ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a recent event held at the offices of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), Dave Gentry, president of RedChip Companies, participated in a panel discussion with distinguished analysts that included Steve Biggar of Morningstar; Haywood Kelly, CFA, Director of Research, Morningstar; John Eade of Argus Research; Debra Fiakas, CFA, Managing Member, Crystal Equity Research; Kevin Coleman, CEO, Coleman Research Group; Richard Leggett, Chairman and CEO, BIA; and Keith McCullough, CEO, Research Edge, LLC. The event was moderated by Michael Mayhew, Chairman and Global Director of Research, Integrity Research Associates, LLC.
The topic of the panel discussion, which was attended by hundreds of CFAs, fund managers, broker-dealer representatives and NASDAQ officials, was Independent Research.
Dave Gentry commented: "This event was timely and thought-provoking. The research industry is changing at lightning speed. Those firms who innovate and adapt to the changing regulatory environment and market conditions will become the leaders of the independent research movement."
About RedChip Research
RedChip is an international research and financial public relations firm that provides fundamental action-oriented research on small-cap companies. RedChip was the first to put independent coverage on Starbucks in 1992. "Discovering Tomorrow's Blue Chips Today"(tm) is its corporate theme. RedChip research has been written about in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, CFO Magazine and dozens of financial publications. To learn more about RedChip Research visit: http://www.redchip.com/research/researchmain.asp.
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