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Small Investors! Change the Game!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

We are admirers of Eric Jackson of Ironfire Capital, who recently led a small investors revolt at Yahoo that contributed to an overdue management shakeup there.

He was recently quoted in a piece in the Wall Street Journal, in a piece that recommends five actions that small investors can take to restore fairness to the way in which shareholders are treated. It's well worth reading.