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Office Hours with Gary Gensler: The U.S. Capital Markets and the Securities and Exchange Commission

What do the vast U.S. capital markets have to do with you? And what role does the Securities and Exchange Commission play in making sure they work best for you? SEC Chair Gary Gensler breaks it down in this very last Office Hours video.
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