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The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Protect Yourself From Wall Street's Face-Rippers A smart defense is the best offense. Thanks to numerous resources available to investors, you can do a lot to reduce the amount of overhead you lose to Wall Street firms.
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The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Dayana Yochim	Invest Now, Save $125 When opening a brokerage account, you can make sure that more of your money gets invested, and less gets gobbled up by transaction costs.
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Investment Advisor August 2010 Bob Clark	Can't Beat 'Em? Then Stall 'Em Despite the reform bill's ambiguity, a fiduciary standard for all seems likely.
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The Motley Fool February 3, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Let's Discount the Discounters Stock trade commission rates are falling, but that's bad news for discount brokers' shareholders.
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