Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Yahoo And ISS Just What Do Those Corporations Do Anyway


Yahoo comes with even more good information on its personal finance web site. They new offer access to the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and it should be a boon for small investors.

The Wall Street Journal does an excellent job explaining how this system works for the ISS:

Each company in ISS's database has two scores based on a scale of 1 to 100; the higher the number, the better the corporate-governance practices. The first score compares the company's governance practices to other companies in their comparable market index, while the second score compares the company's practices to other companies in its sector group.

See full Article: http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050510YahooAndISSJustWhatDoThoseCorporationsDoAnyway.html.