Goodbye quarterly earnings? Here's when traders believe this big change will happen

An exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Prediction markets traders are confident the Securities and Exchange Commission will change its rules governing how often companies must report financial statements to shareholders, to semiannually from quarterly, following a formal proposal by regulators on Tuesday. Opinion is more divided, however, as to when it will happen. …