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What Is the ‘Howey Test’?

The Howey Test is a legal framework used by the US Supreme Court to determine if a transaction qualifies as an 'investment contract' and is therefore a security subject to regulation. It asks if there is an investment of money, in a common enterprise, with the expectation of profit, to be derived from the efforts of others.

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Howey Test

Test ⎊ The Howey Test is the seminal legal methodology, derived from a 1946 Supreme Court case, used to ascertain if a transaction involves an "investment contract," thereby classifying the underlying asset as a security.