Archive for July, 2009

Find a Job in This Economy? Yes You Can!

Posted by Andreas Schultz in Careers on July 27th, 2009

It’s hard to find a job in this economy, true, but because the government has begun spending a significant amount of money to stimulate the economy jobs are opening up across the country. This is not the time to be pessimistic and negative about your job prospects – in fact this may be the best time ever to be in the job market. Why on earth would I say that? You may not believe this but there are numerous factors working in your favor right now even as we speak. Let me knock out a few for you:

  • Demographics – The aging population is over-represented among the employed
  • Lean Operations – Businesses have cut to the bone in this round of layoffs
  • Inflation – Yes inflation will be an important factor because you’ll earn at a higher starting wage than your predecessor

I’m not going to go into great detail about any of these particular topics but the long and short of it is that businesses had to cut drastically this past year, they cut all but the most senior employees. Those senior employees are at or near retirement age, and the people who get hired first in this coming expansion can expect to have a priority position within their companies for as long as they choose to stay around.

Keep your chin up, this coming decade could be very good for you.

Other Posts Related to the Find a Job Thread:
Best Future Careers – Jobs for the Next Five Years and Beyond
Find a Job That is Rewarding and Energizing
Questions to Ask at Interviews – Leadership Through Targeted Curiousity
Thoughts on Writing a Cover Letter and Resume

Prior Post on This Thread: How to Find a Job in this Sour Economy

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No Comments updated January 26, 2015

Fast Times in Forex Trading and Binary Markets

Posted by Options Trading in Day Trading Options on July 27th, 2009

So we’ve had a lot of movement in forex trading and binary option trading in the last week. The Dow Industrials Index settled over 9000 for the first time in months and the dollar remains relatively weak against the euro and Yen but holds fairly steady against the pound.

It looks like the 2009 recovery is well along the way as the markets reacted favorably to positive earnings results from a number of companies (although Microsoft took a pretty big hit on theirs). For my own part I continue to day trade. I know the long-term investors out there think it’s best to buy and hold but for heaven’s sake! We live in a short term world where short term results are vastly more preferably to long term results. I very much doubt anything will change until someone decides to radically alter the tax code against day trading again.

I mean even with the substantial tax penalty for day trading there still is a huge incentive to cash out your short term gains because the long-term downside risk is too large (mainly due to mismanagament and corporate malfeasance). Why Boards of Directors haven’t caught on to this is beyond me but frankly they’ve shown themselves to be in cahoots with executives who steal from shareholders so there isn’t any incentive for them to crack down on bad executives is there?

At any rate – the message is clear – keep day trading: don’t buy and hold.
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1 Comment updated January 12, 2012

Cheap Formal Dresses Under 50

Posted by Ginger Rush in Fashion on July 26th, 2009

If you’re in the market for cheap formal dresses under 50 dollars, this – is – the – summer – 4 – u!

Wow… if you or a friend (or both) are getting married this year or have a lot of summer posh parties to go to… wow… this is the year to bust out the c-card and go nutso and fill your closet with formal dresses and gowns. It’s definitely that time of year again – I’m excited about seeing eveyone out and about in beautiful gowns and formal dresses like these:

And what about these? Think you’d fit nicely in a cheap plus size wedding dress like these? Are you kidding me? You’ll look dynamite and you won’t have to spend a fortune to look AH-MAZ-ING on your special day.

I hope this is the year for you to find happiness and get married, but if not, party like there’s no tomorrow and look and feel like a million bucks while ya do it! Go you girl!

If you didn’t find what you were looking for here see our plus size dress personal shopper page. You may have more success there.

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Investigating Someone – Cheap and Easy

Posted by Andreas Schultz in Find People on July 21st, 2009

It’s alarming to know how easy it is to investigate someone. All anyone needs to find out more than you want them to know about you is $10/year and their name. With just those two little things you can find out way too much information about anybody and everyone you care to investigate.

