Wall Street to Main Street: News, Views and Commentary: April 12, 2006

Political Front

On Tuesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran has joined the club of nuclear countries by successfully enriching uranium for the first time. Iran claims that their venture into the nuclear arena is purely a peaceful energy program. Now if they expect the world to believe that their intentions are noble then they have another thing coming as the United Nations is sending their nuclear watchdog to Iran. Keep in mind that Uranium enrichment can be used to produce fuel for a nuclear reactor or an atomic warhead.

It looks like China, ahead of the United States visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao, may lift the ban on U.S. Beef imports as a goodwill gesture. China has been making deals from airplanes to technology, they are gearing up to be a player in global business.

Movers and Shakers

Some major movers in yesterdays trading session include Brilliance China Auto (NYSE: CBA) trading up $2.64 to close at $18.94, Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) trading up $5.90 to close at $61.10, Advanced Medical Optics (NYSE: EYE) getting a boost from Bausch & Lombs (NYSE: BOL) woes, the stock traded up $3.01 to close at $48.48, Blue Dolphin Energy (NASDAQ: BDCO) trading up $2.03 to close at $7.09, Green Plains Renewable Energy (NASDAQ: GPRE) trading up $3.50 to close at $49.02, Mexco Energy Corp (AMEX: MXC) trading up $1.24 to close at $9.99, Hi Shear Technology (AMEX: HSR) trading up $1.67 to close at $5.45 and Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ: COLM) trading up $3.53 to close at $56.60.

Genentech

Genentech (NYSE: DNA) reported net income of $421 million, or 39 cents a share, which included the expensing of stock options. This compared with $284 million or 27 cents a share a year ago. But sales of Rituxan, its non-Hodgkin's lymphoma drug, which recently won approval to also treat rheumatoid arthritis, were down from the previous quarter and Genentech shares slipped almost 1 percent in after-hours trading.

Nasdaq and the LSE

The Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) may have left the table but they are not out of the game, in a bold move to leap ahead of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX) and any possible bid from them, the Nasdaq acquired the 13.8% stake in the London Stock Exchange that was held by the U.K fund manager Threadneedle Investments, along with another 1.2%, for 1,175 pence a share, or $781.7 million. This pushed the value of the LSE to $5.2 billion, if you recall the Nasdaqs bid for the LSE was in the $4 billion range.

According to U.K. takeover rules once the Nasdaq withdrew their bid they were banned from issuing a new bid for a period of at least 6 months, unless a rival bidder would come to the table. But snapping up 15% of the LSE would be a big deterrent to a bid from either the Euronext, the NYSE Group or the American Stock Exchange..

Google to expand in China

Ahead of the U.S. visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao, Internet giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) expects to see substantial revenue growth in China.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a news conference in China that they expect to have over 100 software engineers in China by mid 2006 and eventually thousands as they solidify their position in the Chinese market. As we said in other segments we see Google to have continued growth and possibly trade as high as $550 to $600 in 2006 and at that point you may see a stock split.

Stocks to Watch

The following are companies that you should know about, we are just making mention of them on Wall Street to Main Street and will have a more in depth profile on these companies, along with our outlook. Remember that only subscribers to the NAMC Newswire will be able to read the Investors Corner segment in its entirety, so go to www.namcnewswire.com to subscribe, its fast and free.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE: ANF) the stock closed at $56.55 on Tuesday and in the upcoming Investors Corner segment well give our take on the company and their direction.

American Eagle Outfitters (NASDAQ: AEOS) the stock closed at $29.38 on Tuesday.

Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) the stock closed at $59.88 on Tuesday.

China Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: CMED) the stock closed at $25.66 on Tuesday.

Investors Bancorp (NASDAQ: ISBC) the stock closed at $13.03 on Tuesday.

Readers Speak

We received an email from one of our readers/listeners Jerry from Massachusetts, he wanted to know why we havent mentioned Alanco Technologies (NASDAQ: ALAN) on WSMS for a while.

Jerry, our mission is to introduce our readers/listeners to companies that we feel represent value and have potential to excel in their industry. We like the technology system that Alanco Technologies has but the slow movement in regards to additional contracts limits their growth. We understand that this is partially due to legislation but the company needs to venture out of prison facilities and perhaps look at the other uses for their system as they await approval for additional prison contracts. So until they either get a major contract or venture into other areas they are at a standstill. However we will expand on that thought in an upcoming segment of the Investors Corner this month.

We cannot stress enough that investors need to do their due diligence, call the companies, get the information, consult with your investment advisor and if you do not have one consider getting one. Put the same time into investigating these companies as you do when you go to purchase a new television, its only for your protection. When it comes to thinly traded securities stagger your orders or put a limit order in to avoid a run up.

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Forex Trading - What's It All About Then?

What is this, I ask myself. It is short for foreign exchange trading it would seem. It sounds complicated and deeply involved, and probably mathematical. No, Im sure it is not so scary that I need scratch my head every time someone utters a mention of Forex.

Forex Is simply the abbreviated name for the market where currencies are traded between nations, since an Englishman will probably find it somewhat difficult to purchase a magazine or umbrella or tooth brush if all he carried in his pocket were South African Rands. So therefore a lot of the time money will move between countries as industry & commerce must function & thrive. So how much trading occurs within this market? The answer is a lot, as it is the biggest trading market in the world one hundred times larger than the New York Stock Exchange. An estimated 1.5 Trillion United States Dollars get traded over the Forex market every day. There is no central governing or managing body that controls this mega entity; it occurs on a natural course all on its own. The forex market runs 24 hours a day - very nearly the entire week - simply because of the nature of the worlds industrial & commercial fervency.

Trading on the forex market has proven preferable for many, for a series of reasons. It is easy to buy currency, and unlike most other markets, it is also very easy to sell currency. This immense fluency makes it incredibly safe to trade and on top of this one can start trading with a very small amount of collateral. There is also the fact that brokers on the forex market dont take commission, the profit from the bid/ask spread. Since the selling of currency is not at all difficult, one can abandon ship on a falling market before the take on too much damage.

Its not as simple as counting beans, however, to trade and profit on the forex market. In order to make money, one must have formulated a trading plan, and tested it thoroughly, as to avoid losing a significant portion of ones trading capital. Also very important, a throughout understanding of the way the market works, flows and changes is absolutely essential to the success of an individual on the forex market.

Basically one can list the major currencies that are traded on the forex market. They are the US Dollar, the British Pound, the Australian Dollar, the Canadian Dollar, the Japanese Yen and the Swiss Franc. These are just the main ones - not all that are traded. It is easier to trade on the forex market than on the stock exchange, since one can focus on a small portion of the currencies at a time, as apposed to the thousands of stocks one must disperse their precious time and concentration on when playing the stock market. Just where do you invest in a situation like that? That is what I would like to know. Does it even make sense? Why do people even bother to learn the stock market when the Forex Market Is right there, inching its nose around the corner, slowly, whispering into your ear, begging for you to go and catch it and ride it to financial completion.

So I hope this is a start to those who want to get more involved. I certainly learned something highly valuable in writing it, so good luck with your trading journey!

Phil Smulian is a reviewer for currency trading experts who can help you understand more about the forex seminar, Euro Forex Trading System

Earning Money Through Online Trading of Stocks

The first thing you need to know when you decide to trade shares by joining an online trading of stocks system is to visit the websites of the best online trading brokers available. These companies offer a wide variety of market flow previsions and developments in the online trading of stock futures. When you decide to open an account, you must know that this is generally free of charge, but you have to pay every time you engage in a stock or security bonds transaction.

After completing this process, you must choose between several available broker-services specialised in online trading. The cheapest solution to your problem is an execution broker. This type of online trading service provides only an electronic transaction option consisting in buying or selling shares or stocks, without any stock futures prevision, counselling or any other advisory support in finding realistic market trends.

Like all the participants in the stock exchange, you can only decide between three types of operations. The first one is buying, while the others are selling and holding. The single time when you require a broker is when you decide to buy or sell. You dont need the assistance of an online trading broker to hold your personal stocks or already established stock futures.

The most important advantage in having an online trading account is the enhanced speed with which you can either buy or sell stocks. Of course, youll have a limited period of time to transact your stocks or stock futures, but once you get accustomed to the online trading market, you can start earning big money.

Obviously, this is normally easier said than done! To become an ace in the online trading of stocks and in the online trading of stock futures you must frequently analyze (usually daily) the prices evolution caused by the development in the leverage balance between demand and offer. This market leverage is widely generated by the market-makers or as, theyre also known, big fish. The market-makers are powerful companies that operate on the stock market and set the value for a specific stocks-class (for instance coffee). One of their main goals is to gain control and implicit wealth by speculating in online trading of stock futures. This way, they can raise their income by using the variation leverage of the stock market value in the online trading of stocks system.

