The Quick Quiz

Test your knowledge of annual reports.
(Questions for July 2005)

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


 
  1.  You tout your annual conference as big time, but if that's true, then why don't (1) more big-timers attend (like VPs), and (2) more folks come back for—well, more?  
 
  2.  Your protestations to the contrary, aren't the reports getting prime attention those produced by subscribers to your newsletter? True or false?  
 
  3.  Your opposition to the legalistic Form 10-K is well known, but haven't some companies found a way around your objections? True or false?  
 
  4.  Last month, you admitted to being paid to advise on one annual report but that you overlooked that design hadn't actually been extended throughout the entire book. So you do make mistakes, even if you never own up to them. True or false?  
 
  5.  When a report displeases you, you take it out on the producers. But isn't it the fault, actually, of corporate management? True or false?  
 
  6.  Key feature of an annual report is the shareholder letter. True or false?  
 

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