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Securities & Exchange Commission
Term category: Companies/Organizations
In 10 words or less:  A federal organization that oversees securities regulation

Definition: The SEC was created by Congress to instill confidence in the public financial markets by regulating securities and enforcing securities laws.

Advice: The SEC is meant to protect investors.  If there were no SEC, investors would not know if a security they were investing in was legitimate or not.

 

 

 

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