Posts Tagged ‘Business’
International Success Stories: World of Books
March 16th, 2010 | 
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World of Books MD describes how they started out selling unwanted books from charity shops to UK customers and have since expanded into foreign markets.
Duration : 0:2:27
Closing Profits: Trading Options Lab
http://www.tradingoptionslab.com/track/go.php?c=closingprofits
Overview: While the majority of traders hope to make a profit trading options, we take a more business like approach and hope has nothing to do with it.
Trading options to us is entrepreneurial. We take advantage of market opportunities, build positions, manage a portfolio and generate profits trading options based on:
1. fundamental business principles and
2. market truths
We are not investment advisers or financial planners, we are retail investors like you. We do not not manage money and we do not make recommendations on any stock or option investment. We trade our own accounts.
Our purpose for establishing our training program and this website is to provide education to retail investors like us who want a smarter, simpler, less stressful and more profitable way to trade even with limited capital.
Business Principles:
We pursue opportunities in the market and then manage those opportunities based on the numbers.
All successful businesses manage their activities based on certain numbers: key ratios, profit and loss, conversions, overhead and more. That is what we do: manage our investment business by the numbers.
When a number is off we dig deeper into our business activities to see where the problem lies and make adjustments to our portfolio so that we generate the maximum amount of profits for the capital we invest, just like any good and successful business.
The only thing that matters in business is ROI (return on investment). In our type of business, we regard ROM (return on margin) as our ultimate goal. That is the name of the game and we never deviate from it because the numbers never lie.
The Only Truths of the Market:
For stocks there is only ONE Absolute Truth:
1. All stocks fluctuate in price.
For options there are only TWO Absolute Truths:
1. All options fluctuate in price.
2. All options expire.
The top traders in the world learn to respect these rules because they are the only truths of the market.
You might think there are other truths but there are not – everything you hear about the market outside these 2 rules is hearsay, opinion, commentary and even complete fantasy.
We are investing as entrepreneurs – we watch for opportunities, create a plan for trading activities based on solid business principles, plot our expected ROM (return on margin) and then manage those trades by the numbers.
How Do We Trade This Information?
We take these Market Truths and design a trading strategy which means taking advantage of market opportunities and building positions and portfolios around them. As we know its impossible to predict the future and that the market can be irrational and cause large losses at times for the average retail investor So instead of predicting market behavior we create fluid positions that are managed and adjusted according to market conditions so that we are always allocating capital as new opportunities present themselves.
The one art most retail investors are not taught is how to adjust positions once they are placed. Learning the art of adjusting trades is the insiders edges over retail investors- but not any longer. Once you learn how to adjust a trade so that it makes money (instead of losing money) you will be amazed at the results.
All businesses have risks. In this business there are 4 risks but the risks can be managed. And, it takes 15 minutes – sometimes less – a day to manage these types of positions.
If you are interested in learning more about how we trade as a business and get information on our home study course we have developed, watch the videos that are available on our site – no email address or registration is required. And when you are ready to learn the EXACT way to trade for monthly profits and with total confidence go here to sign up for our course:
http://www.tradingoptionslab.com
On our blog, we will provide free videos on an occasional basis so if your are interested in getting notified when they are available sign up with our newsletter.
Duration : 0:6:41
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Tags: as, Business, day, Easy, guide, income, Made, monthly, opportunity, opti, options, plan, Profitably, stock, thinkorswim, to, trading, tradingoptionslab, Video | 
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Trading By The Numbers (2 of 5): Trading Options Lab
http://www.tradingoptionslab.com/track/go.php?c=tbtn2of5
Overview: While the majority of traders hope to make a profit trading options, we take a more business like approach and hope has nothing to do with it.
Trading options to us is entrepreneurial. We take advantage of market opportunities, build positions, manage a portfolio and generate profits trading options based on:
1. fundamental business principles and
2. market truths
We are not investment advisers or financial planners, we are retail investors like you. We do not not manage money and we do not make recommendations on any stock or option investment. We trade our own accounts.
Our purpose for establishing our training program and this website is to provide education to retail investors like us who want a smarter, simpler, less stressful and more profitable way to trade even with limited capital.
Business Principles:
We pursue opportunities in the market and then manage those opportunities based on the numbers.
All successful businesses manage their activities based on certain numbers: key ratios, profit and loss, conversions, overhead and more. That is what we do: manage our investment business by the numbers.
When a number is off we dig deeper into our business activities to see where the problem lies and make adjustments to our portfolio so that we generate the maximum amount of profits for the capital we invest, just like any good and successful business.
The only thing that matters in business is ROI (return on investment). In our type of business, we regard ROM (return on margin) as our ultimate goal. That is the name of the game and we never deviate from it because the numbers never lie.
