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	<title>Smooth Harold, The Blog of Blake Snow &#187; banking</title>
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		<title>Now reading: I.O.U.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Fascinating book. To the point and practical.
For example, the best way to describe a retail bank is to call it a piggy bank. The best way to describe an investment bank is to call is a casino, which is precisely what each are.
Who knew a book about high finance, banking, and The Great Recession could be such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m seriously considering switching to this bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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Any Smooth Harold readers out there that have tried them? There rates, zero fees, and easy access sound great.
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		<title>Fine print: &#8220;Investment products may lose value&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you didn&#8217;t know, I don&#8217;t like Wall Street. It&#8217;s not that I think the stock exchange is wrong, but I don&#8217;t like how its description went from being &#8220;speculation&#8221; to &#8220;investment&#8221; in the last 50 years. And I don&#8217;t like how it&#8217;s primarily sold to the uninformed public.
If you watch TV, chances are [...]]]></description>
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