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BocaHoo91

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There are certainly some downsides to the short-term quarterly


reporting cycle, but you REALLY don't think companies "invest in themselves"? If a company just wanted to maximize their quarterly profits, they could shut down all R&D investment, stop all spending on marketing and advertising and show massive short term profits but you don't see companies doing this because, well, that would be stupid and counter to the long-term success of the company. Amazon just turned a $3 billion profit on $177 billion in sales last year. You don't think they're "investing in themselves"?

I would like to figure out how to break some of the short-term decisions that the quarterly reporting cycles drive (i.e. taking a large deal at a lower price at quarter end to "make the number") but the only way I can think to do this would be to go to longer term financial reporting cycles, and I don't think LESS financial transparency is a good thing.

(In response to this post by Hoogle.com)

Posted: 08/15/2018 at 09:50AM



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