"The only way you get investor confidence back is with performance," he said.
That won't be easy, given the sorry state of investor confidence in the country.
Today's battle is for investor confidence in a nation's economy.
But even so, the damage to investor confidence has been done.
The 2003 performance seems to have done wonders for investor confidence.
The news from the oil market is not going to help rebuild investor confidence.
They discussed the state of the economy, markets and investor confidence, these people said.
"If they don't turn things around quickly it will be hard to restore investor confidence."
Doing so should boost investor confidence in the financial markets.
The message to a market suffering from low investor confidence: crime does pay.
