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	<title>Investor Watchdog - Finance Education &#187; Congress</title>
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		<title>The Revolving Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arndt, CFA, CPA, CFP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conflicts of Interest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As head of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag played a powerful and key role in shaping public policies such as the first stimulus package and the recent health-care reform legislation. Recently he has stepped down as OMB director to accept a senior position in the investment banking arm at Citigroup, an institution [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TD Ameritrade]]></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>Money = Votes</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/politicians-are-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/politicians-are-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial service lobbyists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should know by now that?the number one priority of politicians is to win re-election. It is not to represent?your interests or the country&#8217;s interest. This self-interest is the primary source of corruption in congress and state legislatures.
Winning requires enormous amounts of money. Wall Street controls? trillions of dollars?including your money. This is a match [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fluke? Credit crisis was a heist!</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/fluke-credit-crisis-was-a-heist</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/fluke-credit-crisis-was-a-heist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illegal Schemes & Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Jim Jubak writes: &#8220;Thanks to a complicit Congress, the reins were systematically loosened on the looters of the financial industry. And they&#8217;re still at it, looking for new plunder.&#8221;

Read more at: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/fluke-credit-crisis-was-a-heist.aspx?page=1
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