The Only Truths of the Market:
For stocks there is only ONE Absolute Truth:
1. All stocks fluctuate in price.
For options there are only TWO Absolute Truths:
1. All options fluctuate in price.
2. All options expire.
The top traders in the world learn to respect these rules because they are the only truths of the market.
You might think there are other truths but there are not – everything you hear about the market outside these 2 rules is hearsay, opinion, commentary and even complete fantasy.
We are investing as entrepreneurs – we watch for opportunities, create a plan for trading activities based on solid business principles, plot our expected ROM (return on margin) and then manage those trades by the numbers.
How Do We Trade This Information?
We take these Market Truths and design a trading strategy which means taking advantage of market opportunities and building positions and portfolios around them. As we know its impossible to predict the future and that the market can be irrational and cause large losses at times for the average retail investor So instead of predicting market behavior we create fluid positions that are managed and adjusted according to market conditions so that we are always allocating capital as new opportunities present themselves.
The one art most retail investors are not taught is how to adjust positions once they are placed. Learning the art of adjusting trades is the insiders edges over retail investors- but not any longer. Once you learn how to adjust a trade so that it makes money (instead of losing money) you will be amazed at the results.
All businesses have risks. In this business there are 4 risks but the risks can be managed. And, it takes 15 minutes – sometimes less – a day to manage these types of positions.
If you are interested in learning more about how we trade as a business and get information on our home study course we have developed, watch the videos that are available on our site – no email address or registration is required. And when you are ready to learn the EXACT way to trade for monthly profits and with total confidence go here to sign up for our course:
http://www.tradingoptionslab.com
On our blog, we will provide free videos on an occasional basis so if your are interested in getting notified when they are available sign up with our newsletter.
Duration : 0:8:32
Posted in options trading |
Tags: as, Business, dictionary, Easy, glossary, guide, lab, Made, monthly, options, plan, Profitable, stock, thinkorswim, to, trading, tradingoptionslab, Video |
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Make Money Consistently Through Forex Trading – Foreign Exchange FX Guide Strategies System Tips
http://www.ForexAutopilotRobot.com – Make Money Consistently Through Forex Trading – Foreign Exchange FX Guide Strategies System Tips
People often think that in order to become an investor you need a lot of capital to make it worth your while, and believe me, nothing can be farther from the truth.
Certainly, if you are planning to make a living exclusively out of your investment, you will probably need several thousand dollars to achieve that goal, however, the fact is that if you do not start investing you will never learn how to do it and profit from it, nor will you ever have the money to ultimately make a living out of it.
It is a mistake to wait until you have 100,000 or 50,000 to start thinking about ways to invest your money, because the fact is that one of the main components of any investment strategy is time.
Indeed, you will obviously need some capital and an investment strategy backed by your knowledge of the markets or reliable trading tools to help you ride them in a profitable way, but no matter the money you put upfront, your expertise or quality of your trading tools, you will always need time for every investment to mature and give you a return.
For instance, you may invest in the forex market by trading currencies. The return on your investment will be the result of the price movement within a given time frame, so you may open a long position in the EUR USD and hold it for two days for a gain of 3 If you repeat this process every two or three days, you could easily achieve returns of over 20 per month.
The same goes for investments within the stock market, which has its own set of peculiarities, but in the end works similarly in many ways and therefore, time is of the essence as well.
Having a lot of money is not as critical as starting as soon as you can with a consistent investment plan, as this will allow time to turn a small investment into a significant amount of money from which you can ultimately make a living from.
This plan can be laid out by you, based on your own knowledge of the markets, or you can simply use trading tools to help you execute a good one, based on reliable trading strategies that will ensure a consistent growth of your equity and keep you away from loss.
What is important to keep in mind is that making money through an investment is a goal you can achieve as long as you are well prepared to face the markets, and depending on your own style as an investor, you can choose to learn and device your own strategies, or you can simply use trading tools like software or signal services with the ability to help you perform like a pro.
To learn how you can start investing consistently and make money on a daily basis through a small investment read the information provided
Make Money Through Small Investment in Forex Trading Foreign Exchange FX Guide Strategies System Tips
Duration : 0:5:49
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57. What Traders Know About Interest Rates Part 2
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The second lesson of two on interest rates, why they are so important to the stock market and to traders and investors in the stock, futures, and forex markets with an introduction to the Federal Reserve.
In yesterday’s lesson we began our discussion on Monetary Policy with a look at one of its primary components, interest rates. In today’s lesson we are going to continue this discussion with another look at how interest rates affect the economy and therefore the markets, and by introducing the institution which implements Monetary Policy, the Federal Reserve.
As we saw in our example yesterday, small movements in interest rates can have dramatic effects on the economy. Just as small changes in interest rates can dramatically increase the costs for individuals to own a home or borrow money to purchase other goods, they can also have a dramatic affect on the cost of doing business.
