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Sun 5 Apr 2009
Posted by Hass67 under Investing
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Many people start trading forex without knowing the games their forex broker can play with them. Choosing a right forex broker is very important for you. Dont get stuck up with an unscrupulous forex broker. Know the tricks a forex broker has for you.
Retail forex market is new and different from forex interbank market. Forex interbank market is only open to big players like banks, corporations, hedge funds, pension funds and other institutional investors and deals with large currency transactions.
Retail forex market was developed after the advent of the internet. Retail forex brokers offer online margin accounts to retail forex traders like you and me who are small time players in a huge market. Retail forex market is loosely regulated that lets the forex brokers play games with small forex traders.
You need to know the games; a forex broker can play with you. If you dont know what games a forex broker can play with you, you will never succeed at forex trading. Understand how the broker can trick you:
Nontransparent pricing: Since, forex market is over the counter market with no clearing central exchange, the prices that your forex broker quotes to you is the price that you get. It is really difficult for you to know whether the quoted price is fair or not. You have to just accept it.
Encouraging Leverage: Your forex broker will encourage you to use a high leverage like 100-1 or 200-1. Leverage is good when you are winning but it will wipe you out in case of a loss. Most of the retail forex traders are amateurs and dont know how to handle leverage, they expose themselves and get wiped out in the market quickly. The more you lose the more your broker will make. Dont use too high leverage.
Brokers try to trade against you: Forex brokers act as an intermediary between the retail trader and the interbank forex market. Since most of the retail trades are too small in size and cannot be immediately offset in the interbank market, forex brokers get the opportunity to trade against you. If you go long, the broker will go short and if you go short, the broker will take the long position. As most of the retail traders are not good traders and lose most of the time, forex brokers make profit from this.
Non transparent Practices: Casinos and forex brokers have one mentality. They dont like you winning. If you have a winning streak, the house will get stacked against you. Your trades may not get executed due to slippage. The service may be denied to you. The forex broker may make it difficult for you to execute your trades.
Visit my Blog for finding a Forex Broker Scorecard that can help you in choosing a right broker. You also need to know what type of questions you should ask.
About the Author:
Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in stock and
Forex Trading. Read more about
Forex Broker Scorecard.
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Sun 5 Apr 2009
Posted by Hass67 under Investing
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by Hass67
Forex trading is an altogether a totally different beast as compared to stock trading. One of the major differences between the forex and stock markets is that forex markets are open 24 hour, 5 days a week while stock markets have fixed timings. For example New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 Pm. You can only trade stocks at NYSE during this time.
Continuous 24 hour action at the forex markets baffles many new traders. Forex markets have no central exchange. It is an Over the Counter (OTC) market that is spread over various locations in the world.
Now, how to provide a open and close session for each day so that you dont have to sit in front of your computer all day getting yourself exhausted. An ingenious way is to divide the day into three eight hour session.
Further divide each 8 hour session into two 4 hour sessions using a 4 hour chart. This division of 24 hours is logical as there are only three major money centers in the world that have the capacity to move the forex markets.
These three money center that are central to the forex markets are: Asia, London and New York. So by dividing the 24 hours into three sessions we will call each session as the Asian, the London and the New York Session.
Asian Market Session: Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore are the main cities that participate in this session. Major players are the export corporations and the central banks. Sydney opens and with that the forex markets become alive each day. Most of the price action that takes place in this session is unsustainable and jumpy.
London Session: London is still the forex capital of the world with deep and highly liquid forex market. Paris, Geneva and Frankfurt also are players in this session. The moves that originate in this session are very important keeping in view the amount of money needed to move a market this deep. These moves give you a lot of information about the market sentiments and positions.
New York FX Market Session: New York is second biggest FX market after London. Both of these markets overlap in the morning when New York is opening and London is closing. This is the time for major action.
The following table gives important times of the day that any forex trader needs to know: 00:00 GMT-Sydney Opens. 11:00 GMT-London opens. 15:00 GMT- London becomes very active. 17:00 GMT- London is active and New York opens. 18:00 GMT- London and Europe closes. 19:00 GMT- New York and Chicago getting ready for a close!
This overlapping between London and New York is when major price action takes place and new trends are formed or old trends are reversed. London is the market trend setter in fashion as well as forex.
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Fri 3 Apr 2009
Posted by Amanda Jackson under Investing
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by Amanda Jackson
When looking at Mortgage Refinance there are quite a few details to which you will want to pay attention. It is very important to realize there are variations from one state to the next when it comes to interest rates, Loan to Value, supply vs. demand and these items will fluctuate without warning.
