Tao Francis

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430 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2017 last heard Nov 2022

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Corporate Profits Pop on Lower Tax Bills · 4 May 2018 podcast

You know, capital spending on property, plants, equipment, that's a little more complicated, especially given that the tax regime has changed so much. matched

The dynamic of whether you want to build overseas or build in the U.S., whether you want to buy equipment here or elsewhere, really is something a lot of companies are still sorting through. matched

So proponents of the tax overhaul are saying, you know, just wait and see. matched

This will take time. matched

We really won't know the outcome for some time. matched

For now, though, it's pretty clear that companies have been quick to return capital to investors and at least a little slower in investing in their business and the economy. matched

Well, this quarter and in the next few quarters, if you see a company turn in really excellent profit growth, you need to stop and look at what that is. matched

If some of that's tax cuts, matched

Well, that's real profit growth. matched

They really are making more than in the same quarter a year ago, but it's not anything they did. matched

And it may be that they're getting so much tax growth, so much profit growth from the tax cut that it's masking a deterioration of their underlying business. matched

Now, you're only going to be able to tell that on a case-by-case basis, but you need to look under the simple profit growth and figure out what's going on underneath the hood. matched

Thank you. matched

WSJ Your Money Briefing · How to Find Out if You're Underpaid at Work · 3 Apr 2018 podcast

That's right. voice-verified

It's part of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul that passed in the wake of the financial crisis. voice-verified

And it took a while for the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement it. voice-verified

But starting this spring, companies must disclose the total compensation for their median employee, as well as how that compares with its CEO. voice-verified

I think there were a lot of ideas or intentions behind it, but certainly one of them was the idea that CEO pay has grown out of proportion to what ordinary Americans make. voice-verified

And this was at least in part, I think, by many of its supporters intended to highlight that. voice-verified

Sure. voice-verified

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