Released: December 14, 2004

Consumer groups praise SEC for consumer tests on point-of-sale disclosures

Groups urge investment oversight agency to act on what it learned from tests involving average investors

Contact: Barbara Roper, 719-543-9468 Mercer Bullard, 662-915-6835 Roy Green, 202-434-3800 (AARP) Ken McEldowney, 415-777-9648 Sally Greenberg, 202-462-6262

A joint release from the Consumer Federation of America, Fund Democracy, Inc., Consumer Action, AARP and Consumers Union Click here to download a PDF of the consumer group letter.

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