How often should publicly traded companies have to tell us what they this morning

to argue that companies are oversharing a bit.

For decades, the Securities and Exchange Commission has required public companies to report

earnings four times a year.

We talk about these quarterly earnings reports all the time on the show. President Trump says that should change to just twice a year. It's something he asked the SEC to review during his first term as well. Marketplace's Christian Schwab weighs the pros and cons.

Public companies spend a lot of time filing required earnings reports and preparing for earnings calls.

Those are optional, but have become common practice.

Accountants, lawyers, and executives analyze every number and every word in these reports.

They require a ton of resources.

If you talk to most CFOs at most publicly traded companies, you know, they'd probably rather go to twice

a year from four times a year.

Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute,

says some execs think quarterly reports are distracting and narrow a company's focus.

Many companies, you know, they're managing quarter to quarter.

Instead of thinking longer term, because each report impacts stock price.

Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research, says an acute attention to shareholder

value can dissuade companies from taking risks.

But if it was open for six months, then there could be the ability to introduce new

strategies and then shut them down quickly if need be. Or give new strategies a chance to succeed

before the market weighs in. Now, six months could also give companies time to do a lot of damage.

Imagine if a manufacturer sees a giant drop in revenue and investors only find out half a year later.

The worry is that there could be increased volatility in the share prices since there's a greater

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