THE SEC Introduction The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) primary duty is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. The laws and rules that govern the securities industry in the United States derive from a simple concept: all investors, whether large institutions or private individuals, should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it. The SEC requires public companies to disclose meaningful …showed first 75 words of 2217 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2217 total…Commission and the staff on questions of practice and procedure, and is responsible for publishing official documents and releases of Commission actions. The SEC is a very segmented organization that serves many functions in regulating the securities markets. It’s main objective is to protect the investor, and without this organization, it is questionable as to whether the markets would be as profitable and such a large portion of our economy as they are today.