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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Extreme Value Hedging: How Activist Hedge Fund Managers Are Taking on the World</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/02/04/book-review-extreme-value-hedging-how-activist-hedge-fund-managers-are-taking-on-the-world</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUTHOR: Ronald Orol RATING: 6 of 10 Highlights: A strong introduction and overview to activist investing for the uninitiated. Good coverage of the various methods activist investors use to agitate for change at target corporations. Touches on some history and important milestones, like the junk bond explosion of the 1980&#8242;s and the corporate scandals in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Pioneering Portfolio Management</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/09/23/book-review-pioneering-portfolio-management</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUTHOR: David Swensen RATING: 8 of 10 Highlights: As the originator of the now widespread &#8220;endowment&#8221; model, Swensen offers several new strategies for investors to consider. Swensen book focuses more strongly on asset allocation than other books, which is probably a boon to investors who may be more focused on how to pick stocks. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging The Bears: A Book Review In 4 Parts (Part 4 &#8211; 1982)</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/04/12/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-4-1982</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/04/12/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-4-1982#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anatomy of a bear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[russell napier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In dedication to today&#8217;s awesome bear, I continue my Blogging the Bears series. Other parts in the series: Part 1 contains my bullet point summary of the book and the 1921 bear market. Part 2 details the 1929 &#8211; 1932 bear market. Part 3 describes the 1949 post-WWII bear bottom. Part 4 summarizes the 1982 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging The Bears: A Book Review In 4 Parts (Part 3 &#8211; 1949)</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/03/06/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-3-1949</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/03/06/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-3-1949#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In dedication to today&#8217;s awesome bear, I continue my Blogging the Bears series. Other parts in the series: Part 1 contains my bullet point summary of the book and the 1921 bear market. Part 2 details the 1929 &#8211; 1932 bear market. Part 3 describes the 1949 post-WWII bear bottom. Part 4 summarizes the 1982 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging The Bears: A Book Review In 4 Parts (Part 2 &#8211; 1929 thru 1932)</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/30/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-2-1929-thru-1932</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/30/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-2-1929-thru-1932#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In dedication to today&#8217;s awesome bear, I continue my Blogging the Bears series. Other parts in the series: Part 1 contains my bullet point summary of the book and the 1921 bear market. Part 2 details the 1929 &#8211; 1932 bear market. Part 3 describes the 1949 post-WWII bear bottom. Part 4 summarizes the 1982 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Buffett Has Failed the True Test of Leadership</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/27/how-buffett-has-failed-the-true-test-of-leadership</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/27/how-buffett-has-failed-the-true-test-of-leadership#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading the new Buffett biographay, Snowball. I&#8217;m not going to write a proper review of it as I didn&#8217;t enjoy the book much and am not sure if my views on it would be helpful for those who are considering the book. Perhaps it was my own expectation that prevented me from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blogging The Bears: A Book Review In 4 Parts (Part 1 &#8211; 1921)</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/19/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-1-1921</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/19/blogging-the-bears-a-book-review-in-4-parts-part-1-1921#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AUTHOR: Russell Napier RATING: 10 of 10 Highlights Fairly in-depth look at economic conditions and market sentiment for each of the four &#8220;major&#8221; bears surveyed in the book, with each bear containing the following sub-sections: The road to the the bear The course of the Dow Structure of the market The stock market during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Value Investing Lead to Fraud?</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/10/does-value-investing-lead-to-fraud</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/01/10/does-value-investing-lead-to-fraud#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gurus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Graham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. Ezra Merkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Zweig]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jason Zweig&#8217;s latest article in the WSJ piqued my interest.  The subject du jour is J. Ezra Merkin, a name I first encountered during my recent study of the new edition of the absolute investment classic, Security Analysis, 6th ed. Regular readers are aware of my recent interest in bonds (a topic I plan to discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gross Speaks! + Sears (SHLD) + A [Book Review]</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/12/02/bill-gross-speaks-a-book-review</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/12/02/bill-gross-speaks-a-book-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sears holding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gross&#8217; latest investment outlook allows me to flatter myself and wonder if&#8230; ahem &#8230; great minds think alike (don&#8217;t I wish).  But seriously, his latest commentary hits directly on a couple of topics I have been pondering myself for some time. The first is multiple compression in equities.  Gross mentions a prospect I&#8217;ve discussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Book Review] A Bull In China by Jim Rogers</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/08/book-review-a-bull-in-china-by-jim-rogers</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/08/book-review-a-bull-in-china-by-jim-rogers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AUTHOR: Jim Rogers RATING: 6 of 10 Highlights Clear, concise writing style makes for quick reading. Good introduction for those unfamiliar with the China story. Despite Rogers&#8217; tendency for fast quips during media appearances, on paper he tends to provide more facts and figures to support his arguments. Provides a wide survey of different industries [...]]]></description>
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