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The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Morgan Housel	Too Big to Fail vs. Capitalism When intervention is pro-business. Since the passage of Dodd-Frank, there have really been two groups in the "too big to fail" debate. One says leave the banks alone.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 MIchael Johnston	Using ETFs to Round Out Emerging Markets Exposure These ETFs can help you fine tune your international exposure and construct a more balanced portfolio.
Registered Rep. June 28, 2011 Jennifer Popovec	Student Housing Provides Opportunity, But Requires Homework In 2004, ACC went public as the nation's first student housing REIT. Today, the sector has a market cap of just over $3.3 billion, representing less than 1% of the REIT industry's total market cap.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Morgan Housel	Second-Half Preview: The Future of Jobs and Housing Right now, two things in particular are on people's minds: jobs and housing. Here are a few things to ponder when considering where each is headed for the rest of the year.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2011 John Spence	Bank of America Strains Financial ETFs; Citi Director Resigns Analysts and investors are still trying to get a handle on Greece and the overall economic outlook.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2011 Eric Dutram	Daily ETF Roundup: GDX Tumbles on Gold's Weakness, VXX Soars on More European Worries American equity markets capped off a volatile week in the red as continued worries over Europe -- this time with regard to Italian banks -- and weakness in the tech sector led to losses across the board.
U.S. Banker July 2011 Glen Fest	A Case for Payday Loans Payday lenders seemingly have few friends in high places, but they recently found sympathy from a surprising source: an economist at the Kansas City Fed.
U.S. Banker July 2011 Laura Thompson Osuri	The Truth About the Underbanked A dearth of relationships with the underbanked has perpetuated the shortage of insight into how low-income consumers manage their finances. Enter the U.S. Financial Diaries.
U.S. Banker July 2011 Phil Angelides	Four Steps to Reinvent the Financial Industry Have we learned the lessons of the financial crisis? The answer lies somewhere between no and not enough, says the author, who is a former chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2011 Rich Smith	Are Bankers Conspiring to Manipulate You? Actually, they may be doing the opposite. Do banks try to manipulate the market with their stock ratings?
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