Kai Ryssdal

You know, it's deregulation.

I think that done right, they're the seeds of something interesting built into that.

Seriously?

Yeah, I do.

I do.

Because... Defend yourself, sir.

I'm all for transparency, and God knows what they would do if they only had to report every six months.

That's kind of the point.

However, we also get on them, the captains of industry, for managing for that every nine days.

I would actually submit... Sorry, this is an unscripted part of this program.

I actually think it's Wall Street analysts and them setting the expectations that then obliges corporations to manage to that number.

Because if you miss by a penny, it's...

You know, Katie bar the door.

It's all terrible.

Katie bar the door.

You and I have fun together.

There'll be a company like NVIDIA that the expectations have been sent astronomically through the roof, and they deliver even more than that, and then the stock goes down hard for a day.

Right?

It is a completely bizarre game of expectations.

But we have to start doing something.