1. Explain the term soft dollars.
2. According to the SEC’s survey of the investment industry, what are the three most common uses of soft dollars?
3. Watch a movie dealing with the stock market, such as Other People’s Money, Wall Street, or Trading Places and identify possible breaches of fiduciary duty that occur in the plot.
4. Obtain a proxy statement that contains a shareholder proposal and comment on the proposal from the perspective of a fiduciary.
