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Based in Denver, CO, and launched in January 2005, ModernIR brings sophisticated database systems and deep investor relations experience to the discipline of trading intelligence. We want to level the playing field between corporate investor relations and the new algorithmic order in modern equity markets.
If the investor relations role is to be relevant, accurately informed, and seated at the management table today, a grasp of market structure should be a core competency. Otherwise, it’s a certainty that conclusions about stock movement and market health will be incomplete or inaccurate, that effort will be wasted on outreach and targeting when market structure is working against it, and that the gap between underlying business performance and trading activity will widen.
We pioneered market structure analytics for the IR profession. Equity Analysis™, predicated on powerful relational database applications, is the only trading analytics service available that applies market rules to trade execution in order to map the behaviors behind price and volume.
We synthesize vast amounts of data into simple, clear views. So armed, investor relations officers can give accurate answers about stock performance, prioritize strategic and tactical IR programs, and measure the results of capital markets communication. Plus, we back a promise of great service with a litmus test: No contract terms beyond one month. Either we consistently serve as a valuable ally helping you get the most from your IR efforts, or we don’t earn your business the next month.
Tim Quast is an Investor-Relations veteran and the founder and managing director of Modern IR, which tracks trading patterns for public companies.
Founded in January 2005, Modern IR pioneered market-structure analytics, or the behavior of money behind stock trading, for investor-relations professionals.
Previously Tim served as the first investor relations officer at SureWest Communications (Nasdaq:SURW), creating the strategic IR program, building an institutional shareholder base, and attracting substantial sellside coverage.
Before that, Tim spent six years at retail investor-relations services company Informed Investors, Inc., where he was a co-founder, and President and Chief Operating Officer through its merger with Wilink Plc (PrecisionIR) in 2001.
Tim began his capital-markets career in boutique investment banking at QBF Management Co., a private-banking British Virgin Islands firm, after earning a BA at Ambassador University in 1991.
A NIRI member since 1996, Tim is a frequent speaker and commentator on modern equity trading. His quotes on modern trading have appeared in leading media including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Financial Times of London, Reuters, Dow Jones, the Denver Post and the New York Times.
Karen Quast joined Modern IR in March 2010 as chief operating officer. She leads the finance, tax, accounting, software development, legal and marketing functions of the business.
Previously, Karen worked 18 years in a variety of roles for DCP Midstream, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and Spectra Energy, and various predecessor companies. During her tenure at DCP Midstream, she participated in the initial public offering of DCP Midstream Partners (NYSE: DPM) and was the first investor relations officer for this energy partnership.
Karen began her career at Price Waterhouse and received her CPA certification after earning a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from Texas A&M University in 1989.
At EMC, our IR team used ModernIR. When I moved to McAfee, I wanted clear understanding of the behaviors behind MFE's trading. It's necessary in an effective IR program today.
Navigating a merger, market-structure analytics proved tremendously beneficial in helping us understand how the market viewed the transaction over time. Speculative traders are crucial bellwethers, and only market structure analytics, among tools available to IROs, effectively track speculative behavior.
Kate Scolnick
McAfee (NYSE: MFE)
Our weekly Market Structure Map provides unique insights — free — on trading markets, with an exclusive focus on helping investor-relations professionals keep cool in the IR chair.
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