Trump Says Wall Street Should Ditch Quarterly Earnings: What Would That Mean?

The United States has required public companies to report earnings on a quarterly basis for over half a century. Will 2025 soon be the response to a Jeopardy! prompt about when that chapter in financial history ended? President Donald Trump suggested in a social media post Monday that — “Subject to SEC Approval” — US companies should have to report only twice a year. With his red-tape-averse Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins in place, analysts at TD Cowen predicted there’s a 60% chance ...