The average stock holders and participants both in online trading of stocks and in online trading of stock futures dont normally have any chance in front of these market giants. Of course, this is not the case for you! Now, there is help available for you on the Internet. You can choose among many free online trading services provided by PhD specialists in the evolution of the stock market.

The online trading of stocks has become an extremely appreciated occupation for many nine to five working class citizens who have rapidly transformed into expert stock holders. To add more points, the even more complex online trading of stock futures has generated even more over the night millionaires.

Nowadays, online trading has become one of the few domains in which you can start with little, and quickly earn a fortune. This is a real opportunity available for almost anyone! You only have to think of a realistic plan in buying or selling shares for the online trading of stocks or for the online trading of stock futures. Its a great chance you should not miss.

Interested in making money? Then Online Trading of Stocks and Online Trading of Stock Futures are the best way to go. Go ahead, find out more about them!

Currency Trading Success using Technical Analysis

Anyone can achieve currency-trading success you can learn everything about trading currencies by simply investing the time necessary.

Fundamental Analysis

A currency trader who makes trades based upon fundamental analysis, will look at the supply and demand situation relevant to the particular currency studied, and try and predict the impact of such factors as:

. The health of the economy . Interest rates . Balance of payments . Employment . Trade deficit . Other factors

Technical Analysis

Technical analysis is the study of a currency, based strictly on using only the price history of the currency.

Technical analysis uses no information about the currencies supply and demand situation - it simply focuses on price action. The secret of currency trading success is using technical analysis to spot them.

Long Term or Short Term Trading

For long term currency-trading success, is it better to be a long-term trader, rather than a short-term trader.

While traders can, and do make money with short-term methods of trading, the fact is, currencies trend longer term and these are the trends that yield the biggest profits.

Choosing a Trading Method

While there are many ways to achieve currency-trading success, all methods have the following salient points in common:

1. Simplicity

Most of the best trading systems are simple. There is no correlation between how complicated a strategy is and how successful it will be.

2. Liquidate Losers Quickly and Run Big Profits:

The basis of any successful trading systems that deals in leveraged products is:

You need to be able to run the big profitable trends and exit losers quickly.

3. Understand your Method

This may sound obvious, but you need to understand your trading method, and the logic behind it, so you can execute it with confidence and discipline.

4. The Importance of Discipline

Currency trading success is rooted in a successful method applied with discipline. This means a trader has a method and follows it. This however is much harder in practice than many traders believe.

The more disciplined you are in trading, the more profits you will make longer term.

You should not underestimate the need for discipline, if you want long-term currency trading success.

Robust trading method + discipline = currency trading success

There are a number of variables involved in longer-term currency trading success and the above are the salient points to keep in mind when deciding how to trade currencies.

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Online FOREX Trading - Profit Opportunities Live Update

Yesterday we looked at 3 trading opportunities. Today, we are going to look at one shaping up in the euro currency, a possible profit opportunity and update the others. Lets take a look first at the euro. We are using the chart service futuresource.com and indicators RSI, Bollinger bands and stochastic in making our observations. This report is written at 10AM Central European time.

Euro
The euro is in a firm up trend against the dollar and prices have recently retreated from contract highs. Prices are now at the middle of the Bollinger band and are looking to hold around this level. RSI has fallen back from overbought levels and stochastics are down, but oversold. Support lies at 1.34 and 1.32. Watch for stochastics to bottom and cross with bullish divergence to indicate a shift in momentum, accompanied by rising RSI. This looks like a correction in a bull market. Wait for the correction to run its course, by watching for the above indicators to give you a signal and shift the momentum back to the bulls.

Other trades we looked at yesterday were:

US V Canadian Dollar
Same comments apply as before:
We expect a bounce. RSI very oversold and the dollar is trying to hammer a bottom out above the key 1.10 level. Stochastics remain flat. If they cross with bullish divergence, expect a move up. A close below 1.10 means all bets are off.

US V Japanese Yen
We expect the dollar to hold above the breakout point. Stops should be below the breakout if long if not, to go long look for stochastic to turn up with bullish divergence. The yen is the weak currency of the majors against the dollar and we would expect the dollar to hold its up trend.

Today, should give a clearer indication of near term direction. Short term momentum is down in the dollar. Watch the breakout point and stochastic momentum.

British Pound V US Dollar
The trend in the pound is up but short term momentum is down. We expect the pound to move up after the recent correction, but need to see a shift in near term momentum.

Prices have broken the mid Bollinger band and are drifting lower. RSI is no longer over bought. Stochastic momentum is over sold and down. To enter a long trade watch for a cross in momentum on the stochastic with bullish divergence and also a rising RSI. With all trades dont predict wait for confirmation of shifts in near term momentum before attempting positions.

Good luck and good trading.

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Your Mother Could Make Money In Forex Trading

The question would be not whether she could but rather would she enter the Forex trading market. The Forex day trading arena is a veritable snake pit ripe for scam artists to bilk money out of unwary investors. On the other hand, it is a forum for educated traders with the correct education, tools, and trading strategy to make a handsome income.

Becoming a successful Forex trader basically comes down to four things; 1) attaining the correct education, 2) using Forex tools which 3) use your own personal trading strategy, and 4) finding the correct Forex broker to fulfill your requirements. Lets look at these individually:

1)Attaining the correct education. Your Mother may not know the difference between a Forex PIP and one of the backup singers for Gladys Knight. So would you send her to one of those infomercial Forex riches classes to find out? We hope not! There are literally hundreds of training courses and materials out there for proper training. Word of mouth recommendations might be the best path to follow here.

2)Forex tools can also do many things like send trading signals and various buy/sell alerts to your desktop or mobile device based on what your personal trading philosophy dictates. Many of these tools are software based and some are provided via your favorite Forex trading sites. Not all people base decisions based on these signals though and use things like technical and fundamental analysis to determine when to buy or sell.

3)It also is essential to develop your own personal trading strategy. Your ability to assume certain risks might not exactly be what other traders or your broker recommends. A Forex trading strategy is not something generic and involves your personal game plan.

4)Before trading FOREX you need to set up an account with a FOREX broker. You may feel overwhelmed by the number of brokers who offer their services online. Deciding on a broker requires a little bit of research on your part, but the time spent will give you insight into the services that are available and fees charged by various brokers.

One of the most important ways to make the greatest return (and, also carry a greater loss risk) in Forex trading is with the use of a margin account. These accounts may let you trade as much as $100k in currency for as little as $1000. Margin accounts are the lifeblood of FOREX trading, so be sure you understand the broker's margin terms before setting up an account. You need to know the margin requirements and how margin is calculated. Does margin change according to the currency traded? Is it the same every day of the week? Some brokers may offer different margins for mini and standard accounts.

Used correctly and together, the above items can lead to a comfortable part or full time income. If you dont use all the information available to you, though, you may as well let Mom take the weekend visit to Vegas with her money to see Gladys Knight. Make sure that she has developed her own Forex trading strategy and has used paper trades many times before actually beginning trading for real. Better that ole Mom is equipped to make some real money rather than throwing it away on the gaming tables.

Wayne Watson is editor and publisher of Forex Market Explained, a site dedicated to beginning Forex traders. This site is one of many development projects that he has created or contributed to in the past.

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Learn FOREX Trading in 6 Simple Steps

This article is for anyone who wants to learn FOREX trading with the view to making big profits.

Its a well-known fact that anyone can learn FOREX trading - but very few traders make big profits.

Here we are going to show you how to learn the basics and apply them with the right mindset to succeed.

The Six Steps:

1. Attitude

Firstly, its a well-known fact that the traders who make the money, approach FOREX trading with the attitude they will do what it takes to succeed. This means they dont listen to gurus or read tip sheets - they do it for themselves.

Too many novice traders think they can follow someone else and be successful - but the only person who can give you success is you!

2. Method

If you are going to trade FOREX, you need a method - and this does not involve day trading - it involves long term trend following. The big currency trends last for months or years - and your aim is to lock into these currency trends, and make big profits.

The best way to catch these long-term trends is to use a breakout method - this is a PROVEN way to make money, and breakout methods form the basis of many top-trading systems.

Good software is available form such vendors as Omni trader, Trade station, and Supercharts any of these programs will allow you to test a method, and then when youre confident, trade it.

3. Discipline

By developing a method you are confident in, means that you will be apply to apply it to the markets - and stick with it, even through loosing periods.

Most traders who follow gurus and tip sheets cant do this and as they havent developed a method themselves, they soon throw in the towel and discipline goes out the window.

4. Knowledge

You can learn a breakout method very quickly - but you still need to overcome the psychological pitfalls of trading. Read some books that focus on this area - some of the best include:

Jack Schwagers Market Wizards and New Market Wizards

Edwin Le Feurves Remisenences of a Stock Operator

Also, any books by: Jake Bernstein and Larry Williams.

These books are motivational, and will keep you focused on the your task.

