This survey gathered information about the most important factors
driving stock prices from the perspective of investment and business officers.
Participants in the Survey were asked to state their Job Title or
Functional Responsibility. We were pleased to see there was a wide
variety of participants, representing a cross section of corporate and
investment functions. The graph below shows the
Summary of Participant groups (selecting this link or corresponding
image will show a larger version.)
Each participant was then asked to select up to five factors from a
list of twenty. The ranking of the factors selected by these participants
is shown in the following
Votes by Participant Type (selecting this link or the corresponding
image will display a larger version.)
There was a subtle difference in the factors favored by Corporate
versus Investment staff functions, as shown in the following
Comparison of Corporate to Investment. (selecting this link or the
corresponding image will display a larger version.)
Click here to compare the
survey results with our statistical analysis.