Practice question
How does Power Homes characterize the investment-contract concept inherited from Howey?
- A flexible principle capable of adapting to varied investment schemes
- A rule confined permanently to citrus orchards
- A rule applicable only to paper share certificates
- A rule requiring actual business success
- A rule excluding every new type of enterprise
Legal references
- RA8799 Securities Regulation Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2000/ra_8799_2000.html Sections3.1,9–10.
- Power Homes Unlimited v. SEC, GR164182, February26 2008 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_164182_2008.html MAIN flexible investment-contract test.
- SEC v. Prosperity.Com, GR164197, January25 2012 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2012/jan2012/gr_164197_2012.html MAIN test and role of persuasive foreign authorities.
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