The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was created in 1934 after the devastating Great Depression market collapse to restore investor confidence and regulate the securities markets. Over the ...

In the midst of that economic depression, President Franklin Roosevelt worked with Congress to establish the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because of the SEC’s diligent efforts, American ...

The SEC has continued to make the market a safer place by learning from and adapting to new scandals and crises. Skip to content. News ... In the Wake of the Great Depression .

The SEC may have facilitated the banking crisis that led to the Great Recession. It relaxed the net capital rule in 2004, allowing investment banks to increase their financial leverage .

The New York Stock Exchange crashed in what was later dubbed "Black Tuesday", beginning the Great Depression, on this day in 1928. What led to Black Tuesday? The Crash of 1929 was the result of a ...

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

The Great Depression began with "Black Tuesday" on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.