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	<title><![CDATA[Do Certified Financial Planners Really Put Clients First?]]></title>
	<link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/irrational-investor/do-certified-financial-planners-really-put-clients-first/798/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[November 23, 2009 -- If you are using a Certified Financial Planner, are they using a duty of care of a fiduciary?  In other words, are they putting your interests...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
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	<title><![CDATA[How to Protect Your Investments from Yourself]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009 -- When it comes to investing, the three enemies that pose the biggest threat to our success are killer markets, professionals that claim to help us,...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:28 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is Now the Right Time to Get Back Into The Stock Market?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 16, 2009 -- This is a common question I get.  Often it comes in the form of a sophisticated question like "is this the right stock market re-entry point?  My...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:34:30 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A New Exciting Investing Platform - Kapitall]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 12, 2009 -- A new securities trading platform that's "a form of play."  Is this a good thing?]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:55 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Not How Much You Pay in Costs, It&#8217;s the Total Return That Matters]]></title>
	<link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/irrational-investor/its-not-how-much-you-pay-in-costs-its-the-total-return-that-matters/739/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[November 10, 2009 -- It's pretty hard to argue with this statement that Wall Street often touts.  While true, it's a completely irrational statement.]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:00:31 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[An Interview with Ric Edelman - Is High Cost Indexing an Oxymoron?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November  6, 2009 -- Ric Edelman is now an indexer.  But what's a fair price to pay to develop an index portfolio?  What if it comes with non-investment advice such as...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:46 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Investing &#8212; The Importance of Knowing What We don&#8217;t Know]]></title>
	<link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/irrational-investor/investing-the-importance-of-knowing-what-we-dont-know/711/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[November  2, 2009 -- William Bernstein's new book, "The Investor's Manifesto" is the one book that comes with a "guarantee" that actually works.  Here are a few lessons...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:23 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Lessons from Five New Imaginary ETFs]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[October 27, 2009 -- There are many new ETFs being launched to follow what has been hot.  My ETFs will do just the opposite.]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:00:19 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Why We Think It’s So Easy to Find a Top Performing Mutual Fund]]></title>
	<link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/irrational-investor/why-we-think-it%e2%80%99s-so-easy-to-find-a-top-performing-mutual-fund/691/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[October 23, 2009 -- Top performing mutual funds are all over the newspapers and the web.   Here's an advertisement you'll never see but wish you had.]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:00:28 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Fact Check - Even THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Perpetuates Investing Myth]]></title>
	<link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/irrational-investor/fact-check-even-the-wall-street-journal-perpetuates-investing-myth/677/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[October 20, 2009 -- Quoting the S&#038;P 500 as if it represents the stock market is misleading.  But if you strip out dividends and only quote the index returns, it...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Allan Roth</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:00:25 PDT</pubDate>
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