It is for this reason that when interest rates rise, making borrowed money more costly, that people will also be less likely to start or expand a business. This not only has an effect on the business owner themselves but filters throughout the entire economy as less businesses being started and expanded means less jobs, which means less people getting paychecks, which means less people spending money and on and on down the line. The opposite is of course also true for when interest rates fall and business owners take advantage of access to cheaper borrowed money.
In addition to interest rates affecting the stock market, interest rates also have direct and indirect affects on the bond, foreign exchange, and futures markets. Here are a couple of quick examples of this which we will expand on in later lessons:
The Bond Market: When interest rates rise the value of existing bonds fall as investors can now purchase the same bond with a higher interest rate and vice versa.
The Forex Market: When Interest rates it becomes more attractive from a yield standpoint to own the dollar against other currencies or to invest in interest bearing dollar based assets. This creates a demand for dollars which will many times cause the dollar to strengthen. The reverse is also true when interest rates fall.
The Commodities Market: When economies grow at a greater rate as a result of lower interest rates this will mean a greater demand for commodities so their value will rise and vice versa.
Duration : 0:5:12
Posted in foreign markets |
Tags: analysis, Business, economy, Forex, fundamental, futures, howto, informedtrades, interestrates, investing, stockmarket, Trade |
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Teens Make Money!!!!
Answer to tbreau77 email about how teens can make money PT1
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Duration : 0:8:26
52. Fundamental Analysis and The US Economy
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A lesson on the basics of fundamental analysis, the top down and bottom up, and the US Economy for traders of the stock, futures, and forex markets.
there are two ways that traders analyze the markets which are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. As I also mentioned in that lesson while most people who buy and sell over the short term focus on technical analysis and most people who buy and sell over the long term focus on fundamental analysis, in my opinion both technical traders, fundamental traders, and investors can all benefit from at least having an understanding of both types of analysis even if they prefer one or the other as their primary tool they use to make their trading decisions.
While technical analysis focuses solely on the analysis of historical price action, fundamental analysis focuses on everything else including things such as the overall state of the economy, interest rates, production, earnings, and management. When analyzing a stock, currency or commodity using fundamental analysis there are two basic approaches one can use which are known as bottom up analysis and top down analysis. Bottom up analysis very simply means looking at the details such, as earnings if we are talking about a stock, first and then working one’s way up to the larger picture by looking at things such as the industry of the company who’s stock you are trading and then finally the overall economic picture. Top down analysis on the other hand means looking at the big picture things such as the economy first and then working one’s way down to the details such as earnings if we are talking about a stock.
While there is some debate about which method is best my personal preference is for Top Down analysis and since by starting this way we can start with the things that apply to all markets and not just the stock market this is how we will start.
The first thing that it is important to understand from a fundamental standpoint is what the economic situation is as it affects the financial instrument you are trading. As I am based in the US and the US is the World’s largest economy this is what I am going to talk about, however most of the things I discuss here apply in a broad sense to any economy. When we begin to discuss the foreign exchange market in later lessons we will go into specific details of the other major and emerging market economies from around the world.
According to Investopedia.com the definition of an Economy is “the large set of inter-related economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated. The economy encompasses everything relating to the production and consumption of goods and services in an area”
People often refer to the US Economy as a capitalist or free market economy. A capitalist or free market economy in its most basic sense is one in which the production and distribution of goods and services is done primarily by private (non government) companies and the price for those goods is set by the free market. This is in contrast to a socialist or planned economy where production and distribution of goods and services as well as the pricing of those goods and services is handled by the government.
Duration : 0:7:42
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Tags: analysis, Business, daytrade, economy, Forex, fundamental, futures, howto, informedtrades, investing, stockmarket, Trade, trading |
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Alex Jones Tv 3/5: Alex Takes Calls on Bank Holiday
Update: Citigroup Says Feds Ordered 7 Day Restriction On Bank Withdrawals
Announcement stokes fears of old fashioned bank runs if economy takes a turn for the worse
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, February 22, 2010
A new advisory being sent by Americas third largest bank to its account holders has stoked fears that major financial institutions could be preparing for old fashioned bank runs if the economy takes a turn for the worse.
Originally reported by John Carney over at the Business Insider website, Citigroup is sending the following information to customers along with their bank statements.
Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right to require (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. While we do not currently exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, we are required by law to notify you of this change.
An almost identical advisory to the one being sent out can be read on page 22 of Citbanks Client Manual effective January 1, 2010, which can be read here from Citibanks own website.
We reserve the right to require seven (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking, savings and money market accounts. We currently do not exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, states the manual.
