Jul. 01, 2026
Quarterly financial reporting should be maintained. Public markets run on trust, and trust requires timely, consistent, comparable information. Moving away from quarterly reporting would not reduce short-term thinking; it would simply reduce visibility. Investors, employees, lenders, analysts, and the public should not have to wait six months to find out whether a company’s story still matches its numbers. If quarterly reporting feels burdensome, the answer is better reporting, not less reporting. Sunlight may be inconvenient, but it is still the cheapest form of market discipline. The SEC should preserve quarterly financial reporting as a basic pillar of transparency, accountability, and investor protection.