Trading is all about applying a trading system with discipline - and these books will help you achieve this.

5. Taking a Risk

When learning FOREX trading, most traders try and restrict risk above all else. However, they do it to such a degree, that they end up taking losses as they get stopped out the market. In many instances, the direction they chose was right but they just didnt give the trade enough room on the downside.

If you want to make big money by FOREX trading, keep in mind that with risk goes reward.

Taking calculated risks is quite different from being rash - you simply need to wait for the right opportunity, and have the courage of your conviction.

6. Trade in Isolation

Trade in isolation to stay focused - keep in mind that if you are subject to the opinions and views of others, which may differ from your own - it will put you off.

The fact that you may be doing trades no one else may agree with, is good - Why? Simply, because 90% of traders lose - so the mass opinion is not the one to follow.

Learn FOREX Trading

If you want to learn FOREX trading, and make big money - you can do it. The proof is an experiment over two weeks, with a group of novice traders. These traders were nicknamed the turtles and they went on to become some of the most famous traders of all time.

If you want to learn FOREX trading, dont fall into the trap of believing that you can follow someone else. Get the knowledge - and then take responsibility for your own financial success. You will then be doing what 90% of traders dont do - and you can then enter the elite 10% of traders who pile up huge profits consistently.

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Online Forex Trading - 6 Common Errors That Will See You Lose

If you are looking at online forex trading, in this article you will find some common errors that will see you lose.

Many of these are accepted ways to make a profit and you will see many writers give convincing stories that they will help you make money, but they wont.

Make these errors and you will lose, so here they are:

1. You can day trade and make money

Yawn. How many times do you see day trading touted as a way to make money?

All the time.

Fact is it does not work and cannot work, as its based on logic that is simply not correct.

Any experienced trader knows that short term volatility is random, within daily and hourly time frames.

If you cant judge where volatility will go in short time frames you cant get an edge or the odds in your favour.

So, if volatility is random how you can get the odds in your favour and make money?

You cant!

Dont believe me? Then consider this:

There are millions of traders in the market each day trading trillions of dollars and the huge majority are not looking at daily ranges.

Try and find a day trader with a real time track record of profit ( let me know when you do) as most are selling systems and not dumb enough to trade themselves.

Good story, but a great way to lose your money period.

2. You can use moving averages as a timing indicator

Really? This is a real gem.

How can you time entry with a lagging indicator?

Think I will stick to momentum indicators.

3. Brokers can make you lose

This is a story put around mostly by day traders who want to justify why they get stopped out.

Brokers hunt stops!

No they dont consider this:

The only participant with the potential to move a market and pick off stops by themselves is a central bank and even they dont achieve this every time.

A broker trying to pick stops in a market that trades trillions of dollars a day is laughable.

Dont fall for this story.

4. Currency trading is risky

A statement of the obvious!

To a degree this is of course true, but so to is life.

Crossing the road is risky, so do is driving a car, but there are two aspects to risk.

The market you are trading + your approach = Risk

You can make online forex trading as risky as you want, or you can control it by prudent money management and a sound trading method.

5. Paper trading and dummy accounts are useful

For what?

Big deal you can trade without money and place orders ( which is easy) but this is absolutley no use when you come to trade with real money.

It then becomes an emotional experience and the heat is on unlike in paper trading and you will feel very different.

Don't think that because you can paper trade successfully you will make money in the market.

5. You need to work at trading and gain experience

Why? Once you have a method thats it.

You just need to place your orders each day and thats it.

Experience does not make you a better trader.

Trading is not something that has to be constantly worked at once you have your method your all set.

There are many more misconceptions about being a forex trader but the above ones are very common and if you believe them you will lose.

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Jim Rogers: Will the US Dollar Disappear from the World's Stage

We talked, in a taped telephone interview at his home in Singapore, with Billionaire Jim Rogers, legendary commodities trader, who picked the bottom of the commodities bull market in 1999. With George Soros, Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund in 1970.

Over the next decade, Quantum Fund grew by more than 3,300 percent. Rogers retired, later a guest professor of finance at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and still later circumnavigating the globe to firsthand discover new investment opportunities. He is widely and often quoted in the media about his views on the commodities market. Bestselling author, investment biker, adventure capitalist and widely followed, Jim Rogers talks about what he's now investing in. StockInterview: Is the United States heading toward the same demise as previous colonialists: England, France, Holland, Germany and even previous world powers, such as Spain and Portugal?

Jim Rogers: If all powers, which have risen, have eventually peaked, plateaued, and then declined, we of the U.S. certainly have things going on which would indicate that we are. I dont think anybody would dispute that we are a mature economy and a mature society. Whether were still growing or not is another question. I see many factors where were overextended financially, overextended geo-politically, and overextended militarily. I would suspect the U.S. is in a plateau phase, and perhaps has even gone over the line and is in a decline, certainly on a relative basis.

StockInterview: Who, then, would replace the U.S.? Russia, India, Japan or China?

Jim Rogers: Not Russia. No, Russia is a disaster spiraling downward into a catastrophe. I see little hope for India replacing anybody. India is more likely to break up into a few countries in the next few decades than it is to become the world power. Japan has serious demographic problems. Japans population is in decline for the first time in recorded history. Unless something happens demographically in Japan, Japan is going to have huge problems in the next few decades. Theyve got gigantic internal debt, which somebodys got to pay off. With a declining population and internal debts rising, I think theyve got serious problems. The only one I can see on the horizon is China.

StockInterview: What, then, will become of the U.S. dollar?

Jim Rogers: The same thing that happened to sterling; the same thing that happened with the guilder. You know, the guilder used to be a great international currency. The peso used to be a great international currency. You dont see people using guilders anymore to settle their international debts or finance their wars. They decline and sort of disappear from the world stage. I would certainly get out of the U.S. dollar. Its already losing its status as the worlds reserve currency, as the worlds medium of exchange. We in the U.S. owe the rest of the world at least eight trillion dollars -- thats trillion with a T and its increasing at the rate of one trillion U.S. dollars every 15 months. There are serious problems in the U.S. with the U.S. dollar. I wouldnt own U.S. dollars if I were you.

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What is a Body Massage?

The holistic application of physical touch to affect the systems of the body-the muscular, skeletal, elimination, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, lymphatic, emotional, mental and nervous systems is called Body massage. Body massage is the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body with the hands for healing, therapeutic, pleasurable and relaxing effects. Body massage is the loving touch of the heart expressed through the hands. Professional therapeutic massage originated in China, is an age-old healing art, which can alleviate mental, physical and emotional ailments.

Let us study about the healing powers of body massage.

STRESS

Body massage helps releasing stress and tension in our bodies by increasing oxygen flow and blood circulation in the body. Excessive unresolved tension and stress in our daily lives could cause continuous muscular tension. This type of mental tension or stress diminishes the flow of oxygen and blood to the muscles and organs causing pains and aches, feelings of fatigue, symptomatic heaviness, tightness of muscles and stiffness. This can even increase the chance of strains and injuries. . Tension creates a tendency for a build up of toxins in the body, and reduces the flow of the more subtle energy or life force (Prana or Chi). Muscular stress also deforms the skeletal anatomy, which further compounds present problems and develops new ones.

Benefits of Body massage

1. Assists weight loss

2. Improves and increases blood circulation and the flow of tissue fluid (lymph)

3. Nourishes the skin (with the right oils)

4. Soothes and relaxes nerves

5. Assists in removal of deposits of tissue

6. Releases emotional and mental tension

7. Creates a feeling of well-being

8. Gives pleasure

If you have any illness it is always advisable to inform a doctor before you go for a body massage.

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Venture Leasing - A Smarter Way To Build Enterprise Value

In 2003, venture capitalists and investors dispensed over $18 billion to promising young U.S. companies, according to VentureOne and Ernst & Young Quarterly Venture Capital Report. Less documented and reported is venture leasings activity and volume. This form of equipment financing contributes greatly to the growth of U.S. start-ups. Yearly, specialty leasing companies pour hundreds of millions of dollars into start-ups, permitting savvy entrepreneurs to achieve the biggest 'bang for their buck' in financing growth. What is venture leasing and how do sophisticated entrepreneurs maximize enterprise value with this type of financing? Why is venture leasing a cheaper and smarter way to finance needed equipment when compared to venture capital? For answers, one must look closely at this relatively new and expanding form of equipment financing specifically designed for rapidly growing venture capital-backed start-ups.

The term venture leasing describes the leasing of equipment to pre-profit, start-ups funded by venture capital investors. These companies usually have negative cash flow and rely on additional equity rounds to fulfill their business plans. Venture leasing allows growing start-ups to acquire needed operating equipment while conserving expensive venture development capital. Equipment financed by venture leases usually includes essentials such as computers, laboratory equipment, test equipment, furniture, manufacturing and production equipment, and other equipment to automate the office.

