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		<title><![CDATA[Investing Reality Check: Why You Think You're Above Average]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual investors and professionals typically consider themselves above average portfolio managers, but they?re often deluding themselves. Sometimes, they inadvertently use the wrong yardsticks to measure their performance. Sometimes, their boasts are just plain deceitful.                Driving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Originators of residential mortgage-backed securities RMBS must continue to focus on transparency and the quality of information provided to investors in selling such assets, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA says.RBA assistant governor for financial markets, Guy Debelle, said the key was good information on asset pool performance, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Financial Wisdom from Bogleheads VIII - Day One]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oct. 1      Â 6:30 Fireside chat with William Bernstein  Bill shared some of the lessons he learned from the 2008 market crash.  1.Â Â Â Â Â  Bubbles can be very large.Â  We blew bubbles everywhere.Â  Previously, bubbles had been somewhat limited. Last year, however, the credit markets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:49:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Investors Should Do Now]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:01:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money-market funds are now paying next to nothing. Boost your returns by moving some cash into higher-yielding but still relatively safe dividend stocks or bond funds. Here are five stocks and five funds that we like.              ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Future of Investing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to pick a date for the stock market to get back to its 2007 high? You may need a calendar that goes to 2017.                         ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jack Bogle: Why Stocks Will Beat Bonds (and Investors Will Miss Out)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanguard founder and investor advocate Jack Bogle tells us how to  invest now and tells the administration how to reform the U.S. financial system. We both should listen.     	You&#8217;ve seen a few downturns in your time. Based on your  experience, what&#8217;s next?  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The World’s Best Investors on What to Buy Now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/article/the-worlds-best-investors-on-what-to-buy-now/308539/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The best investing opportunities now lie in foreign and energy-related stocks and corporate bonds, say some of the country's top fund managers.                            ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Now Hear This: The T-Bond Market is Forecasting Higher Inflation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday's trading in the U.S. Treasury bond market broadcast an important economic signal -- that investors are building higher inflation into their forecasts. As the Treasury attempts brings to market an estimated $3.25 trillion in bonds during the 2009 fiscal year (ending Sept. 30), rising yields suggest that investors lack...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:21:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Important Principles for a New Financial Regulatory System]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/blog-war/important-principles-for-a-new-financial-regulatory-system/355/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Wall Street we all once knew is over, the key question for financial regulators becomes how best to regulate the financial world of the future, especially in light of concerns about large risks to the system that Mark identifies. To answer that question, here are three principles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:15:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FASB Lets Banks Mark to Myth, Not Mark to Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did the Financial Accounting Standards Board change its rules regarding mark-to-market accounting under pressure from Congress and the financial-services industry?    More to the point, just what is "mark to market" anyway?    When companies buy assets, initially they are "marked to market," or recorded...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:19:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM Bonds: Risks And Scenarios]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors should ask themselves whether they want to accept the risk of holding remaining GM bonds or, if exchanged, common stock going forward. Whatever the outcome, there will be significant challenges, including eventual repayment of the mounting Treasury loans over the long term. In bankruptcy, all bets are off. Terms...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peter Bernstein:  'Always Ask: What If I'm Wrong?']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legendary financial markets historian Peter Bernstein says we've moved into a "dysfunctional financial structure" where nothing is working right and all market theories need a vigorous reexamination. More than ever, he says, it's important to ask yourself: What if I'm wrong?... Born in 1919, economist, author, and investment adviser Peter...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harry Markowitz: Getting Ready for Recovery]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory, still thinks you can't time the market though he admits to trying a bit himself recently. His best advice: stay invested and diversified. "You have to be in the market and prepared when the recovery begins," he explains... That's  not surprising,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Phoenix Companies Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions  Technical Difficulty  Your first question comes from Jukka Lipponen - KBW. Jukka Lipponen - KBW My first question is going to be since, a roughly half of your unrealized losses are in the Closed Block, what would it take for those losses potentially...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:57:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's Ahead for Stocks, Bonds, and the Economy: The World Money Show Orlando  Transcripts, Conference Presentations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptSpeakers Edwin Finn, Editor and President, Barron's; Chairman and Editorial Director, SmartMoney Wednesday, February 4, 2009 About the Speaker Edwin Finn is the editor and president of Barron's, the Dow Jones business and financial weekly, and the chairman and editorial director of SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:59:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NYTCo WantsTo Raise Up To $225 Million From Mortgage Or Sale-Lease Of Times HQ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Last month The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) board cut the family take-home pay&#8212;and increased the flow of money to the company&#8212;by cutting dividends. This week, according to the NYT, it's planning to mortgage or even work a sales-lease on the family home: up to $225 million on...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[3SBio's Q3 Hurt by Lehman Bankruptcy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ChinaBio Today submits:  3SBio Inc. SSRX announced a $2.7 million writedown as a consequence of the U.S. financial crisis. The company invested in $3 million of Floating Rate Notes due January 21, 2009 that are subject to the credit of Lehman Brothers. As a consequence of the Lehman Brothers...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[OneBeacon Insurance Group Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bob Glasspiegel &#8211; Langen McAlenney Bob Glasspiegel &#8211; Langen McAlenney  Your press release indicates that you&#8217;ve had some further hits in the fourth quarter with respect to bonds.  Anything you could quantify? Paul McDonough  I&#8217;ll give you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:36:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Don't Ignore the Bond Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saj Karsan submits: When investors think of putting money in the market, they usually think only of stocks. However, there's a huge bond market out there consisting of corporate debt that, depending on the economy, can offer value investors even more bargains than do stocks. For example, when we met...]]></description>
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