Retirement savings are not like the nuts squirrels gather for winter. Assets can’t be eaten. Assets have to be sold in a capital market: one with enough money to buy them. That, in a nutshell, is Professor Jeremy J. Siegel’s argument on why aging baby boomers should care about the success of developing markets. Read the rest of this entry »
The interactive maps, video walls, and touch screen applications that make for exciting election night coverage are made possible because of eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML). The dramatic data manipulation seen on television gives financial professionals a good look at the capabilities XBRL places at their own fingertips. Read the rest of this entry »
Get ready for the scramble. According to Compliance Week’s recent survey, nearly 80 percent of all public companies are unprepared to file their SEC filings in XBRL, the financial reporting format the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to mandate within a few months. Read the rest of this entry »
Which CEO received the biggest bonus in 2007? Read the rest of this entry »
Alcoa, Inc. recently joined the SEC’s voluntary XBRL filing program. Their experience is a good example of what to expect and what is involved when a company decides to file its first XBRL report. What the team discovered was “the process is fast, it’s effective, and inexpensive and you’ll be glad you did it before the mandate comes.” Read the rest of this entry »
The SEC’s recent announcement of its intention to mandate XBRL reporting has created a surge of interest in EDGAR Online’s XBRL data solutions. Most recently, the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has partnered with EDGAR Online to add I•Metrix power and XBRL data to Checkpoint®, its flagship product for SEC Compliance. Read the rest of this entry »
The growing public distress about the corporate world’s impact on our environment is driving executives and investors alike to see their activities through an increasingly greener lens. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a peek into the not-so-distant future, as “Wikinomics” hits the financial markets and as XBRL data becomes available from companies, governments, and organizations all over the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Which beverage company does not provide perquisites for its executive? Read the rest of this entry »
ValueRich, which covers the world of small cap, has just launched its first completely digital edition. The free magazine is designed to be viewed online, searched, shared, and customized—even on a small hand held screen. Read the rest of this entry »
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