Using Venture Leasing Is Smart

Venture leasing enjoys many advantages over traditional venture capital and bank financing. Financing new ventures can be a high risk business. Venture capitalists generally demand sizeable equity stakes in the companies they finance to compensate for this risk. They typically seek investment returns of at least 35% - 50% on their unsecured, non-amortizing equity investments. An IPO or other sale of their equity position within three to six years of investing offers them the best avenue to capture this return. Many venture capitalists require board representation, specific exit time frames and/or investor rights to force a 'liquidity' event. In comparison, venture leasing has none of these drawbacks. Venture lessors typically seek an annual return in the 14% - 20% range. These transactions usually amortize monthly in two to four years and are secured by the underlying assets. Although the risk to the venture lessor is also high, this risk is mitigated by requiring collateral and structuring a transaction that amortizes. By using venture leasing and venture capital together, the savvy entrepreneur lowers the venture's overall capital cost, builds enterprise value faster and preserves ownership.

Venture leasing is also very flexible. By structuring a fair market value purchase or renewal option at the end of the lease, the start-up can slash monthly payments. Lower payments result in higher earnings and cash flow. Since a fair market value option is not an obligation, the lessee has a high degree of flexibility and control. The resulting reduction in payments and shift of lease expense beyond the expiry of the transaction can deliver a higher enterprise value to the savvy entrepreneur during the initial term of the lease. The higher enterprise value results from the start-ups ability to achieve higher earnings, upon which most valuations are based.

Customers benefit more from venture leasing as compared to traditional bank financing in two ways. First, venture leases are usually only secured by the underlying equipment. Additionally, there are usually no restrictive financial covenants. Most banks, if they lend to early stage companies, require blanket liens on all of the companies' assets. In some cases, they also require guarantees of the start-ups principals. More and more, sophisticated entrepreneurs recognize the stifling effects of these limitations and their impact on growth. When start-ups need additional financing and a sole lender has encumbered all company assets or required guarantees, these young companies become less attractive to other financing sources. Correcting this situation can sap the entrepreneurs time and energy.

How Venture Leasing Works

Generally, a major round of equity capital raised from credible investors or venture capitalists makes venture leasing viable for the early stage company. Lessors structure most transactions as master lease lines, permitting the lessee to draw down on the lines as needed throughout the year. Lease lines usually range in size from as little as $ 200,000 to well over $ 5,000,000, depending on the lessee's need and credit strength. Terms are typically between twenty four to forty eight months, payable monthly in advance. The lessee's credit strength, the quality and useful life of the underlying equipment, and the lessors anticipated ability to re-market the equipment during the lease often dictate the initial lease term. Although no lessor enters a leasing arrangement expecting to re-market the equipment prior to lease expiry, should the lessees business fail, the lessor must pursue this avenue of recovery to salvage the transaction. Most venture leases give lessees flexible end-of-lease options. These options generally include the ability to buy the equipment, to renew the lease at fair market value or to return the equipment to the lessor. Many lessors limit the fair market value, which also benefits the lessee. Most leases require the lessee to shoulder the important equipment obligations such as maintenance, insurance and paying required equipment taxes.

Venture lessors target lessee prospects that have good promise and that are likely to fulfill their leases. Since most start-ups rely on future equity rounds to execute their business plans, lessors devote significant attention to credit review and due diligence - evaluating the caliber of the investor group, the efficacy of the business plan and management's background. A superior management team has usually demonstrated prior successes in the field in which the new venture is active. Additionally, managements expertise in the key business functions -- sales, marketing, R&D, production, engineering, finance --- is essential. Although there are many professional venture capitalists financing new ventures, there can be a significant difference in their abilities, staying power and resources. The better venture capitalists achieve excellent results and have direct experience with the type of companies being financed. The best VCs have developed industry specialization and many have in-house specialists with direct operating experience within the industries covered. Also important to the venture lessor are the amount of capital VCs provide the start-up and the amount allocated to future funding rounds.

After determining that the management team and venture capital investors are qualified, venture lessors evaluate the start-ups business model and the market potential. Since most venture lessors are not technology specialists able to assess products, technology, patents, business processes and the like - they rely greatly on the thorough due diligence of experienced venture capitalists. But the experienced venture lessor does undertake an independent evaluation of the business plan and conducts careful due diligence to understand its content. Here, the lessor generally attempts to understand and concur with the business model. Questions to be answered include: Is the business model sensible? How large is the market for the prospect's services or products? Are the income projections realistic? Is pricing of the product or service sensible? How much cash is on hand and how long will it last according to the projections? When is the next equity round needed? Are the key people needed execute the business plan in place? These and similar questions help determine whether the business model is reasonable.

Satisfied that the business model is sound, the venture lessors greatest concern is whether the start-up has sufficient liquidity or cash on hand to support a significant portion of the lease term. If the venture fails to raise additional capital or runs out of cash, the lessor is not likely to collect further lease payments. To mitigate this risk, most experienced venture lessors pursue start-ups with at least nine months of cash or sufficient liquid assets to service a substantial portion of their leases.

Getting the Best Deal

What determines venture lease pricing and how does a prospective lessee get the best deal? First, make sure you are comfortable with the leasing company. This relationship is usually more important than transaction pricing. With the rapid rise in venture leasing over the past decade, a handful of national leasing companies now specialize in venture leases. A good venture lessor has a lot of expertise in this market, is accustom to working with start-ups, and is prepared to help in difficult cash flow situations should the start-up stray from plan. Also, the best venture lessors deliver other value-added services - such as assisting in equipment acquisitions at better prices, trading out existing equipment, finding additional venture capital sources, working capital lines, factoring, temporary CFOs, and introductions to potential strategic partners.

Once the start-up finds a capable venture lessor, negotiating a fair and competitive lease is the next order of business. A number of factors determine venture lease pricing and terms. Important factors include: 1) the perceived credit strength of the lessee, 2) equipment quality, 3) market rates, and 4) competitive factors within the venture leasing market. Since the lease can be structured with several options, many of which influence the ultimate lease cost, start-ups should compare competing lease proposals. Lessors typically structured leases to yield 14% - 20%. By developing end-of-lease options to better accommodate lessees' needs, lessors can shift some of this pricing to the leases back end in the form of a fair market value or fixed purchase or renewal option. It is not uncommon to see a three year lease structured to yield 9% - 11% annually during the initial lease term. Thereafter, the lessee can choose to return the equipment, purchase the equipment for 10% - 15% of equipment cost or to renew the lease for an additional year. If the lease is renewed, the lessor recovers an additional 10% - 15% of equipment cost. If the equipment is returned to the lessor, the start-up reduces its cost and limits the amount paid under the lease. The lessor will then remarket the equipment to achieve its 14% - 20% yield target.

Another way that leasing companies can justify slashing lease payments is to incorporate warrants to purchase stock into the transaction. Warrants give the lessor the right to buy an agreed upon quantity of ownership shares at a share price predetermined by the parties. Under a venture lease with warrant pricing, the lessor typically prices that lease several percentage points below a similar lease without warrants. The number of warrants the start-up proffers is arrived at by dividing a portion of the lease line - usually 3% to 15% of the line - by the warrant strike price. The strike price is typically the share price of the most recently completed equity round. Including a warrant option often encourages venture lessors to enter transactions with companies that are very early in development or where the equipment to be leased is of questionable quality or re-marketability.

Building a young company into an industry leader is in many ways similar to building a state-of-the art airplane or bridge. You need the right people, partners, ideas, materials and tools. Venture leasing is a useful tool for the savvy entrepreneur. When used properly, this financing tool can help early stage companies accelerate growth, squeeze the most out of their venture capital and increase enterprise value between equity rounds. Why not preserve ownership for those really doing the heavy lifting?

George Parker is a Director and Executive Vice President of Leasing Technologies International, Inc. (LTI). He is responsible for overseeing the company's marketing and financing efforts. One of the co-founders of LTI, Mr. Parker has been involved in secured lending and equipment financing for over twenty years. Mr. Parker is an industry leader, frequent panelist and author of several articles pertaining to equipment financing.

Headquartered in Wilton, CT, LTI is a leasing firm specializing nationally in direct equipment financing and vendor leasing programs for emerging growth and later-stage, venture capital backed companies. More information about LTI is available at: http://www.ltileasing.com.

Will Lightning Strike a Third Time for Dr. Boen Tan?

In late January, Cameco Corps director of advanced exploration tantalized the audience at Vancouvers Minerals Exploration Roundup, discussing the geology, and especially the size, of his companys Millennium uranium deposit. Drill indicated resources are estimated at 449,000 tonnes with a grade of 4.63 percent uranium oxide. Additional tonnage is inferred at the lesser grade of 1.81 percent, but still a respectable grade by anyones calculations (one percent of uranium oxide is reportedly comparable to about 50 grams of gold). Because of soaring spot uranium prices, this deposits gross value might someday conceivably exceed $2.4 billion.

