This Week’s Top 5 Senior Management Quotes

July 26, 2010

From China’s growing urbanization to the U.S. residential real estate market, here’s a look at what’s on the minds of senior managers featured in The Wall Street Transcript‘s newest issue, hot off the presses today and available at www.twst.com.

“When you look at our capital investments, we’re spending about $1 billion this year — almost half of that will be invested in China…We think this is the best opportunity for any global restaurant company for the 21st century.” — Tim Jerzyk, SVP Investor Relations, YUM! Brands

“So if you are looking for a high-return potential investment, I would have to say homebuilders are right near the top. Who needs venture capital when you have the homebuilders?” — John F. Osbon, Founder & CIO, Osbon Capital Management

“In China they enforce the building codes and regulations more strictly than before. So the accountability is higher, as is the willingness to go to the top-quality provider of premium concrete and pay the market price for the assurance of top-quality concrete products and services.” — Jeremy Goodwin, President & CFO, China Advanced Materials Construction Group, Inc.

“[T]he restaurant industry has a lot of growth potential. There are still a lot of great chains out there that have a lot of room to grow. We also think people in general are going to be eating out more 10 years from now than they are today.” — Jonathan Dash, Founder & President, Dash Acquisitions, LLC