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The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Investors: See No Risk, Hear No Risk The fact that the VIX index is lower today than its average value going back more than 20 years does suggest that investors are being complacent about the risks associated with owning stocks.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Sean Williams	Portugal Reminds Us That You Can't Triple-Stamp a Double Stamp Portugal is the third European Union member in less than a year seeking financial assistance from the European Central Bank.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Morgan Housel	A Plan to Fix the Budget, or Blind Faith in Fairytales? Dig into the details of Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal, and you realize that it's an exercise in rosy-eyed forecasting, and what can only be described as a blind faith in fairytales.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Save Yourself From the Doomed Dollar The U.S. currency remains on shaky ground. In fact, in terms of global purchasing power, the value of your portfolio may well have gone down, not up.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2011 Christopher Barker	Let the Gold Surge of 2011 Begin It's happening again. Gold broke out above $1,450 Tuesday in convincing fashion and quickly moved above $1,460 early Wednesday before stopping to catch its breath.
IEEE Spectrum April 2011 G. Pascal Zachary	Jobless Innovation? As the United States tries to ride high tech out of recession, does it risk innovating its workforce out of jobs?
The Motley Fool April 6, 2011 Cindy Johnson	Nasdaq Rebalancing Is a Bad Omen for Apple Apple's growing weight in the Nasdaq-100 index was looking like a threat to Nasdaq's licensing business.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 Sean Williams	This Is the Sector to Own as Fuel Prices Rise No joke, this sector could be your saving grace as fuel prices rise. Railroad companies use far less fuel than a standard diesel truck
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 Morgan Housel	A History of U.S. Government Bailouts Truth is, the U.S. has been giving bailouts for decades. While the 2008 bailouts were the largest, they were by no means the first time Uncle Sam has come to the rescue of failing businesses. Here's a brief history of intervention.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2011 Matthew Argersinger	Wall Street's Newest Bubble Today's zeal for social-networking sites harkens right back to those bubbly dot-com boom days from the late '90s.
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