Online Investing Survey Deadline Is Moved Up

If you want to take part in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s online investing survey, act quickly. The deadline has been moved up by two months.

The SEC said Monday that it already has gotten more than 3,000 responses to its survey, so the deadline has been switched to 2 p.m. PST Friday from July 1. The survey was launched early this month.

The survey, which takes about 10 minutes to complete, is designed to help the agency learn how people use the Internet, TV and other sources in making investment decisions. It also seeks to help the SEC gauge investors’ knowledge and experience, what they expect from brokerage firms, how frequently they trade and how they analyze risk.

Investors can find the survey at the SEC’s Web site, https://www.sec.gov, and on the sites of several government agencies, financial industry groups and investor education organizations.

The information provided by investors will be confidential and anonymous and will not be used for any other purpose, the SEC said. Investors will not be asked to provide their names, addresses or any brokerage account information.