The geological setting of the Key Lake Road shear zone is quite similar to the Millennium deposit, Dr. Boen Tan told StockInterview. The Key Lake Road shear zone is located within the same north-northeastern structural trend as the Millennium deposit. Camecos (NYSE: CCJ) director of advanced exploration, Charles Roy, called the Millennium uranium deposit, the most significant new basement discovery in more than 30 years. News reports suggest the Millennium discovery could host a resource of 57 million pounds of uranium oxide. The Millennium deposit is located north of the former world-class Key Lake uranium mine and south of two of the worlds highest grade uranium deposits, McArthur River and Cigar Lake.

So why is Dr. Tan evaluating a relatively early stage exploration project against one of the worlds most recent and highly lucrative uranium discoveries? Most junior companies exploring in Canadas Athabasca Basin, or for that matter any junior natural resource company, are unduly sanguine about measuring their propertys exploration prospects in relation to a major, often recently discovered, world-class deposit. All too frequently such closeology (were close to the big deposit so we can find an elephant, too) comparisons are deceptive and misleading. In many investment circles, it has become a clich. However, when the comparison comes from a highly regarded exploration geologist, such as Boen Tan, one should pay attention. Especially when Dr. Tan talks about his geological insights regarding the greater Key Lake area.

Dr. Tan was the Uranerz project geologist for uranium exploration at Key Lake in the early 1970s. His exploration work led to the discovery of the Gaertner deposit (1975) and the Deilmann deposit (1976) in the Key Lake area. According to a recent Northern Miner article, It was not until the discovery of the Deilmann and Gaertner deposits at Key Lake that the true unconformity type uranium deposit model was first recognized.

Dr. Tan also supervised the definition drillings of these two deposits until 1978. According to the Uranium Information Centre, Key Lake once produced about 15 percent of the worlds uranium mined. Over Dr. Tans long career, he was also fortunate to have evaluated some of the worlds largest uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, which had been previously co-owned by Uranerz. These include the Key Lake deposits, the Rabbit Lake deposits (including Eagle Point, A-, B- and C-Zone, and the McArthur River deposits).

Comparisons between the Key Lake Road Project and Cameco Corps Millennium Uranium Deposit

Asked about his opinion of Forum Developments Key Lake Road project, for which Dr. Tan is the chief geologist, We have the right lithology, the right structure and, on top of that, we have uranium mineralization. Dr. Tan was impressed with the amount of uranium mineralization scattered with the graphitic metapelites. It is very seldom you find such a lot of uranium mineralization there, he explained. Again, he compared that with exploration around the Key Lake deposit where he remarked, The graphitic metapelites at the hanging wall of the Key Lake deposit had as much as 4,000 parts per million of uranium. Its an optimistic sign in preparation for a summer drilling program.

Lets look at Dr. Tans geological comparisons between Camecos mammoth Millennium uranium deposit and the exploration he is overseeing for Forum Developments Key Lake Road project.

1.Athabascas eastern basin is comprised of Archean granitoid gneisses and Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks. Dr Tan wrote, Both the Lower Proterozoic rocks and the Archean granitoid rocks occur within the KLR shear zone in similar geological setting (along the north-south structural trend,) as the Millennium deposit.

2.The Millenniums main uranium zone occurs in a pelitic to semi-pelitic stratigraphic assemblage of gneisses and schists. Asked about the drill targets on the Key Lake Road project, Dr. Tan responded, The targets are in the pelitic stratigraphic assemblage at depth which includes the same graphitic pelitic gneiss and the calc-silicate which host the uranium mineralization in the Millennium Deposit.

3.Camecos geophysical surveys indicated the presence of a significant resistivity low centered over the uranium mineralization. Dr. Tan explained, Forum did airborne VTEM (electromagnetic survey) and multiple parallel EM conductors of over 40 kilometers long were outlined. Last years radiometric prospecting was carried out and several uranium showings (from 0.1 to over 5 percent uranium) were found in the graphitic metapelites, calc-silicate and pegmatites along this 40 km conductive trend.

4.The Millennium deposit features extensive hydrothermal alteration over the lithology. The uranium mineralization was associated with dark chlorite and illite, and with a distal halo that included sericite. Dr. Tan remarked, In the Key Lake Road area, we did observe moderate clay alteration in the fractured and brecciated calc-silicates and pelitic gneiss which appear to be chlorite and sericite. In 1980s five reconnaissance holes were drilled in the area and chlorite alteration in the meta-pelites was reported from the drill cores. In a project Forum has scheduled for drilling this winter, Dr. Tan pointed out, In the Costigan Lake area clay alteration in the pelitic gneiss were intersected in several holes. One drill hole intersected uranium mineralization of 0.43% U3O8 in 0.36 m of clay altered graphitic pelitic gneiss.

5.The Millennium deposits ore mineralogy is comprised of pitchblende, with lesser amounts of coffinite and uraninite. Dr. Tan discussed the comparative mineralogy, saying, We found uraninites in the calc-silicates which occur as fine to coarse disseminated grains and as nuggets up to 2 centimeters in diameter (over 5 percent uranium). Fine grained uranium mineralization (up to 0.6 percent U) found in the fractured graphitic meta-pelite appear to be secondary uranium mineral. In the Key Lake Roads Molly Zone, Dr. Tan indicated, Uranium mineralization was found within the calc-silicates and pegmatites along the shear zone. The calc-silicates contained up to 5 percent uranium with visible pitchblende He also pointed out that at Forums Maurice Point project, which the company may drill in 2007, the prospector discovered a zone of mineralization of 100 by 10 meters wide with uranium mineralization from 1 percent up to 7 percent uranium in an outcrop.

6.Finally, Dr. Tan explained, Because all the unconformity uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, such as the Millennium, Key Lake and McArthur, always have lots of boron. That is indication of the hydrothermal diagenetic ore-forming process. Do any of Forums properties show boron? Dr. Tan said, The Beach Zone in the Maurice Point project has high boron elements. On top of the good uranium grades, yes, that is the extra special thing. Because it is characteristic for a hydrothermal uranium deposit in Athabasca, like Key Lake. Its a good indication like pathfinder elements.

Evaluation of Forum Developments Exploration Prospects

As with any early exploration project, additional drilling helps define the propertys potential. Many of Dr. Tans comparisons, while valid, require drilling the most promising targets. Asked about what questions that drilling the Key Lake Road project might answer, Dr. Tan responded, If the uranium is deposited under hot water, in a hydrothermal environment around 300 degrees, if you dont see the uranium during drilling, you want to see the rock alteration, the pathfinder geochemistry, the boron, and elevated uranium. He also pointed out the most obvious answer you want to see during a drill program, The thing you want to see in drilling is to see some uranium.

Some might consider Forum Development Corps relatively shallow drilling approach with hesitation. The company plans drill holes between 150 and 200 meters deep, not the 700 meters usually drilled in the Athabasca Basin. Forums Chief Executive Rick Mazur, who is also a geoscientist, saw the positive side to that philosophy, calling his exploration model unique (which it is). He added, The Key Lake project was a concept where we were looking for near or at surface mineralization. We acquired ground just outside the erosional context of the Athabasca sandstone, where we believe that basement hosted deposits could be found at or near surface.

Expensive drilling in the Athabasca Basin can break any junior uranium exploration companys bank. Financing for these drill programs can run into the millions. Exploration can take years. Investors should note that deep drilling into hundreds of meters of overburden can quickly drain a companys exploration budget. Mazur explained, We are fortunate enough to have rock exposed on surface, and not covered with 400 to 800 meters of Athabasca sandstone. What is Forums advantage for shallow drilling? We can go in there and with a very cost-effective program of geological mapping and prospecting, evaluate areas on our property where uranium mineralization has already been discovered in detail, Mazur concluded.

David Scott, an eResearch geological analyst, issued a speculative buy recommendation on Forum Development Corporation (TSX: FDC) in October, 2005, and wrote the company has an excellent management and advisory team with decades of experience in the Basin. They have staked two well-positioned properties and have moved quickly to explore them. eResearch set a 12-month target price of C$0.60/share on FDC shares, with a potential target price of C$0.90/share if the company continues to get good results in the Athabasca Basin.

The analyst re-iterated the speculative buy recommendation on February 13th with the target price of C$0.60/share. The analyst based his investment opinion and price target by comparing Forum Development against peer group junior uranium exploration companies. Valuation was arrived at his price target by comparing Forum Development in terms of (a) similar-sized uranium exploration companies and (b) uranium exploration companies with properties next to Forum Development. FDC shares traded between C$0.40 and C$0.50/share during February.

Snapshot: Dr. Boen Tan

Dr. Boen Tan is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan, and possesses over twenty-five years of uranium exploration experience. Dr. Tan joined Uranerz, a private German company, in 1969 and after a number of years as a field geologist in Germany and Australia, moved to Canada in 1973 as a senior geologist and Project Manager for Uranerz Exploration & Mining Ltd. (UEM), conducting uranium exploration in the Athabasca Basin.

