One has to wonder if the old Shakespearean saying “timing is all” will become a guiding factor in which direction the Securities and Exchange Commission will go with a new administration and Congress.
We can reasonably assume that Congress will press the SEC to increase its enforcement efforts substantially, to go after those who manipulated the markets or failed investors intentionally or through negligence. There could also be an avalanche of new regulations resulting from problems that emerged from the financial crisis. And somewhere between those regulatory forces and angry investors will be corporations’ investor relations function.
A key lesson learned over ...