Research Center Events

Winning Investors Over: A Fireside Chat with Professor Baruch Lev and Gene Epstein of Barron’s

Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012

Time: 6:00pm registration, 6:30-7:30pm program, 7:30-8:30pm reception

Location: NYU Stern, Kaufman Management Center, 44 West Fourth Street, Barr-Kawamura Commons, KMC 5-50

*By invitation only

The National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) New York and NYU Stern will co-host a fireside chat with Professor Baruch Lev, author of “Winning Investors Over: Surprising Truths About Honesty, Earnings Guidance and Other Ways to Boost Your Stock Price”. Professor Lev will be joined by Gene Epstein, author of Barron’s “Economic Beat.""

Professor Lev is the director of the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research and the Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Epstein is Barron’s Economics and Book Review Editor and is the author of “ECONOSPINNING: How to Read between the Lines when the Media Manipulate the Numbers”.

Professor Lev’s research tackles thought-provoking topics including:
  • Quantifying the impact of “soft information” on your stock
  • Managing investor expectations and earnings guidance
  • Understanding Investor behavior and building long-term relationships
  • Best practices for delivering “bad” news
  • Can there be “too high” a valuation?