The Quick Quiz

Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for September 2000)

Come back each month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.


 
  1. Annual report producers don't get paid all that much, indicating the low esteem in which their companies hold them. True or false?  
 
  2. When a company like Canada's Ivaco runs 20 years of financial data, you tend to go more gently than if it presented the bare minimum. True or false?  
 
  3. You are strongly opposed to the new SEC's "No more secrets" stance. True or false?  
 
  4. If a producer—say, that of the General Motors report—takes issue with your commentary, your first reaction is to savage the complainer. True or false?  
 
  5. You savaged the Standard Register report a decade ago, as I recall. But you tend to go overboard when a "bad actor," in your words, "sees the light." True or false?  

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