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		<title>Occupy Wall Street Has It All Wrong!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should not be Occupy Wall Street it should be Change Wall Street. And change does not start in New York City it starts in Washington D.C.
&#8220;Changers&#8221; must identify politicians who protect Wall Street interests and convince them to pass legislation that puts teeth into regulations. Or, vote them out of office. 
Stop companies from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fed Bailed-out more than Banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After congressional coercion, the Fed has finally revealed what it did with $3.3 trillion in emergency aid in 2008 and 2009. It&#8217;s clear why the Fed has been so reluctant to reveal what it did with our money. Banks turned to the Fed for help almost daily in the fall of 2008 as the central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Consumers Get Shafted with the new Financial Reform Bill?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DFree</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before last week&#8217;s financial reform bill passed, fee-only Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) acted as acknowledged fiduciaries. RIAs provide full disclosure to investors about how they are compensated and should have no conflicts of interest when working with investors. In other words, they look out for the investor&#8217;s needs first and foremost.
Under the new financial reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brokers versus Advisers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How to Select Advisors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many investors are confused about the term investment advice and the different types of professionals who can provide it. Most investors do not understand the differences between investment adviser representatives or brokers calling themselves financial advisers; and the standard of care they think they are receiving from each. 
Fee only investment advisers are legally obligated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization at Its Worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the ill stench wafting from Wall Street couldn&#8217;t get any worse. A recent U.S. report details how large American banks like Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase facilitated the laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of corrupt foreign officials who were subjects of criminal investigations into [...]]]></description>
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