joining us to talk about it in an exclusive interview is sec chairman jay clayton chairman clayton, thankning us we are about to get into earnings season. what should investors expect in terms of what companies can and cannot say and what are you telling companies that they should be saying >> andrew, thanks for having me on and we are going into earnings season and investors -- our investors in our markets are thirteenth thirsting for information about our companies. we recognize that it's a different earnings season. typical earnings season like this you'd have q 1 numbers and you'd be giving investors information about the path you were on, how q2 and q3, you know, would trend in a certain direction based on q1. that's not where we are. what investors want to know now is where do companies stand in light of the shut-in how are they operating under the current conditions and what do they see for the future under current conditions and then a path to recovery that is consistent with our health -- our decision to put health and safety first and that's what investors want to know you had a

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