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Role and Purpose of the SEC

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What is the role of the SEC? Why is this role so important?

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248 words explaining the origins and usefulness of the Securities and Exchange Commission, with a reference.

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The SEC was created shortly after the "Great Depression". "During the 1920s, approximately 20 million large and small shareholders took advantage of post-war prosperity and set out to make their fortunes in the stock market. It is estimated that of the $50 billion in new securities offered during this period, half became worthless" (SEC, 2006).
Thus when the stock market crashed in October 1929, countless ...

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