On-Line Trading: Better Investor Protection Information Needed on Brokers' Web Sites

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    financial markets and institutions;    equal opportunity;    economic development;    business regulation and consumer protection;   

RP-ID  :  GGD-00-43
RP-ID  :  230296

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on on-line trading, focusing on: (1) the growth in on-line trading; (2) the extent to which on-line broker-dealers had experienced trading system delays and outages, including the causes of these problems and their reported effect on investors; and (3) how on-line broker-dealers address investor protection issues related to margin, privacy of information, risk disclosures, best execution, suitability, and advertising."