Many people in domestic “situations” come looking for various solutions as to how to find out this or that information about a person they want to investigate. I don’t really have a problem with that but it did get a little old telling this person to do it one way, and that person to do it another way so I took a few minutes to break down what I feel are the best and or most common needs of people in need of information about someone else.

There are three groups of people that typically are being investigated: either you are doing a credit check on someone (with consent), an executive background check (with consent), and employment background check (with consent), or a public records background check on someone (without consent). The first three (with consent) types of investigation are typically done on a “one-off” basis and while they aren’t all that expensive, they aren’t always cheap. The last type of background check is very inexpensive but doesn’t comply with federal financial investigation laws and rules. If you’re not bound by FCRA rules, the non-compliant background check is definitely the way to go.

Without further adieu, here’s a breakdown of the available compliant and non-compliant types of searches based on what you may needs may be. Each of these sites has further specific guidance on where your best bets are to find the types and kinds of information you are looking for on someone.

Non-consentual Personal Background Checks:
Investigate Someone
Investigate Person
Investigate Spouse
Investigate Husband
Investigate Wife
Investigate Boyfriend
Investigate Girlfriend
Criminal Background Checks

Consentual Employment Background Checks
Executive Background Check
Employee Background Check
Employment History Background Check

Consentual Credit Background Checks:
Renter Credit Check
Tenant Credit and Background Check
SSN Check
Criminal Background Check

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No Comments updated April 26, 2011

The Basics of Foreign Currency Lingo

Posted by Options Trading in Day Trading Options on July 18th, 2009

Editorial Comment:  I frequently write about topics about which I assume the reader has a reasonable amount of knowledge however I do tend to leap ahead from time to time.  My recent forex trading articles definitely fall into that category.  I went looking for an article that I thought would cover the basics for me and found this one which covers at least some of the basic terminology of forex trading similar to what I talk about in my forex trading tutorial. You’ll note that when Harold starts talking about the spread and what you pay in terms of commissions to your broker you’ll see why I typically opt to trade binary options (which at my binary options broker are commission free).

Currency Trading Tutorial – Forex For Beginners
By Harold Hsu

What Is A Currency Pair?

A currency pair refers to the two currencies that are involved in a foreign exchange trade. For example, if you want to buy the Japanese Yen using U.S. Dollars, you would look at the quoted price for the USD/JPY currency pair (USD = U.S. Dollar; JPY = Japanese Yen).

Basically, the currency pair you should be looking at depends on the currencies you wish to trade in.

What Is A Base Currency?

A base currency is the currency that is first mentioned in a currency pair. In the USD/JPY currency pair for example, the base currency is the USD. In the EUR/USD currency pair (EUR = Euros), the base currency is EUR.

The base currency is the currency with which the quoted price refers to. For example, the quote USD/JPY 110.00 means that one unit of the base currency (i.e. USD) is worth 110.00 JPY.

To clarify, here’s another example: EUR/USD 1.4600.

This means that 1 unit of EUR is worth 1.4600 units of USD. To buy 1 EUR, you’ll need to trade in 1.4600 USD (i.e. sell 1.4600 USD).

What Are Bid And Ask Prices?

The base currency is traded at 2 different prices at any one time, depending on whether you want to buy or sell it. For example, if you want to sell the USD/JPY currency pair (i.e. sell the USD and buy JPY), you’ll receive 110.00 JPY. However, if you want to buy the USD/JPY pair, you may need to pay 110.03 JPY.

Notice how the buying price is higher than the selling price. This difference between the buy and sell price is known as the ‘spread’. If you first buy a currency pair and then immediately sell it, you’ll incur a loss equal to the spread.

The spread is what you pay to your broker as transaction fees.

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Harold Hsu is the owner of ForexSystemProfits.com where he provides premium Forex trading tips and resources.

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Ed (con’t): After reading this article by Harold I hope you have a better understanding of what I’ve been trying to teach you about making money trading foreign currency.  There is plenty of opportunity with the right software and broker.

Previous Post: Learning to Trade Foreign Currency Made All the Difference

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