Dr. Tan was instrumental in the discovery of the Key Lake uranium deposit and the development of the Key Lake Mine which produced 195 million pounds of U3O8 at a grade of 2.5% over a fifteen year mine life from 1983 to 1997. After the development of the Key Lake Mine, Dr. Tan continued to supervise UEM's uranium exploration and drilling programs in the Athabasca Basin, including regional exploration in the greater Key Lake area. Dr. Tan monitored the exploration and diamond drilling of UEM's joint ventures with Cameco Corporation at the McArthur River, Maurice Bay, Millennium and Rabbit Lake deposits until all uranium property and project interests were sold to Cameco in 1998.

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Ed Seykota

Markets: Futures

Contact: Undisclosed. (I do have his e-mail address but it would be unfair to disclose it.)

Results:

Undisclosed but thought to be up there with the VERY best. He has made some of his managed account holders into multi-millionaires from small initial investments.

Featured in the books "The Market Wizards I and II"

Although completely unknown, not only to the public, but to most of the financial community as well, Ed Seykota's achievements must certainly rank him as one of the best traders of our time. In the early 1970s, Seykota was hired by a major brokerage firm. He conceived and developed the first commercial computerized trading system for client's money in the futures markets. His system proved quite profitable, but interference and second-guessing by management significantly impeded its performance. This experience provided the catalyst for Seykota going out on his own.

In the ensuing years, Seykota applied his systematized approach to trading a handful of accounts and his own money. During that period, the accounts Seykota managed have witnessed an absolutely astounding rate of return. For example, as of mid-1988, one of his customer's accounts, which started with $5,000 in 1972, was up over 250,000 percent on a cash-to-cash basis. WOW!

Seykota works from an office in his house on Lake Tahoe. His trading is largely confined to the few minutes it takes to run his computer program, which generates signals for the next day.

So, don't let any one ever tell you trading cannot be mechanical and you must spend hours per day managing your trading accounts. Ask Ed Seykota.

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Forex Trading Advice Don't Take Any Forex Advice Until You Read This

Would you take driving lessons from someone who had never driven in their lives?

Of course you wouldnt!

With forex trading advice people take advice from people who have never traded and never question it, lose their money and are surprised.

If you are taking forex advice via signals or a system there is only one criteria you need to judge the advice on:

A real time track record.

Thats real money, made in the market over a 3 year period or longer.

It does not guarantee you will make money of course, but if I follow advice I like to know the forex trading advice I have taken, has made money and the logic is soundly based.

Forget hypothetical track records.

Anyone can make a profit if they know what the prices did!

Ever seen a hypothetical back tested system that didnt?

My six year old boy could make a profit that way, but not sure I would trust him to trade for me!

I am a trader of 20 years and I see e-books and makings telling me I can easily make 90% accurate trades or 100 pips a day!

Please dont insult my intelligence.

I know making money is not easy in anything and that includes forex trading.

Use common sense!

If forex trading advice looks to good to be true it probably is.

Use common sense and dont get blinded by greed or an easy way to make money you will lose.

Only take forex trading advice from vendors who provide the following:

A real time track record and the comfort of a money back guarantee.

There are plenty out there giving good solid advice that can help you make forex profits, but take a bit of time to seek them out.

Dont fall for the scammers in forex trading advice offering you easy ways, or guaranteed profits. You will lose.

Only a small minority of traders make money and there not the above.

They will simply make money out of you from selling advice that will lose you money.

Accept this fact:

Forex markets can and do make money and there is good advice out there but forex trading makes few traders rich over night.

Forex trading is a long term solid way to make money and good profits.

Make sure you dont fall for the hype of the huge amount of forex advice sellers on the net who have never traded in their lives.

No real track record you know what to do now

In conclusion with forex advice to separate the scammers from the people who make money, get the real time track record.

Thats it - Enough said.

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How to Drive Site Traffic

Everyone who is engaged in any online business can readily associate his business with site traffic. The reason for this is very clear -- more profit. Traffic is the primary indicator on how well your business is getting recognition from the viewers. The more people who visit the site, the greater the amount of success it can bring. Therefore, increasing traffic on a site is essentially the thing for online businessmen. The good thing about generating traffic, there are methods that you can apply to increase or augment the traffic that you desire. Below are some of the tips I can share.

Embark on trading links on other equally famous sites. This could be helpful to both sites as they are able to capture any visitor that gets into any of the site. The enhancement done on a site can very well benefit the other site and vice versa. Just make that you include your link properly on the other site to maximize visit.

If you have enough amounts to spend, you can engage on some paid online advertisements on different search engines. By doing this, you can be at least sure that someone is working on their ways to make your objectives come true besides the effort that you are putting on your own.

Send out article materials to other sites or directories that can generate traffic on your site. This works by putting your link address at the end of the article that you submitted.

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Online Trading System For Trading The Forex

In 1986, Caterpillar made a 100 million profit trading the forex and would have actually had an operating loss for the year on their normal business if it wasn't for that profit.

In 2002, Bank of America made a $530 million profit in forex trading as stated under "Global Investment Income" on their annual statement.

Daimler Chrysler sells cars, correct? In 2003, they made more money on foreign exchange than by selling cars and half of their second quarter operating profit was from currency trades.

Foreign currency exchange used to be the playground of only the very rich. The past decade it has been opened up so someone with as little as a few hundred dollars can trade the forex.

This has spawned an industry all of its own teaching people to trade the forex. Seminars, charting systems, currency trading systems, signal systems and software have all been created to instruct people how to trade the forex.

Interestingly enough, the range of what a person can pay for this instruction varies dramatically. A person may or may not actually learn how to trade the forex profitably after spending thousands.

For example, a one- or two-day forex seminar typically will cost thousands. Companies market software that costs thousands. Signal companies typically charge monthly fees of hundreds of dollars to send the numbers to a person and the numbers are just plugged in.

None of these costs can assure that someone will actually make money in the forex. In fact, over 90% of new forex traders lose their accounts.

With the appropriate resources, a person can earn 20% monthly on their money and as they build their account up, an exponential force can dramatically increase their account.

For example, a person begins with $1,000 and sees their account grow to $2,000. The trader can add risk to their account by adding a lot. So, instead of making $400, which would be 20% on that $2,000, the trader would make $800 by having added a lot. You can see the exponential power of the forex.

Unfortunately, this power is what gets new traders in trouble. Not every trade is a win. With a few wins under a trader's belt, the newbie believes he or she can add more lots to their trade, and then they end up with a huge loss.

It is advised that the beginning forex trader begin with some of the e-books or online resources that are less expensive at first to ensure their success trading this market.

Brian Sater is a forex consultant and the author of "How to Easily Make Forex Money Online" to assist the beginner trader and the trader who is not making money trading forex. The author is providing one to two free trades per month to help the forex trader achieve a net average of 20% per month on their account. The e-book is located at http://www.forexmoneyonline.com

Computers for Seniors, Not as Scary as You Might Think

Seniors, contrary to popular opinion, are thrilled with modern technology and have embraced the world of computers enthusiastically. There are no "simple" computers designed especially for seniors because the concept of computers isnt that difficult to begin with---it just seems that way.

Why a computer? The world is a pretty exciting place, so dont give me that "too old to learn new tricks" routine, or let me hear you mumbling under your breath about not being interested. Of course you are interested!

I want you to picture yourself (or your senior parent) learning about a wonderful new way to stay in touch with friends and relatives, or even make new friends. E-mailing and sending pictures are a great way to communicate, so even if that is the only thing that you learn how to do, it is a good thing.

It wont be long before that isnt enough and you will want to jump in with both feet when you discover that you can follow your stock options, keep informed, write in your journal, and continue to learn.

Dont forget that learning new things and having new experiences is a good way to exercise your brain. Studies say that older adults who use computers have fewer depressive symptoms than those who dont.

Kids seem to pop into the world already able to use a computer and you may feel a little intimidated when a six year is savvier than you are. There is no reason why you cant learn to enjoy a computer too. Colleges, community colleges, universities, neighborhood recreation centers and senior centers all offer classes designed especially for seniors. If you cant get out, you can find books and computer tutorials (right on your computer) that are geared for the senior audience. Just look up "computers for seniors" in your search engine.

Dont give up! If you love your computer but are finding it hard to see or manipulate the keys on your standard keyboard, help is available. A number of modifications are available to make your work easier and to keep you in touch with your family and friends.

Read Braille? There are specialized stickers and keyboard overlays that are imprinted in Braille so that a blind person can feel and type on the computer.

