Writing this blog on the Sunday after the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) has become law, has caused me to think through my immediate reactions and my long term investment strategies.

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The bill, called the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, faces its first hurdle later on Monday when the House votes on it, says the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington.

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In October 2008, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Congress and the Treasury Department took the first steps to limit compensation at companies receiving investments under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343).

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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act gave the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to suspend the mark-to-market rules, which went into effect in the fall of 2007, just in time for the credit crisis.

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