The Way To Make The Truly Big Bucks Is On Wall Street. Very Little Has

The way to make the truly big bucks is on Wall Street. Very little has changed on Wall Street since the beginning, everything but a few laws. When those laws are interpreted the wrong way, or when someone breaks a law on Wall Street, the agency respo ible for busting them is the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The primary mission of the SEC is to protect investors while maintaining the integrity of the securities market. They want to ensure that the market is fair for all investors, at all t es. How they plan to make the market as secure as it can be is another story- one that includes many specific laws that your average Joe probably doesn't know. Since the beginning of time, man has cheated. Whether it be at sports, on exams, and even on their spouses- man has cheated all. There are several forms of "cheating" on Wall Street. From market manipulation, to trading on inside information, there nothing Wall Street hasn't seen. Bribery, scandals, even murder has made Wall Street what it is today-the financial capital of the world. With the SEC to regulate things, little has changed on Wall Street. The Securities Exchange Commission was created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It acts just like a mini-government in a sense that it includes legislative, executive, and judicial functions. The duty of its legislative branch is to announce les and regulations to the public. The executive branch simply enforces the market rules against anyone who violates the statutes. The main job of the judicial branch is to decide whether or not a person has violated or broken any of those same rules d regulations of the market. While these tasks seem like few, the gray area of the laws make them difficult and confusing, especially for investors. The millions of investors probably doesn't help the SEC out, mainly because they are so largely outnum red. The Securities Act of 1933 was the first federal legislation designed to regulate interstate activities of securities. Basically, it is designed to ensure that investors receive complete, and accurate information. Its aim is to require full and fair blic disclosure of new issues and to prevent fraud. Under the act, all newly issued securities sold through interstate commerce must be registered with the SEC. Registration is completed by filing an "S-1" statement, which gives detailed information t issuing entity and the issue. An interesting fact is that if the S-1 statement proves to be misleading, all those who have signed it can be prosecuted for fraud. The maximum penalty for this crime is 3 years in prison, or a $5000 dollar fine for each ount. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The purpose of this act is to bar unfair practices once securities have been issued. It regulates exchanges and is designed to ensure that the market is fair and orderly. The most significant feature of the 1934 t is the creation of the SEC. Its five commissioners are appointed by the president, are approved by the Senate for five-year terms and are barred from any business or stock activity when they are serving. The 1934 Act calls on exchanges to regulate t mselves. All national securities exchanges must first register with the SEC, which at the time they impliedly agree to abide by the law and supply up-to-date information about the organizations rules. Others who must register with the SEC are those in viduals or firms who engage in securities transactions. Also, securities themselves must be registered with the SEC. I have recently heard of internet scams where innocent people have invested in non-existent companies, which isn't regulated by anyone ut one day hopefully will be. Since the beginning of the exchange, there has been manipulation of stock prices which consist of wash sales, matching orders, and false information. A wash sale is when one person simultaneously buys and sells to create the misleading appearance of active trading. Matching orders is when two or more individuals act together and enter identical or almost identical orders simultaneously, so that the transaction appears on the ticker tape although there has been no true change of ownership. False i ormation is when an individual or group urge a transaction in a particular security upon someone else, by saying that some person