While the SEC regulates and enforces the federal securities laws, each state has its own securities regulator who enforces what…
In addition to state securities regulators, there are a number of state agencies that may be able to assist you with…
An ETF designed to replicate the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Because of its acronym, the SPDR…
In a "spin-off," a parent company distributes shares of a subsidiary to the parent company's shareholders so that the subsidiary…
Most municipal securities offerings are exempt from the registration provisions of the federal securities laws. That means municipal issuers do…
The Social Security Administration has interactive tools to help you calculate what social security benefits you can expect to receive at retirement.…
A short sale occurs when you sell stock you do not own. Investors who sell short believe the price of…
To increase the transparency surrounding short sale transactions, several self-regulatory organizations (SROs) are providing on their websites daily aggregate short selling volume…
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Although investors sometimes ask the SEC for a list of a company's shareholders, the SEC does not maintain shareholder lists.…