For any business journalist—even if you don’t focus on finance—a public company’s 10-Ks (financial reports for the year) and 10-Qs (quarterly earnings reports) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
A Form 10-K is an annual report that companies file with the SEC. Companies that file 10-Ks must also file quarterly reports, or 10-Qs. Unlike 10-Ks, 10-Qs are less comprehensive
An SEC filing is a formal document, typically a financial statement, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Public companies are required to make SEC filings regularly. Investors and
What is Passive Investing? The first step in understanding passive investing, is to understand active investing. Active investing is the standard, and what most people think of when they hear
IRS Form 990 can be a great place to find stories, provided you know what to look for. Yael Grauer wrote a three part series for the Reynolds Center on
I’ve mentioned before the advantages for reporting of having knowledge of a functional silo within business. (The deeper, the better, so long as you can pull yourself up out of
The first rule of saving money, financial experts will agree, is not to leave it on the table. But substantial numbers of working-class readers in every business reporter’s beat are
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) enacted into law in December 2017 introduced the most far-reaching changes in the tax code since 1986. The new law reduced taxes at
As reported on businessjournalism in mid-February, the coronavirus outbreak in China has begun to affect retail markets in the United States. The downward dip is likely to continue, which gives
In August, Apple rolled out its first credit card marketed as protecting user privacy. The company stated that it will never see transaction data that’s sent to Goldman Sachs, its
Several large brands have announced new consumer checking accounts or credit card offerings with banking partners. For instance, Google plans to offer checking accounts (code-named Cache in partnership with Citi
Where does an exchange rate come from? At its core, an exchange rate is a representation of the supply and demand between two currencies. The number fluctuates as the demand
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