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Beyond Benchmark: What Custom Really Means

Geopolitics, energy, innovation & EVs: navigating the gap between market hopes and hard truths in a shifting global landscape.
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Industry Rollups: A New Opium War but in Reverse

China is outflanking global industries with speed, scale, and state-backed strategy, upending assumptions and shaking up global competition.
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The Singapore Solution; Mamdani, Monaco & Switzerland

Business location matters less in a digital world, but tax, talent, and politics still shape corporate strategies globally.
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want … You Get What You Need

Geopolitics, energy, innovation & EVs: navigating the gap between market hopes and hard truths in a shifting global landscape.
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Egan-Jones Leads the Market in Contested Situations

Egan-Jones offers early, independent proxy advice, focusing on fundamentals to maximize shareholder value, differing from other advisors.
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AI Future: Not What You Think

AI promises efficiency but risks widening inequality. Gains may concentrate among investors, leaving displaced workers behind.
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More Than One Path to Salvation (but not fame)

Founders start the story, but leaders like Cook, Nadella & Pichai sustain growth. Buffett’s Apple bet shows value evolves with leadership.
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Good Intentions Gone Bad; No Free Lunch

Chasing social and business goals strains firms; success comes from focus, smart risk management, and clear credit-based decisions.
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Comment Period for Egan-Jones 2026 Draft Policies

Egan-Jones publishes its 2026 Draft Proxy Policies and seeks feedback by Dec 3. Review updates across all policy categories.
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Missing the Mark: Proxy Advisors Misunderstand Investors

Egan-Jones backed Musk’s pay plan unlike peers, reflecting investor support. Proxy choice matters when others miss investor sentiment.
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Cash is King: The Vicious Cycle at Cracker Barrel

Egan-Jones recommends withholding votes from Cracker Barrel directors and CEO Masino due to ongoing decline and poor results.
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Cracks in the Foundation; A Few Trends to Watch

Credit tides are shifting fast; Autos collapsing, retail reinventing, crypto rising, and workers left behind. Adapt or be swept away.
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Private Debt: Benefits, Growing Pains and Needed Reforms; Postmortem on First Brands and Tricolor

Private debt is reshaping finance; filling banks’ void, fueling growth, and exposing risks that could redefine the future of credit markets.
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Lessons Learned/ Lessons Forgotten

Explores shifting global power as America’s dominance fades, highlighting economic, military, and geopolitical “Ch-Ch-Changes.”
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Data Centers/ More Support Than Meets the Eye

AI-driven data centers surge as top firms race for speed, power, and reliability—balancing innovation with energy and infrastructure challenges.
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Proxy Voting via the Wealth-Focused Policy

Performance over process: Egan-Jones’ Wealth-Focused Policy centers returns and real accountability.
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Red Herring: Shareholder Proposals and Director Elections

As featured in the HLS Forum on Corporate Governance: ESG shareholder proposals get attention, but director elections have more impact.
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Tesla Performance Award Recommendations

Under its Wealth-Focused Policy, Egan-Jones recommends shareholders vote FOR the Performance Award while under its remaining "off-the-shelf" policies, Egan-Jones recommends a vote AGAINST.
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