Comments on: Executives Again Treating Corporate Treasuries as Their Money http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 By: Buybacks, Giveaways to Executives and Non-GAAP Earnings at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-22133 Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:54:58 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-22133 […] When you call attention to spending over $2 billion in the quarter to buy back 3.2 million shares it seems silly to then claim that the stock you gave away shouldn’t be considered as an expense. […]

]]> By: Peter Drucker Advocated a Ratio of 20 to 1 for CEO to Average Worker Pay « The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-21968 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:10:31 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-21968 “If someone wants a lot of money to lead your organization and they are qualified, fine. If they won’t run your organization for less than a king’s ransom find someone who is more interested in leading your organization than in treating it as their personal bank account…”

]]> By: More Evidence of the Damage Done by Kleptocrat CEO Pay » Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8767 Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:30:32 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-8767 Today I see many CEO’s are acting as kleptocrats do – taking food out of others mouths to build their castles…

]]> By: Massively Unjust Executive Compensation Damages Companies and Investments » Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-6138 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:56:41 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-6138 As an investor, one of the big risks that has to be evaluated is how much of the business profits executives will divert to their personal bank accounts. And investors also have to worry about the risks executives take to reach huge incentives which then greatly damage your investment…

]]> By: The Economy is Weak and Prospects May be Grim, But Many Companies Have Rosy Prospects at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5750 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:14:18 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-5750 […] next decade. In fact I am happy to own them. Frankly the biggest worry I have is that the senior executives will loot the owners profits with exorbitant pay (this is not a worry at Toyota and less of one at Amazon). I would worry more about owning index […]

]]> By: Maslow on Dealing with Authoritarians » Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2011/04/03/executives-again-treating-corporate-treasuries-as-their-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5740 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:17:51 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1226#comment-5740 “The correct thing to do with authoritarians is to take them realistically for the bastards that they are…”

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