After a few years, Adams turned it into an inclusive resort with full accommodations, spa services and event rentals, running it in a similar fashion to his dude ranch, The Motherwell, in Colorado.

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In 2008 for instance, January was down by 6.12% and the full year ended up being down 38.5% inclusive of said January.

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Today as in many years past, I advocate for the decertification of FINRA as an SRO and persist in my view that we need to re-fashion non-governmental regulation into a more inclusive private-sector regulatory organization that fairly represents the full spectrum of market participants: private investors, institutional investors, financial services firms, registered persons, and regulators.

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