{"id":64897,"date":"2022-06-06T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=64897"},"modified":"2022-06-06T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T09:01:37","slug":"sec-launches-game-show-campaign-to-educate-investors-in-a-playful-way-crypto-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=64897","title":{"rendered":"SEC Launches Game-Show Campaign to Educate Investors in \u2018a Playful Way\u2019 \u2013 Crypto Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/sec-investmania.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"SEC Launches Game-Show Campaign to Educate Investors in 'a Playful Way' \u2013 Crypto Included\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a game-show campaign to help investors make informed decisions \u201cin a playful way.\u201d One of the contestants in the game show chose to listen to a celebrity and invest in crypto.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<h2>SEC Debuts \u2018Game Show-Themed Public Service Campaign\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nThe SEC\u2019s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy unveiled \u201ca game show-themed public service campaign\u201d last week. Titled \u201cInvestomania,\u201d the campaign aims \u201cto help investors make informed investment decisions and avoid fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The campaign features a 30-second TV spot, interactive quizzes, and 15-second informational videos on crypto assets, margin calls, and guaranteed returns, the SEC detailed, elaborating:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The campaign encourages investors to research investments and get information from trustworthy sources to understand the risks before investing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<br \/>\nIn the TV spot, the game show host asks two contestants to pick a square on a video game board with investment options. They included internet rumors, celebrity endorsements, stock tips from your uncle, crypto to the moon, fear of missing out (FOMO), meme stocks, tulip bulbs, guaranteed returns, and timing the market.<\/p>\n<p>One of the 15-second videos was about investing in crypto. In the video, a celebrity encourages investors to take their advice and buy crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>The SEC described:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>After the contestants make their choices, the video shows, in a fun and comedic way, the consequences of a good or a bad choice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\u201cSometimes investing may look and feel like a game,\u201d the SEC noted. \u201cOur \u2018Investomania\u2019 public service campaign uses a game show concept to educate investors in a playful way that investing is not a game and that they should do their due diligence when making investment decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The securities watchdog concluded:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bottom line \u2014 don\u2019t play games with your financial future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<br \/><em><strong>What do you think about this SEC game-show campaign? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a game-show campaign to help investors make informed decisions \u201cin a playful way.\u201d One of the contestants in the game show chose to listen to a celebrity and invest in crypto. SEC Debuts \u2018Game Show-Themed Public Service Campaign\u2019 The SEC\u2019s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}