Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for February 2002)
Come back each month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.
Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for February 2002)
Come back each month to see how savvy you are about
annual reports to shareholders of publicly held companies.
| 1. | Despite what many no doubt predicted, the subject of Sept. 11's terrorist attacks hasn't come up in this year's annual reports. True or false? | ||
| 2. | I seem to recall you have little good to say about reporters in general. I'm assuming the same applies to newspaper columnists. True or false? | ||
| 3. | Speaking of which: The Twin Cities—Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota—have a reputation for producing the world's best annuals year after year. True or false? | ||
| 4. | If you were half so courageous as you seem to think you are, you'd name those companies whose CEOs you think dishonest in their letters to shareholders. True or false? | ||
| 5. | You didn't begin monitoring honesty in annual reports until several years after you began following this industry. True or false? | ||
| 6. | One last question: You perform critiques, for pay, for companies whose annuals you then review. In some instances, a company will lay out big bucks to have you come to its headquarters. Yet this never gets disclosed in conjunction with your reviews. True or false? | ||
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