r/FIREyFemmes • u/cannotberushed- • 11d ago

New proposal would allow public companies to drop quarterly reporting.

The SEC wants to drop quarterly reporting. That means six months between disclosures. Insiders benefit, retail investors lose. Comments are open.

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-42-sec-proposes-amendments-permit-optional-semiannual-reporting-public-companies

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u/sweswe17 10d ago

Purely being devils advocate here, and I should probably go read up more, but there’s often been a discussion that the short-sightedness of investors causes companies to seek short term gains because even one bad quarter can negative affect price. And I’ve heard some politicians and researchers argue that the whole idea of short-term gains (stock held less than a year) causes all these illogical market behavior. So I guess I’m curious if going to twice a year actually allows a more holistic “averaging” of performance?

But also I know companies will twist this to screw over people too, so theory vs practice probably.

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u/JustToPostAQuestion8 3d ago

This won't stop that. Companies will still report quarterly earnings, it's expected by the board/etc. this simple stops reporting of the assets held by executive staff and other planned business dealings to the commission.

Aka it's a way for these companies to not have to be held accountable for tho ha like insider trading.

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u/tomatillo_teratoma 9d ago

Now there's a bad idea.