The only investors who end up having effective control are hedge funds or corporate activists (which used to be called raiders) who buy up enough stock to force their will upon a company that has messed up bigtime.
Roosevelt raised everyone's spirits by his robust response on learning that his opponent was to be Lindbergh rather than a senator of the stature of Taft or a prosecutor as aggressive as Dewey or a bigtime lawyer as smooth and handsome as Willkie.