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The Motley Fool April 16, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Funds' Dirty Little Secrets Discover more ways hedge funds and mutual funds inflate their profits at the expense of investors.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 Jeff Hwang	On XM's Share Offering Insider selling after a run-up is cause for reevaluation of XM's stock price.
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The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Dual-Class Shares, Second-Class Investors There is a separate, non-traded class of stock that receives 10 votes for each common stock. This means that the non-traded stock shareholders, including the CEO, can dictate terms at the company far in excess of their financial stake.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2005	Capital Gains Rates If you haven't been paying attention, capital gains tax rates, which is what you pay on gains from the sale of stock (among other assets), are not the same as they were several years ago. Know what to expect when you sell those stocks.
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FDIC FYI May 19, 2004	Effects of Interest Rates on Money Market Mutual Funds The prolonged low interest rate environment has pressured returns on money market mutual funds (MMMFs). Although low rates are a boon to borrowers, the opposite, of course, is true for savers.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang	A Costly Tech Buyback Selling options low and buying back shares high destroy Texas Instruments' value.
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The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Claire Stephanic	Now May Be a Terrible Time to Invest Because most mutual funds distribute income and net capital gains to shareholders in November or December, the profit from the sale of these securities is taxed; buy now and you may end up paying more taxes than you should.
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Entrepreneur July 2004 Dian Vujovich	Mutual Attraction Despite the headlines, mutual funds are still a good thing.
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The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Fund Nightmare on Wall Street Most mutual fund investors have smiled at their quarterly statements for years now. But new villains, scarier than any costume-clad Halloween tricksters, are coming soon to a mutual fund near you: Uncle Sam and the IRS.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The End of the World as We Know It? Is the traditional model for securities houses --- investment banking, research, asset management, retail brokerage all coexisting under one roof --- more trouble than it's worth?
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Bill Mann	Buying What You Hate Anyone can point to the best companies. But some investors make money by buying up shares of the worst.
Registered Rep. August 8, 2005 Stan Luxenberg	CIBC and the Murky Waters of Mutual Fund Enforcement When the mutual fund scandals broke in September 2003, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other politicians described the misdeeds in black-and-white terms. Now, two years into the legal actions, the saga has begun to appear murkier.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	A Little Kinetic Energy Kinetic goes public in an energetic market, but should you be in a hurry to buy in?
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The Motley Fool January 11, 2005	Calculating Capital Gains Calculate your gains correctly, and you can save hundreds in taxes.
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BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Jay Greene	Microsoft's $49 Billion "Problem" Microsoft has a conundrum that any company would die for: what to do with its $49 billion pile of cash. With the stash amounting to $4.57 a share, it's what Goldman, Sachs & Co. analyst Richard G. Sherlund calls a "high-class problem."
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