Trump Wants to Scrap Quarterly Reporting. What Would Fewer Earnings Reports Mean for Investors?

Large public companies can spend millions of dollars every year prepping their quarterly reports and accompanying audits. There’s an unconfirmed suspicion these huge regulatory overheads prevent some really promising small companies from going public. The theory is that if quarterly requirements were removed, it would pave the way for a tidal wave of new public listings.You’ve also got to admit the existing quarterly schedule is prone to market volatility. When loads of companies beat or miss earnings in sw ...