Securities And Exchange Commission

Securities And Exchange Commission
(SEC)
   Established under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as part of the New Deal program to stabilize financial institutions, the SEC was an independent regulatory agency created to enforce the federal securities laws and license and regulate stock exchanges. The SEC consisted of five members. The first chair appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt was Joseph P. Kennedy.

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