whom to ask

the best place to research about a company would be to ask people who are scrutinizing the company or better still people who are skeptical about the company's performance and disposition.

The latter does not mean people who mean ill about the company but people who are looking at signs to take contrarian views about the company. They are not crowd followers but would take bets contra wise to common thinking.

The last place to ask information about the company would be the company itself or people who have a vested interest in its disposition. The people who have a vested interest in the company would seldom see the company objectively but usually in the light of their interests held in the company.

But what do you know, watch any of the financial channels, the host would bring in the CEO or Director of a company and ask him/her about that company. What would one expect, the Director/CEO providing us with an objective view about the company?