According to the Future of Capitalism blog, Citigroup originally claimed that the warning was only sent nationwide as a result of a mistake, but that the measures do apply to account holders in Texas.
However, in a statement, Citigroup confirmed that they had reserved the right to impose the new 7 day rule on all account holders nationwide, but claimed they had no plans to enforce it. The bank stated that they had been forced to enact the new policy as a result of federal regulations.
When Citibank moved to unlimited FDIC coverage in 2009, we had to reclassify many checking accounts to allow for immediate withdrawals in order to ensure all customers qualified for the additional coverage. When we moved back to standard FDIC coverage with most major banks in 2010, Citibank decided to reclassify those accounts back to make them eligible again for promotional incentives. To do so, Federal Reserve Reg D requires these accounts, called NOW accounts, to reserve the right to require a 7-day notice of withdrawal. We recently communicated this technical requirement to our customers. However, we have never exercised this right and have no plans to do so in the future, reads a statement released by the bank.
Over the last 18 months, numerous rumors of bank runs, bank holidays, and limitations on access to cash at ATMs have been floating around. Citigroups new policy to restrict withdrawals wont do anything to calm such fears.
As we reported back in 2008, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees individual accounts up to $100,000, only has about $50 billion to insure about $1 trillion in assets across the nations financial institutions.
This revelation prompted fears that an accelerating amount of bank closures could absorb FDIC funds and leave holders of money market and traditional savings accounts exposed.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/citigroup-warns-customers-it-may-refuse-to-allow-withdrawals.html
Duration : 0:10:54
Alex Jones Tv 4/5: Alex Takes Calls on Bank Holiday
Update: Citigroup Says Feds Ordered 7 Day Restriction On Bank Withdrawals
Announcement stokes fears of old fashioned bank runs if economy takes a turn for the worse
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, February 22, 2010
A new advisory being sent by Americas third largest bank to its account holders has stoked fears that major financial institutions could be preparing for old fashioned bank runs if the economy takes a turn for the worse.
Originally reported by John Carney over at the Business Insider website, Citigroup is sending the following information to customers along with their bank statements.
Effective April 1, 2010, we reserve the right to require (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking accounts. While we do not currently exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, we are required by law to notify you of this change.
An almost identical advisory to the one being sent out can be read on page 22 of Citbanks Client Manual effective January 1, 2010, which can be read here from Citibanks own website.
We reserve the right to require seven (7) days advance notice before permitting a withdrawal from all checking, savings and money market accounts. We currently do not exercise this right and have not exercised it in the past, states the manual.
According to the Future of Capitalism blog, Citigroup originally claimed that the warning was only sent nationwide as a result of a mistake, but that the measures do apply to account holders in Texas.
However, in a statement, Citigroup confirmed that they had reserved the right to impose the new 7 day rule on all account holders nationwide, but claimed they had no plans to enforce it. The bank stated that they had been forced to enact the new policy as a result of federal regulations.
When Citibank moved to unlimited FDIC coverage in 2009, we had to reclassify many checking accounts to allow for immediate withdrawals in order to ensure all customers qualified for the additional coverage. When we moved back to standard FDIC coverage with most major banks in 2010, Citibank decided to reclassify those accounts back to make them eligible again for promotional incentives. To do so, Federal Reserve Reg D requires these accounts, called NOW accounts, to reserve the right to require a 7-day notice of withdrawal. We recently communicated this technical requirement to our customers. However, we have never exercised this right and have no plans to do so in the future, reads a statement released by the bank.
Over the last 18 months, numerous rumors of bank runs, bank holidays, and limitations on access to cash at ATMs have been floating around. Citigroups new policy to restrict withdrawals wont do anything to calm such fears.
As we reported back in 2008, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees individual accounts up to $100,000, only has about $50 billion to insure about $1 trillion in assets across the nations financial institutions.
This revelation prompted fears that an accelerating amount of bank closures could absorb FDIC funds and leave holders of money market and traditional savings accounts exposed.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/citigroup-warns-customers-it-may-refuse-to-allow-withdrawals.html
Duration : 0:10:51
Stocks and Options Trading Review 5/1/07 Technical Analysis
Technical analysis video review of the stock market and individual stocks for Monday April 30, 2007 including; Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares (NASDAQ:QQQQ), S&P 500 Index (AMEX:SPY), Semiconductor HOLDRs (AMEX:SMH), iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (Public, NYSE:IWM) , UltraShort QQQ ProShares (ETF) (Public, AMEX:QID), Acusphere, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:ACUS), Immucor, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:BLUD), MDI, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:MDII), Monster Worldwide, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:MNST) and Raytheon Company (Public, NYSE:RTN). Trend analysis for daytraders and swingtraders of stocks and options. Trading stocks involves risk; this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.
Duration : 0:8:25