what regulations do financial institutions face?

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Part
One- 400-600 Words, NO PLAGIARISMS, must have references

Should
financial institutions face more regulation, face less regulation, or do they
already face sufficient regulation? Please focus your discussion on the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act.

Part Two- 600-800 words, NO PLAGIARISMS, must have
references

  • Locate a U.S.
    municipal bond. You can use this bond screener to search for a
    municipal bond. Provide a description of the bond, the bond’s current
    yield, the bond’s yield to maturity, and the bond’s credit rating. Is the
    bond an investment-grade bond? How can you tell? Do you think that the
    bond will experience much interest rate risk? Please justify your
    decision.
  • When federal,
    state, and local governments issue securities, what key roles do they play
    in the financial markets?
  • How do these
    decisions affect you?

Reference

Yahoo! Finance. (2011). Bond
screener. Retrieved from http://screener.finance.yahoo.com/bonds.html