If your fingers lack precision and arent as nimble as they used to be, you can find key locks and other modifications that enable you to press more than one key at a time. A key lock pivots onto a key that you want to hold down and holds it in place while you press another key at the same time. A sticky key works in much the same way if you have limited hand/arm control. If you press a sticky shift key, the computer waits for a second key to be pressed before acting on the initial stroke. Other options to investigate are one-handed keyboards, key guards, ergonomic keyboards and even on-screen keyboards where you just touch the letters on the screen.

Still nervous? For people with 20/20 vision using a standard sized computer screen is as easy as looking at your monitor. People with cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other eye conditions encounter a whole new set of problems. Once again, modern technology has not forgotten the folks who dont see quite as well as they used to.

People with low vision do not have to give up the joy and/or convenience of using their computers. Screen magnification products enlarge text and pictures to sizes more easily viewed. You can purchase free standing magnifiers that attach to the monitor or find software programs that will magnify the full screen.

Another type of software called Optical Character Recognition Software allows you to scan newspapers, recipes, bills, etc. where they can be stored, edited and used with screen magnification or screen reader programs.

Another option might be the use of speech synthesizer software. The screen reader reads the contents of all documents, as well as talking you through standard computer functions. The screen reading software helps you with writing, hearing what you are typing, reading back and editing your work, saving files, reading e-mails and web pages and more.

Isnt this exciting? You can also find Assistive Mouse Adaptors that make it easier to control your mouse if you suffer from hand tremors or the Quick Glance for anyone who cannot use a hand operated mouse. There are easy to use Trackballs to make mouse control easier and Touch Pads that allow for mouse movement by just dragging your fingertip across a grid surface.

Modern technology is wonderful, and it is reassuring to know that seniors have not been left out. For new and exciting ideas for smart seniors, who want to keep on top of what is happening in their world, please check out my blog:

TC Thorn is a freelance writer, blogger, and webmaster.

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What's Your Square Plate? How Differentiation Can Save Your Business

On a road trip recently, my family stopped at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant. I don't have any particularly strong affiliation to the restaurant. To me, it's a lot like Chili's and Applebee's. A good place to get a hot meal.

I hadn't been in a Ruby Tuesday in a few years, but right away I noticed a difference. The plates were square. And the tables were clear of the "drink special" clutter. The menu was basically the same, but there was a slight air of sophistication that I took note of. And now, that is what separates Ruby Tuesday from other restaurants for me.

It doesn't take much to differentiate yourself. In this example, you see that by changing the accessories (a very affordable expense, I imagine), Ruby Tuesday is shifting its image from an all-American hamburger joint to something more upscale. It's subtleties that count.

Think about your business. Likely you're not the only one of your kind. How do you set yourself apart from the competition? What makes you special? What are your competitive advantages? If you don't have answers to these questions, you need to find them out.

• Survey staff and clients to see what the image of your product is. Use these descriptions (fun, professional, useful) as a springboard for the creation of a brand identity.
• Look at your competitors. What are their strong suits? What are their weaknesses? Find ways you can excel where they are weak.
• Create a slogan or character that enhances the image you want to present.

Marketing is more about presentation than product. Most companies don't sell truly unique products (dog food, software, hamburgers). But if properly branded and marketed, even the most mundane can of dog food can create excitement in the purchase process.

Gas is pretty unexciting. But BP has a campaign going on that has cute, kitschy characters and collectible trading cards. Guess what? I made an effort on my trip to stop at BP for gas. Remember Morris the cat? Who wouldn't buy 9Lives cat food from a talking cat? Or the California Raisins. You get my point. An everyday product can be made exciting with proper branding and marketing.

Make your product stand out. And maybe the next time I encounter your brand and take note of its uniqueness, you'll get a free mention in my blog!

Susan Payton is Managing Partner of Egg Marketing & Public Relations. She assists small businesses with marketing strategy and corporate communications. She is also the author of 101 Entrepreneur Tips, a handy guide that helps entrepreneurs make repeat customers, close the sale, and delegate work.

For more information on Susan and Egg Marketing, visit http://www.eggmarketingpr.com or email her at smpayton@eggmarketingpr.com

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Automated Forex Trading Greatly Increases Trade Volumes

Imagine the next time you join a discussion about automated forex trading. When you start sharing the fascinating automated forex trading facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed.

The concept of automated forex trading is fast catching on. The first market to move to automated trading was exchange-traded futures. Following this, traders working in the Interbank spot FX market too moved on to this system.

The success of the system flows from its ability conduct trade in real time. This is difficult to achieve manually, especially if the trading is to be done in milliseconds. Also, there may be times when a trader may be away from the desk, or a trader who has incurred a series of losses may take time before placing a fresh order. These are dampers that automated foreign trading removes.

Another advantage that automated trading brings in is diversification. It is possible for a trader to trade in different markets, and in different time zones. The trader can also deploy multiple trading models.

The trader can also use the automated model to analyze short-term data, which is not possible otherwise. This gives the trader an advantage over others who are not using the automated trading system. The trader can use this short-term data to analyze how the market will move in the next 15 minutes or half an hour, and accordingly take decisions. Also, high frequency trading allows existing data to be used in different ways in different markets.

The information about automated forex trading presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about automated forex trading or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.

Automated trading also improves liquidity. This is quite apparent from the way the number of trades shot up in futures exchanges following the adoption of automated trading.

However, one area that worries traders is the likely increase in the number of orders once all traders adopt this system. The fear is that there may not be sufficient bandwidth or engine capacity to execute all these orders in real time. Already, some quarters are employing controls to guard against unnecessary order messages.

Risk management is another area that worries forex traders. An automated trading environments risk management logic requires that before a new position is opened a check be made to ensure that there is no excessive correlation with already opened positions. For this check to be accurate, all systems need to be synchronised. But these are technical issues that the market feels will be resolved as the technology improves.

For the time being automated trading in forex is the buzzword.

Knowing enough about automated forex trading to make solid, informed choices cuts down on the fear factor. If you apply what you've just learned about automated forex trading, you should have nothing to worry about.

Matthew Bass writes frequently about Automated Forex Trading, which can be viewed in more detail at Forex-Resource-Pro.com.

Are You Trading to Your Strengths?

In your trading, are you playing to your strengths, or are you simply being an "opportunity seeker"?

There is a huge difference between the two and if you're just an opportunity seeker, then you are leaving yourself open to frustration and losses.

There are many parallels between trading, business and gambling, and your ultimate success long-term will be determined by how you approach any of the three. Playing to your strengths is critical in all three.

In any of the pursuits, there is competition and you always want to make sure that you're playing to your strengths and not your weaknesses.

The objective is winning, that is profiting, and you want every advantage that you can get.

Too often, the opportunity seeker will go after an opportunity just because they see that there's money to be made, and they figure that they can shore up their weaknesses (learn more) enough to go get that money.

Let's take a brief look at how this applies in each area, keeping in mind the parallels between them.

In business, the long term successes are built by those with an end goal in mind, a vision of what the business will look like when it's mature.

This is critical because the company must stay on a course that is consistent with its vision while it is growing. Distractions and deviations from the path only serve to slow it down or even take it backwards.

Successful business leaders know when to pursue an opportunity and when to say "no". Saying "no" is essential to keeping the company's activities (investments of time) focused where competitive advantages exist and avoiding those where the company is at a disadvantage.

In gambling, the poker player will stay at the BlackJack table and make his money there. He won't jump up and run to the Roulette table just because he heard somebody just won $50,000 over there. He knows what he's good at and will only venture over to other tables for entertainment, not to make money.

In Trading, let's say investing for the sake of argument, a good real estate investor that knows how to make $1 million a year isn't necessarily going to do well in trading. They are completely different games.

Just because a person knows how to buy properties right, increase their value through rehab or raising rents, does not mean that they will have the talents or skills to make money in the Futures or Forex markets.

Even an experienced trader should be hesitant to jump from one game to the next. A buy-and-hold position trader should exercise great caution before jumping into day-trading, and a spread better should hone his skills before thinking about buying (or selling) outright futures contracts.

Each strategy (or game let's say) has different skills associated with it, and different emotional requirements.

The other serious consideration is your proficiency level - period. This combined with your ability to devote time to trading.

If you are completely new to trading or you haven't yet become proficient at the necessary skills to trade, then you definitely should seek out help.

The learning curve can be very costly in trading, and if you don't have the time or a plan to become proficient, how do you ever expect to make regular profits from it?

If you don't have the proficiency, the strengths, needed to be a good trader, nor do you have the time and resources to become one, you may want to consider other choices available to you.

If you have neither the skills nor the time to develop them, but want to take advantage of the nice money to be made in trading, you may want to consider a managed account. Why settle for an amateur trading with your money (YOU), when you can have a pro do it for you?

Do your Due Diligence first though!!! Ask for the track record and the plan going forward.

Your next option if you're "starting from scratch" is to trade with the assistance of a seasoned broker.

