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Justice Department pressured to open its vast database to The People
First he tackled the SEC and got his way. Now Carl Malamud has targeted the U.S. Justice Department, demanding that it stop using its vast storehouses of data as a profit center and give it, not sell it, to the public. “How can we be a nation of laws if the laws are locked up [...]
Telltale phrases in financial reports and how to find them
We really enjoyed this Wall Street Journal article about words and phrases in financial reports that translate buyer beware. “Now that most regulatory filings are easily searchable on the Internet, through services such as EDGAR Online, investors can troll through them for telltale phrases,” explains the author, who offers these tips on what to look [...]
Customer Spotlight: Analytical tool dives into common stock portfolios to weigh each company
We always enjoy seeing ways our customers are using our XBRL-tagged data feeds to power their products. Here’s one called, OV Tool (the OV stands for Ownership View), which lets users dive deeper into a common stock portfolio to better understand the relative value of each company.
Here’s how the OV Metrics president, Miles Jennings, Jr., [...]
Where to learn more about XBRL
New EDGAReView subscribers sign up every day, and since many of you are encountering XBRL for the first time or have come here to learn more about interactive data, here’s a short list of resources to get you up to speed. See how XBRL transforms a financial document into an interactive database.
A portion of this [...]
Should there be an XBRL professional certification?
The XBRL International organization is evaluating the market potential and demand for a XBRL Certification Program for individuals, which strikes us as a good idea. Since XBRL is a standard tool for many financial reporting jobs, the certificate would be a plus for applicants.
Similar certificates exist in the financial, auditing and information technology communities, [...]
Quick Quiz: Can you match the event to the pricetag?
Can you correctly match these Federal capital expenditures to what they cost taxpayers (in inflation-adjusted totals)?
Reorder these events
To match these real costs
World War II
$115.3B
The New Deal
$217B
Vietnam War
$237B
Total cost of NASA
$256B
Louisiana Purchase
$454B
Bailout Costs
$500B
Marshall Plan
$597B
Korean War
$698B
Race [...]
New IR Solution renders XBRL into investor-friendly views
EDGAR Online’s new investor relations product converts the XBRL documents companies are now required to post on their corporate sites into reader-friendly views – an important aid in shareholder communications.
To comply with new SEC regulations, companies must post the same XBRL documents on their corporate websites as they submit to the SEC. But there’s a [...]
Strategic Twittering for financial pros
Financial news media including The Wall Street Journal have recently been filled with articles about Twitter.com – a social media networking site in which people send 140-characters messages called tweets. If you haven’t tried it yet, you might be surprised at how it has become a tool for brand promotion, which can be used strategically [...]
Next step for XBRL – internal management reporting
It’s an irony that the focus for XBRL is finally turning to what its developers originally envisioned – they saw it as “a killer app” for all types of financial reporting, rather than as a Federal regulatory standard, which it became this year when the SEC mandated XBRL filing of company reports. Now, the Institute [...]
Manage your online reputation
Did you know you can control what comes up in Google searches on your name? That’s an important skill if you anticipate a prospective employer (or date) will be checking you out, or, like the new Chairman of GE, you’d rather be known more for your actual accomplishments than for your rattlesnake-killing techniques. Here’s how.
When [...]
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