In 1934 Congress sought to regulate stock exchanges and end rampant insider speculation that had ruined so many by forming the Securities and Exchange Commission with the passage of

a. the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
b. the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
c. the Securities Act.
d. the Troubled Assets Relief Program.
e. the Securities Exchange Act.


ANS: E

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