That's what they are there for. Of course you can find very low commission brokers to deal with, but you may get just what you pay for. A good broker can be found for $50-$100 round turn commission, and they'll give you the best advice they can.

In the long run, you're likely to be way better off - if you'll follow their advice!

Again, ask for their track record, and check with the NFA to see if they have any complaints.

It wouldn't hurt to see if the broker you're considering is recognized within the trading community as being good.

Many very good brokers publish regular articles or advisory columns on respected websites and in established periodicals.

Generally, if you see that the person has been published for a period of years, then that is a good sign.

The wackos and charlatans bounce around too much and aren't allowed to stay in one place for long before their reputation catches up with them.

Until you have the strengths yourself, borrow them from someone who has them while you're developing.

When you have the proficiency, the skills, and the resources, only then should you venture out on your own. And that is only if you are so inclined to actually becoming a trader and doing it all yourself.

If your true objective is to make money, then play it smart. Make use of other people's knowledge and skills until you have developed your own.

Of course, if you really don't want to devote the time to being a full-time or highly active trader, but still want trading to be part of your income portfolio, consider your other choices.

Whatever you do, don't simply chase another "opportunity" to make money if it doesn't play to your strengths.

For Trading, those strengths need to be discipline, emotional control, coach-ability, ability to focus, follow-through, decisiveness, understanding of probabilities, dealing with uncertainty, and a slew of others.

There are activities for entertainment and others for making money.

Trading can be both, but if it is not taken seriously, with a sincere review of your own characteristics and desires, then it can wind up being neither. In any endeavor where money is the end result, get help from a trusted friend. Rememer, a good mentor is there to show you the right steps to take and those to avoid.

Copyright 2006 New Ireland Ventures, LLC

Brian McAboy, The Aspiring Trader's Best Friend http://www.subtletrap.com/1.html

Benefits of Online Currency Trading Tutorials

Due to rapid advances in technology and the ever-changing economic scenarios all over the world, keeping a tab on the dips and escalations of currency rates is essential. Besides, the profit one makes from currency trading depends on the vital decisions taken. Each decision made while being a part of the foreign currency trading market could be profitable or a reason for instant loss. All decisions made depend on the reliability of the information they are based on. You need to have reliable information that could affect the foreign exchange market as soon as possible.

Today, you not only lose and gain on currency trading but also end up becoming either very wealthy or you join the ranks of all the losing traders. Since the Forex market is open for trading 24 hours a day and 5 days a week, a trader can access his or her forex trading account at any given time. Besides, the speed of currency transactions is one of the most impressive advancements. You can conduct foreign currency trading in seconds with the help of traditional forex broker.

Advantages of Online Currency Trading Tutorials

Online Currency Trading Tutorials teach you the basics, and give you additional knowledge if you have been in the game for quite some time. Don't forget, the Forex market is considerably complicated and mastering it could take time. In the past, it was impossible to get someone who would offer any sort of tutoring or training in Forex as trading was restricted only to large businesses and corporations. Today, with the Internet boom, individual traders are swarming towards currency trading, thus leading to a huge rise in the number of tutorials and courses available.

Training sessions could be conducted in a classroom or over the Internet, depending on an individual's preference and location. Since classroom learning is different because of the involvement of traveling great distances, you can opt for the learn at home' courses. A person learning through the online currency tutorial can study at his or her own pace. However, they are devoid of the explanation and discussions with the teacher. Some online currency trading tutorials have a money-back guarantee if the individual does not like the course. Individuals should stay away from courses that guarantee profit. Moreover, since it is difficult to distinguish between the fraudulent and authentic courses, every course ought to be treated with skepticism.

When trading forex, the trader sometimes needs to make very quick decisions when analyzing the market. A forex tutorial may not be able to teach that. It may be able to teach an individual the principles of currency trading and turn a person into an efficient forex trader, but practical application of the knowledge acquired, and incorporating it in daily trading is something that is achieved only through classroom teaching. Opting for online currency trading tutorials improves speed and decision making ability. In addition, one can also follow the changes in the rates and ascertain when to enter and exit a given trade transaction. If an individual takes time to learn and understand how the forex trading business works, it would be easy for him or her to make the high probability decisions for successful trading. There are also many Forex signal service providers who provide traders information about what trades to take, what price to enter a trade and the recommended take profit and stop loss targets.

Although online currency trading tutorials may not be able to teach you all the intricacies of the trade, it can help you in making decisions quickly and with greater success rate. The trick of the trade, as they say, is all about how one employs the knowledge for making maximum profits.

Andrew Daigle is the owner, creator and author of many successful websites including ForexBoost, a free forex training site and a Forex Blog the Novice and Advanced Forex trader.

Managed Futures: A Cure for 'Buy-and-Hold' Investor Strategies

Does it make good sense to buy a truck load of stocks when sourpuss pundits are negative about the economy?

Stock investor and author Ken Fisher thinks so. In his new book The Only Three Questions That Count, Fisher preaches against listening to the gaggle of grousers who complain that the United States is on the verge of monetary self-immolation.

Instead, Fisher uses the collective voices as a kind of technical indicator: loud, shrill cautionary declarations mean buy, buy, buy.

Boiled down, the message Fisher and Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard, whose column in the January 29, 2007 issues of his magazine features Fishers book, may be this: Dont listen to what might happen. Watch what the markets are actually doing.

Fisher and Karlgaard may have good reason to crow, if the record highs in the Dow Jones Index mean anything. In spite of growing deficits and a bloated war budget the stock market closed strong in 2006 and has started the New Year in fine style. Who can argue with success?

Me.

I too believe it makes more sense to watch the behavior of price rather than be influenced by the opinions of market sages.

But what are long-term investors to do when dramatic events suddenly reverse market gains? Resist panic, yes. Yet the tech stock downturn in 2000 is a bitter reminder of the inherent risk in stubborn buy-and-hold strategies.

There is a method of investing that allows you to enjoy the long-term gains of a trending market, while at the same time having the flexibility to liquidate short-term positions without serious tax liabilities. (If you buy and sell a stock within 12 months youll be taxed at a higher rate than those stocks that are liquidated after a year or more of ownership.)

The method Im referring to is managed futures.

Managed futures are not new. Investment managers have been using managed futures for more than 30 years to diversify and stabilize portfolios. In recent years, this practice has spread to pension funds, endowments, trusts and banks.

Managed futures have grown as portfolio managers have become more acquainted with futures contracts. Also, investors have insisted on greater access to world markets, with more exposure to non-financial sectors, such as agriculture and precious metals.

It is estimated that managed futures reached about $150 billion in the second quarter of 2006 a 17.62% increase in assets over the previous 12 months. One reason for this incredible growth is independent studies that show managed futures offer far too many benefits for wise investors to ignore:

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Reduced portfolio volatility risk
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Possible enhanced portfolio returns
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Opportunity for gains in any economic environment and hard times are often very good for commodities
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Easy access to global markets

Perhaps one of the most significant studies of managed futures was released in 2004 by the Yale International Center for Finance. Authors Gary Gorton and K. Geert Rouwenhorst wrote Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures after creating their own commodities index based on returns between July 1959 and March 2004. The authors discovered that between 1962 and 2003, the cumulative performance of futures has been triple the cumulative performance of matching equities.

The term matching equities refers to stocks that are related to commodities. Many investors buy oil and food companies, for example, rather than futures assuming stocks are the safer vehicle.

But that fantasy is only one of many that Gorton and Rouwenhorst debunk with facts:

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Volatility of the futures they studied was slightly below that of the S& P 500.
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Equities have more downside risk than commodities. A stock can shrink to nothing very fast. But commodities like corn, sugar and oil, for example, will always retain value.
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Commodity returns were negatively correlated with equity and bond returns. This means that commodities may do very well in the event of a stock market downturn or low interest rates.

Finding the right managed futures fund can be tricky for amateurs, because there are so many to choose from, and many claim to offer excellent gains.

To assist those investors who are eager to enhance their portfolios, George Mahshigian, a 30-year veteran of the markets, founded Lions Futures Management, Inc., a research and advisory brokerage firm in Van Nuys, CA.

Mahshigian has developed a system for analyzing professional money managers known as commodity trading advisors (CTAs). His system is designed to stop investors from making a common mistake: choosing a money manager based only on annual returns.

Mahshigian believes it is far wiser to focus on risk management because investors are more likely to stay with a fund that doesnt have dramatic dips on its way to making great gains.

Also, since he knows that individuals often dont do their homework, Mahshigians firm does it for them: Lions Futures Management makes CTAs jump through hoops proving their trading records are accurate, and back-office management techniques are sound.

Copyright 2007

Douglas Glenn Clark is the author After The Noise and T-Bonding with the Trend, and the founder of the wealth blog http://AfterTheNoise.blogspot.com. Clark teaches simple methods for creating wealth. Visit http://AfterTheNoise.com for free e-books.