Mortgage Refinance probably makes very little sense if you plan on moving or foresee paying off your loan within the next few years. Monthly bills won’t be around long enough to see the savings that would cover the costs. Refinancing makes sense if you are paying high interest rates, but as we have seen recently, that is usually not the case these days.
Deutsche Bank analyst Nishu Sood wrote in a report to clients on Tuesday, “There are too many factors working against lower rates, including the smaller stimulus this time in terms of payment reduction, falling home prices and tighter mortgage standards.” We are aware of the changing conditions in the U.S. Finance Market. This means uncertainty for people considering a Mortgage Refinance.
Change in restrictions has caused what could be a temporary decrease in lending. In January of 2009, Wall Street Analysts suggested the market for 2009 may show deeper losses, as last year’s ripple effect works its way through the U.S. We will also see to what degree the growing unemployment rate will affect both original loans and Mortgage Refinance in 2009.
The carryover from last year’s events will cause Lenders to become ever strict, making Mortgage Finance and its ease of access not as attainable for customers as previously witnessed. At least with Mortgage Refinance, there will be payment history and equity to negotiate with. Whether it will make a difference, we will see.
We will also see to what degree the growing unemployment rate will affect both original loans and Mortgage Refinance in 2009. The outlook for the other leg of the real estate market: commercial properties, not looking any better as the $3.4 Trillion commercial market began to show its struggle in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Discussion about investing money you would spend on a Mortgage Refinance rather than actually Refinancing is becoming a popular topic as stocks have gone down. There is an alternative being suggested; comparing the cost of refinancing that would go into the life of a 30 year loan compared to putting the same amount into a 30 year investment. An investment that shows a 9% growth rate on $2,000 could grow to an approximate $26,500 in 30 years. This is simply another option in which to take a look.
Today’s finance rates are subject to change at any time and without warning. Take a look at all options before making a decision. Looking at a Mortgage Refinance can turn out to be a great idea, just try not to rush out and make a rash decision simply to beat the possibility of interest rates rising unexpectedly. But don’t sit around and wait until it is too late if it truly turns out to be in your best interest to Refinance.
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Thu 2 Apr 2009
Posted by Nan Jon Jossef Sal Rachel Sal Jon Nash under Investing
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by Nan Jon Jossef Sal Rachel Sal Jon Nash
In the past three months, I had put all the time available to me in marketing and promoting network marketing program, to determine once and for all the best network opportunity for me. And by the best I mean the best money making opportunity, so I had promoted several network marketing opportunities such us Success University, MyworldPlus, and almost all popular programs out there.
In the past three months, I had put all the time available to me in marketing and promoting network marketing program, to determine once and for all the best network opportunity for me. And by the best I mean the best money making opportunity, so I had promoted several network marketing opportunities such us Success University, MyworldPlus, and almost all popular programs out there.
With those programs I can benefit in several ways:
After researching money making ideas, here is a sample of that money making ideas. With those ideas I am making money no matter how bad is the economy, no matter who is the president and no matter where am I. I have found that network marketing opportunities are the best money making ideas, because of the return on investment, results from marketing efforts and the steady stream of residual income I get from them.
It does not mean you dont have to refer people yourself, but it means you can benefit both ways.
To make long story short here are the best two programs for me after this test: go to Network Marketing Opportunities and read my test results and find out the best opportunities on the net today. In this testing I spent a lot of money and my goal was to identify the best programs so I can optimize my making money online process. And believe me when I say I am making good money from the net.
With those programs I can benefit in several ways:
1. I can benefit from the work of very successful network marketers such as Rachel long and Mike G. They are directly my Up lines and people they bring to the program placed under me. And believe me when I say they know how to refer people to the programs.
You know sometimes you love a program for its products (like MyWorldPlus) or love it because its easier to convert (like most revenue sharing programs). But at the end you need to put your effort on the money making programs. The opportunities that bring you the highest pay chick, and the highest residual income. And after testing I was able to choose the 3 most profitable network marketing opportunities Those which bring me the highest conversation rate with the highest payout.
2. Those opportunities are the best online, and people I bring to those programs can see it immediately, they trust me for that and the stay as a members because they like the income they earn. And you know its a huge advantage.
2. Those opportunities are the best online, and people I bring to those programs can see it immediately, they trust me for that and the stay as a members because they like the income they earn. And you know its a huge advantage.
Great question, for me the money making programs are those which make me the highest residual income, month after month. I want an opportunity that when my team joins the will love it and work it hard, this way they will promote it the best they can and they will keep their membership with it. If you like the products of any program, you can keep it, but you want to promote only the programs that pay you back.
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