Semaphore’s Annual PE Industry Confidence Survey results

Is 2011 a Wasteland or Playground? It seems my industry colleagues have continued to be wrongly optimistic about their personal income against a backdrop of continued and decided lack of confidence in the economy and their national governments. That appears to be the...

Does Steve Jobs Matter (to Apple Shareholders)?

Next week, Apple will announce its first earnings since Steve Jobs stepped down from his role as CEO of Apple on January 15, 2011 due to health reasons. So far, the market has taken a wait and see attitude as to what it means for the company. After a relentless rise...

Semaphore Forms Joint Venture with Topline Strategy

As you may have read in our last S4 Reporter, Cris Miller, the founding director of our Technology Due Diligence Practice retired last Friday September 30th. With Cris’ departure, we decided to form a Joint Venture with Topline Strategy, a Boston-based provider of...

Time To Take Semaphore’s Annual Confidence Survey

Do you expect to make more personal compensation next year than this year? Feeling more confident or less confident in the President’s Economic team as we left government shutdown and the most recent Fiscal Cliff behind? Thoughts on your boss and competitors? Annually...

Results of 6th Annual Semaphore PE Industry Confidence Survey

Confidence at All Time High Results of 6th Annual Semaphore PE Industry Confidence Survey Is irrational exuberance on the horizon? Will the Merry-Go-Round ever stop? Can the Masters of the Universe continue to rule? Notwithstanding the recent February Dow swoon the...

Semaphore’s 2024 Confidence Results Revealed

Discover the latest insights from Semaphore’s 2024 Confidence Survey “I’ve got to admit it; it‘s getting better, a little better all the time (can’t get much worse).” With apologies to the Beatles that their music could belie our industry, this lyric...