What does investor relations actually do, and why can a single unclear message move a company’s stock price?

In this episode of Wall Street Diaries, we unpack investor relations (IR): the finance role connecting public companies, analysts, and investors.

You’ll learn the difference between corporate IR and fund IR, what happens behind the scenes before earnings, how to break into finance in Europe, and how AI is changing the profession.

00:00 Trailer
02:10 What IR does
04:47 Inside the earnings cycle
09:28 Corporate IR vs. fund IR
11:52 Misconceptions about IR
14:11 From engineering to finance
17:45 Breaking into finance in Europe
21:30 Europe vs. U.S. recruiting
25:17 Why move from banking to IR
30:12 The day-to-day of IR
36:07 What makes a great IR candidate
39:14 How AI is changing IR
41:29 The hardest part of the job
44:04 What success looks like personally
45:02 Hard work, luck, and career bets