The SEC attempts to protect investors who are purchasing newly issued securities by making sure that the information put out by a company and its investment banks is correct and is not misleading. However, the SEC does not provide an opinion about the real value of the securities; hence, an investor might pay too much for some new stock and consequently lose heavily. Do you think the SEC should, as a part of every new stock or bond offering, render an opinion to investors on the proper value of the securities being offered? Explain.
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The SEC attempts to protect investors who are purchasing newly issued securities by making sure that the information put out by a company and its investment banks is correct and is not misleading. However, the SEC does not provide an opinion about the real value of the securities; hence, an investor might pay too much for some new stock and consequently lose heavily. Do you think the SEC should, as a part of every new stock or bond offering, render an opinion to investors on the proper value of the securities being offered? Explain. |
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No, the securities and exchange commission (SEC) cannot render the proper value of securities to the investors at the time of issue. The market value of the securities is driven by the market factors such as demand and supply of securities in the market, presence of competitive firms, phases of stock market, number and types of investors and changing environment of the issuing company.
Stock market is highly dynamic because of the changing factors and any professional expert can not accurately analyse the market, its conditions and value of securities well in advance.
