If you have earnings too frequently, it encourages companies to become hyper focused on earnings and make less long term investments. But if there is too much gap in between earnings, there is potential for grifting. What to do?

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Gigachad 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Encourage more smaller privately owned companies rather than massive megacorps.

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pixelatedindex 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They all grow by acquisitions, if you want smaller privately owned companies then you also need a strong anti-trust body.

	▲	gzread 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		We could keep making companies they want to acquire until they run out of money to acquire them with.
	▲	thayne 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes. That is what I want.

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heliumtera 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So either big companies would lobby against their interest, or SEC would do something independently. Honestly I cannot decide which one is more absurd.

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Terr_ 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Report very frequently, then use a moving-window average for any sharp questions of tax and legislation?

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thinkingtoilet 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I highly doubt semi-annual reporting will shift the focus from the short term profits at all costs thinking that prevails today.

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jimt1234 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Quarterly reporting didn't seem to hurt Amazon.