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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Last Updated: November 15, 2006

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Federal agency created to administer the Securities Act of 1933. Statues administered by the SEC are designed to promote full public disclosure about investments and protect the investing public against fraudulent and manipulative practices in the securities markets.

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