Is there such a thing as too much transparency? From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshore, in for David Brancaccio.

You know how public companies report results every three months? They tell you how business is doing.

Well, in a post-on-truth social, President Trump has said they should not have to do that so often.

Instead of reporting four times a year, corporations should only

have to report twice year. There are actually many critics of the quarterly report, including

influential investor Warren Buffett and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Marketplace's

Savannah Peters has more. American investors have come to expect and rely on frequent disclosures

from public companies.

Above and beyond what's required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, says Caleb Silver with

Investopedia.

We want to be able to open up the hood and look at performance across divisions.

We want to hear from management on the progress of new products.

We want to hear about challenges.

And Silver says results calls give investors in the public a quarterly window into things like

wholesale prices, what businesses are investing in, how consumers are feeling and spending.

Not just inside the company, inside the sectors that they're working in, and across the broader

economy. Silver says getting updates half as often could cloud that view. But it could also reduce

pressure on companies to meet short-term investor expectations, according to Mohan Van Ketachelum at Duke's

School of Business. It may be good for the long run of the firm and the economy, because maybe it will boost

innovation. It would boost long-term thinking.

Which could help companies and the economy grow.

If the SEC scales back requirements, Venkatachalum says we'll find out if that growth is worth

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