A Petition to Fire SEC Chair Gary Gensler Has Almost 25,000 Signatures
“Al from Boston” and 23,919 other individuals would like to see SEC Chairman Gary Gensler gone, namely for obstruction of justice, incompetence, and screwing over retail investors. From the change.org petition: SEC Chairman Gary Gensler is complicit in criminal activities perpetrated by Citadel Securities, Citadel the Market Maker in naked short selling and dark pool […]
If the PCAOB Thinks Firms are So Deficient, Can We Rely on Audits or Not?
A nearly 40% "deficiency" rate for the big firms according to the PCAOB is news to no one (at least no one around here) but let's look at this post by Emily Chasan in CFO Journal for WSJ anyway: The Big Number: 37.5% That’s the proportion of audits by large accounting firms found to have […]
ICYMI: Here Are Some Accounting Execs Talking About How Useless XBRL Is
The mandatory use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language by large public companies began in 2009 and was extended to smaller filers in 2011. And while it has made searching for SEC filings a breeze, it was the sincere hope of the SEC that XBRL would also be a serviceable tool for companies to do similarly […]
Report: That Sloppy McGladrey Audit Was Definitely Maybe Probably Unity Bank
HEY, everyone remember that really sloppy audit that 3 (then) McGladrey & Pullen auditors got smacked on the wrist and/or face for when the PCAOB found out they threw in a bunch of necessary documentation after the fact? Jonathan Weil over at Bloomberg seems to have unpuzzled the whole thing and is saying the mystery […]
Going Concern Warnings Are Worthless
Just a few years ago, a number of companies failed, were rescued by competitors (if you can call it a rescue) while on the brink, or bailed out by the federal government. It was a pretty exciting time! One of the downsides of all this drama was that you, me, EVERYBODY lost a lot of […]