Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Reporting Profits Daily Would End Corporate Short-Termism

Think there’s too much hoopla about quarterly earnings? Imagine if the circus moved to twice a year.

August 20, 2018 at 4:08 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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Want to end corporate short-termism and all the heavy breathing that comes with quarterly earnings reporting? Then report results daily.

The excessive focus on stock price — and stock-option bonuses and compensation in the executive suite — is thought of as a driver of share buybacks and decreased capital spending, especially in research and development.