Investor Bulletin: New Measures to Address Market Volatility (SEC release)

The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an Investor Bulletin to inform investors of recent safeguards approved by the SEC to address market volatility in U.S. equity markets. The Bulletin discusses the SEC's new rules relating to circuit breakers and to limit up and limit down mechanisms.

For additional information, see the SEC's orders:

National Market System Plan Approval Order

Market-Wide Circuit Breaker Approval Order

View release in full here (links externally to SEC website).