Few topics touch a raw nerve with individual investors as much as the issue of timely information.
Few topics touch a raw nerve with individual investors as much as the issue of timely information. For example, most conferences hosted by top investment banks and brokerage houses are off limits to individual investors, as are most corporate conference calls that take place each quarter in conjunction with a company's earnings release. Whether or not this lack of real-time data plays a significant role over the long term is not really germane. The fact is that those with large sums to invest and those who hold significant amounts of a company's outstanding shares often receive information that the rest of us can't. But cries of discontent did not fall on deaf ears.