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File sizes are also increasing because filers are adding structured data[1] to their SEC filings. Also, most SEC Filings are now verbose HTML files instead of p
by hbcondo714 9y ago
File sizes are also increasing because filers are adding structured data[1] to their SEC filings. Also, most SEC Filings are now verbose HTML files instead of plain-text files.
[1] https://www.sec.gov/structureddata/what-is-structured-data https://www.sec.gov/structureddata/what-is-structured-data
- zwp 9y agoAnd not really exponential. Something interesting happened 2003-2004 though. We can perhaps observe lead up to dot-bomb (1996-1999 growth) and the 2008 financial crisis. http://hpics.li/2e78909 http://hpics.li/2e78909 1994,3153191 1995,4813587 1996,7539137 1997,13755958 1998,16107028 1999,15935643 2000,17548021 2001,16873202 2002,18904001 2003,27723307 2004,47116841 2005,47982675 2006,50672891 2007,51322342 2008,49635521 2009,45312542 2010,45384720 2011,46455461 2012,46733150 2013,45842099 2014,47065954 2015,48112988 2016,46636963 2017,47037415
- hbcondo714 9y agoNice breakdown! The SEC introduced some new filing requirements[1] in 2003 and 2004 that may have contributed to this. [1] https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/regoverview.htm https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/regoverview.htm
- piker 9y agoIt's an index - a '\n'-delimited list of strings indicating the locations of filings. The size of those filings has nothing to do with the size of the index.