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Click Here to Print a New Year's Wish List to Send to Chairman Levitt This page was last updated on January 2, 2001. Congratulations on taking the first step toward becoming an activist mutual fund shareholder! Investors' views carry great weight with the SEC, and pleas for regulatory reform from actual investors have extra credibility. So let the SEC know your views on rules governing fund fees, disclosure, advertisements and other important issues that affect your interests as a mutual fund shareholder. Short on time? Just print and sign a pre-written wish list for regulatory reform. Then send it to Chairman Levitt at the Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20549, or cut it out and email it to him. If you'd like to draft your own letter, you might want to start by reviewing Fund Democracy's list of suggestions in: Make 2001 the Year You Become an Activist fund Shareholder, TheStreet.com (Jan. 2, 2001), and then review more detailed articles provided in the table on this page. Feel free to borrow the best arguments from the articles or any other material on the Fund Democracy site. And subscribe to Fund Democracy's free electronic bulletin to stay on top of mutual fund regulatory issues for 2001. Best wishes for the New Year, Mercer Bullard See the following articles for background material: General background: The SEC Has a Long List of New Year's Resolutions for Fund World, TheStreet.com (Dec. 21, 2000)(by Catherine Valenti)Improve Portfolio Disclosure: SEC Prepares to Battle Portfolio Pumping and Window Dressing, TheStreet.com (Aug. 16, 2000) Expose Hidden Fund Fees: SEC Preparing to Shine a Brighter Light on Fees, TheStreet.com (Nov. 17, 2000) Crackdown on Misleading Performance Ads: Misleading Fund Performance Claims? 'The SEC Made Me Do It,' TheStreet.com (July 15, 2000) Stand Firm on Affiliated Transactions: Heartland Fiasco Shows Need for Conflict of Interest Rules, TheStreet.com (Dec. 1, 2000) Eliminate Arbitrage Opportunities: International Funds Still Sitting Ducks for Arbs, TheStreet.com (July 1, 2000) Your International Fund May Have the "Arbs Welcome " Sign Out, TheStreet.com (June 10, 2000) Open Rulemaking Process to Public Scrutiny: SEC's Push for Disclosure Often Stops at Its Front Door, TheStreet.com (Dec. 21, 2000) Equal Rights for 401(k) Investors: As 401(k) Plans Spread Information Gap Becomes More Glaring, TheStreet.com (May 27, 2000) |