Other brokerage banks may charge retail customers willing to receive this once-privileged knowledge in a more timely fashion. For the pros, nothing yet beats personal contact between a money manager and an analyst. But the Webcasts appear to be the next best thing. Webcasting might also allow analysts to streamline their exhausting schedules by limiting the need to fly to conferences around the country. Don't expect Hollywood-style productions, though.
Some guys are way uncomfortable.
We've created mini-monsters. Industry overview Carol Pickering is a staff writer for Business 2.0 .