Purpose: Learn about the SEC. From the SEC homepage, choose About the SEC. Instructions Answer the following

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Purpose: Learn about the SEC.

From the SEC homepage, choose About the SEC.

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Answer the following questions.

(a) How many enforcement actions does the SEC take each year against securities law violators? What are typical infractions?

(b) After the Depression, Congress passed the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934 to improve investor confidence in the markets. What two “common sense” notions are these laws based on?

(c) Who was the President of the United States at the time of the creation of the SEC? Who was the first SEC Chairperson?


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Accounting Principles

ISBN: 9781118566671

11th Edition

Authors: Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Donald Kieso

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