And now NOT talking yourself, how do you think does financial news influence other investors? What financial information, do you think, is most influential to influence the broader market/consensus opinion? Does their reactions play a role for your trading activities? Do you observe others’ trading decisions based on the release of financial news? And if so, in what way do you observe them? Can you describe this process a little bit more in detail? High frequency trading (HFT) and algorithmic trading (At) are recent developments on the financial market and make up a share of today’s daily trading. To what extent are you involved in this sort of trading? Although it seems that everything is automized with HFT and AT, according to your experience, does financial news also play a role here? To what extent is HFT and AT based on financial news? do you see the future of trading? Do you think HFT and AT will become more important? Relation with Financial Media/Journalists How you describe your relation towards financial news/financial journalists? In general, how do you interact with financial news/financial journalists (daily, occasionally, via email, phone, face-to-face)? How do you think about financial news/financial journalists? Do you think they understand what you are trying to tell them? Do you trust financial journalists? Now, I just wanted to remind you that this is all anonymous. Being honest, do you always tell the truth when you are talking with financial news/financial journalists? Can you think of an example/incident where you tried to influence the financial media to cover a story in a certain way (e.g., specific analysis, assessment of stocks/industry)? Relation with Investor Relations Professionals How would you describe your relations with investor relations professionals? Are you in daily, regular contact with IR professionals? How does the information exchange look like? Would you describe the relation as rather hostile or cooperative? Do you sometimes feel that IR is influencing your work? If so, in what way? Is the information that IR professionals provide you with useful for your work? What kind of strategies do IR professionals use to convince you of certain messages/evaluations of companies? Are they successful with these strategies? How do you deal with them, knowing that they have a certain agenda?
And now NOT talking yourself, how do you think does financial news influence other investors? What financial information, do you think, is most influential to influence the broader market/consensus opinion? Does their reactions play a role for your trading activities? Do you observe others’ trading decisions based on the release of financial news? And if so, in what way do you observe them? Can you describe this process a little bit more in detail? High frequency trading (HFT) and algorithmic trading (At) are recent developments on the financial market and make up a share of today’s daily trading. To what extent are you involved in this sort of trading? Although it seems that everything is automized with HFT and AT, according to your experience, does financial news also play a role here? To what extent is HFT and AT based on financial news? do you see the future of trading? Do you think HFT and AT will become more important? Relation with Financial Media/Journalists How you describe your relation towards financial news/financial journalists? In general, how do you interact with financial news/financial journalists (daily, occasionally, via email, phone, face-to-face)? How do you think about financial news/financial journalists? Do you think they understand what you are trying to tell them? Do you trust financial journalists? Now, I just wanted to remind you that this is all anonymous. Being honest, do you always tell the truth when you are talking with financial news/financial journalists? Can you think of an example/incident where you tried to influence the financial media to cover a story in a certain way (e.g., specific analysis, assessment of stocks/industry)? Relation with Investor Relations Professionals How would you describe your relations with investor relations professionals? Are you in daily, regular contact with IR professionals? How does the information exchange look like? Would you describe the relation as rather hostile or cooperative? Do you sometimes feel that IR is influencing your work? If so, in what way? Is the information that IR professionals provide you with useful for your work? What kind of strategies do IR professionals use to convince you of certain messages/evaluations of companies? Are they successful with these strategies? How do you deal with them, knowing that they have a certain agenda?