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Released: March 06, 2010

Voting your shares may actually start to matter

Source: Tara Siegle Bernard, New York Times (Free Registration)

What would happen if all the small investors banded together and cast their ballots during proxy season, the time of year when all shareholders get to vote on corporate issues? How much of an impact would they have?

Until recently, the votes of small investors — the ones who didn’t just throw their ballots in the trash — were largely meaningless.

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