their risk appetite or confidence." So when investors choose to increase their holdings of risky assets, this confirms their confidence has increased.
	mam.econoday.com /reports/US/EN/New_York/ssic/year/2005/yearly/02/index.html (269 words)

	WILink plc - WILink Research Shows Investor Confidence On the Rise
		Investors were more bullish about the market this week at a rate of 1.58 bullish investors to every one investor with a bearish outlook, a 62% increase from last week’s measure.
		Although large portions of investors remain neutral about the market, this is the most positive increase in the number of investors with a bullish outlook since the beginning of 2003.
		So far in 2003, investor confidence has moved within a range from a high of 2.36 in mid-January to a low of.93 in early February and back to 1.58 this week with many investors remaining neutral about prospects for the market’s performance.
	dev.wilink.com /news_86.htm (644 words)

	Investor Confidence Index Declines to 73.4 in February
		According to the February index, investor confidence decreased to 73.4 from January's revised reading of 77.0.
		Looking regionally, the confidence of North American institutional investors fell to 85.5 in February from a revised reading of 89.8 in January.
		More information on the State Street Investor Confidence Index, including frequently asked questions and a calendar of release dates, is available at http://www.statestreet.com/investorconfidenceindex.
	www.ccnmatthews.com /news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=581121 (793 words)

	PO-3609: Peter Fisher Remarks on Restoring Investor Confidence: The Key is Disclosure
		I think that you should work to ensure that investors see both the real, economic leverage and the key indicators of business value that are available to insiders.
		If we are incapable of putting both investors and analysts on the same footing as insiders, particularly with respect to companies’ real, economic leverage, then I fear that the best days of the securities industry may be behind you.
		As long as a gap exists between corporate insiders and investors, in both the method used and the data available to determine the firm’s value, then the opportunity and the temptation for insiders to game the system will be too great.
	www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/po3609.htm (1632 words)

	Can Washington Boost Investor Confidence?
		As William Niskanen of the Cato Institute notes, in light of the recent scandals that have surfaced, such private organizations are in the process of introducing new policies to address potential problems.
		Investor confidence is critical for a healthy market, which means that business, the stock exchanges, and institutional investors all have incentives to improve accounting standards and Niskanen points out that all of these groups are working to establish new standards.
		Dubious accounting practices and perhaps outright fraud have led to a crisis in investor confidence that has weakened the market and shaken the dollar in world currency markets; foreign investors have become skittish, pulling resources out of U.S. markets.
	www.freedomworks.org /informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=1041 (860 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - Investor Confidence drops to 38, from previous month of 52 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Substantial investors, those with more than $100,000 in investable assets, are more likely to view the current environment as a buying opportunity, with 61 percent of this group saying now is a good time to invest, compared with 43 percent of average investors, those with $10,000 - $100,000 in investable assets.
		Optimism among individual investors across Europe fell to a record low in December on the heels of increased concerns about the prospects for the European economy, according to the Index of Investor Optimism - EU 5, a joint effort of UBS and the Gallup Organization.
		The overall Index of Investor Optimism EU 5 decreased by 10 points to a level of -38 points in December, down from -28 in November, the lowest measure since the Index EU 5 baseline survey was conducted in October 2001.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID61/12656.html (1862 words)

	SEC Speech: Remarks - Strengthening Investor Confidence Through Sound Compliance and Risk Controls (M.A. Gadziala)
		The goals of our comprehensive compliance exams are threefold: to ensure that firms are carrying out their compliance responsibilities through proactive, independent oversight; to promote best practices in compliance; and to encourage senior management to give compliance the high priority that it deserves.
		The SEC is reviewing examination results and issues discussed at the roundtable held earlier this year on investor protection implications of hedge funds.
		Topics covered by the roundtable included: the structure, operation and compliance activities of hedge funds; marketing; investor protection; the regulatory scheme; and whether additional regulation is warranted.
	www.sec.gov /news/speech/spch092403mag.htm (3195 words)

	ABC News: Stocks Rebound on Investor Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Strong data from the manufacturing sector bolstered investors' moods, with the Institute for Supply Management, a private research group, reporting that manufacturing expanded at a faster-than-expected rate in February.
		Investors shrugged off the slowest gain in the construction sector in seven months.
		Investors are hypersensitive to economic news as they watch for changes in Federal Reserve interest rate strategy and try to discern which direction the market is heading, said Richard E. Cripps, chief market strategist for Stifel Nicolaus, a broker based in St. Louis.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=1676778&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (363 words)

	The International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management
		The Investor Behavior Project at Yale University, under the direction of Dr.
		Among the studies that this project has produced was a major study of investor thinking on the day of the stock market crash of 1987.
		These indexes have a span of nearly twelve years, and thus are the longest-running effort to measure investor confidence and related investor attitudes.
	icf.som.yale.edu /confidence.index (192 words)

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		The State Street Investor Confidence Index, which focuses on institutional investors, is another recently created gauge.
		Some investors insist the flow of news remains disconcerting, and that confidence in the economy is unfounded.
		An investor called Cynical, who's taken on bulls on CBS MarketWatch's message boards for years, argues that more corporate scandals, lukewarm holiday spending and rising interest rates will play a part in sobering market revelers.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={9EE966D6-591E-404A-90CD-3BA3D6CA167E}&siteid=mktw&archive=true&dist= (1123 words)

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