The entire point of this law is so you can get accurate information to decide on your investments. Otherwise you (the investing public) are going to say "well

The entire point of this law is so you can get accurate information to decide on your investments. Otherwise you (the investing public) are going to say "well he could have a great factory, or he could be spouting off again, guess I'll keep the money under the mattress." It would make it very hard to raise money to do big things.