United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Organization

#27 trending in Markets & Investing this week · most on WSJ's Take On the Week

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal agency that regulates U.S. securities markets and enforces federal securities laws. It protects investors, promotes fair and orderly markets, oversees market participants and exchanges, and requires public companies to provide material financial and corporate information.

Rank this week

#27new
#217 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

1.4‰
4.4× usual level

1.9‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

4 shows
4 episodes · ~376k plays

Tone this week

Negative
  • Very negative 1
  • Negative 1
  • Neutral 1

Share of the conversation

Mentions of United States Securities and Exchange Commission per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, markets & investing.

0.0‰0.5‰1‰1.5‰usual level · 0.32‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 41.28‰1
Aug 120.31‰1
Aug 190.26‰1
Aug 210.79‰2
Aug 260.82‰1
Aug 280.58‰1
Aug 310.81‰1
Sep 20.74‰1
Sep 40.68‰1
Sep 90.55‰1
Sep 100.83‰1
Sep 110.83‰1
Sep 141.01‰1
Sep 160.99‰1
Sep 180.68‰1
Oct 20.21‰1
Oct 41.03‰4
Oct 61.32‰1

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

SEC proposals and rule changes put reporting and governance under scrutiny

WSJ's Take On the Week examines the SEC’s pending proposal to eliminate quarterly reporting requirements for public companies and its broader shift toward less strict reporting and governance requirements.[1][2]

On Prof G Markets, Ed Elson says the SEC amended its quorum law, changing the requirement that 3 commissioners participate in regulatory decisions.[3]

Equity Mates Investing Podcast discusses an SEC filing for LeagueShares ETFs tracking individual professional hockey and baseball teams.[4]

Sources · 4 moments

  1. 1.
    WSJ's Take On the Week · Quarterly Earnings Reports May Be Over Soon. Is That Bad News For Investors?
    Miriam Gottfried · Oct 4 · Listen at 8:07 ↗
    “And that leads us to the topic we want to talk about today, which is really part of the evolution of the SEC and what we've seen the SEC start to do during the Trump administration. The specific topic that we're going to discuss today is th”
  2. 2.
    WSJ's Take On the Week · Quarterly Earnings Reports May Be Over Soon. Is That Bad News For Investors?
    Miriam Gottfried · Oct 4 · Listen at 30:06 ↗
    “So can you help us put this proposal in perspective as far as the overall pendulum swing toward less strict governance and reporting requirements? What else has the SEC been doing in this vein?”
  3. 3.
    Prof G Markets · Brazil’s Far-Right Is Surging — Investors Love It
    Ed Elson · Oct 6 · Listen at 38:27 ↗
    “America's financial regulator, the SEC, is bending its own rules again. On Friday, the agency amended its quorum law. The old law said that you needed 3 commissioners to participate in all regulatory decisions at the SEC. 3 commissioners fo”
  4. 4.
    Equity Mates Investing Podcast · Our Monthly Portfolio Update - September 2026
    René van der Velde · Oct 4 · Listen at 13:53 ↗
    “Yeah. Now I want to close out with one thing that I thought, oh, here we are. We're peak ETFs. Because never, never. I know. So over in the States, I saw an SEC filing for exchange-traded fund products. It's from a company called LeagueShar”

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