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Eugene

(66,399 posts) Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:31 PM Sep 15

Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports (wants semi-annual reporting)

Source: Associated Press

Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 11:37 AM EDT, September 15, 2025

President Donald Trump wants to do away with the quarterly earnings report.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said securities regulators should stop requiring companies to issue financial reports every three months and instead switch to a six-month reporting period. The Securities and Exchange Commission has required publicly traded companies to report on a quarterly basis since 1970.

“This will save money, and allow managers to focus on properly running their companies,” Trump wrote.

Trump asked the SEC to examine the three- versus six-month reporting requirement during his first term. No change was made.

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Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-sec-require-public-122606580.html

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Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports (wants semi-annual reporting) (Original Post) Eugene Sep 15 OP

He wants to do away with them altogether. Irish_Dem Sep 15 #1

This just another policy asking for an epic Johonny Sep 15 #2

Loser FiveFifteen Sep 15 #3

The market wont like this IbogaProject Sep 15 #4

They want to increase the opportunity for, and scale of, insider trading. RockRaven Sep 15 #5

"Only I can fix it." bucolic_frolic Sep 15 #6

They make him look bad Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 15 #7

Irish_Dem

(75,282 posts)

1. He wants to do away with them altogether.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:33 PM

Sep 15

He alone will announce all numbers.

Johonny

(24,759 posts)

2. This just another policy asking for an epic

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:35 PM

Sep 15

Economic crash.

In this day and age, getting your quarterly report done doesn't appear to be hard task for well managed companies. Thus, this appears to help only shit show companies like the ones Trump runs.

FiveFifteen

(54 posts)

3. Loser

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:35 PM

Sep 15

Move the goalposts in order to change the score.

What matters gets measured… well, unless they change the measuring stick to suit their lies and lack of accountability.

IbogaProject

(5,022 posts)

4. The market wont like this

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:43 PM

Sep 15

They need these periodic reports to drive trade volumes.

RockRaven

(18,058 posts)

5. They want to increase the opportunity for, and scale of, insider trading.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:43 PM

Sep 15

Less frequent reports, greater delta between what insiders and outsiders know, greater difference between what share prices are and what they "should" be.

bucolic_frolic

(52,461 posts)

6. "Only I can fix it."

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 04:41 PM

Sep 15

Fix can be taken several ways.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,004 posts)

7. They make him look bad

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 08:11 PM

Sep 15

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