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Buy and Hold No More
James Dicks looks at the Buy and Hold strategy when investing and why it may not be such a good idea anymore.

Diversification is the Key
James Dicks explains the benefits of diversifying your personal financial investment portfolio.

From the Desk of James Dicks
James Dicks, President/CEO of PremiereTrade LLC, explains how goal setting can enhance your investing in 2009.

Dow Nasdaq U.S.Stocks Technical Analysis
DOW (10099.14) and NASDAQ (2183.53) closed 0.6% and 1.7% up respectively last week.Support for DOW is at 9785 and NASDAQ 2140.Resistance for DOW is at 10300 and NASDAQ 2220.

7 Tips To Boost Your Business in a Down Economy

Listening to the news and many CEOs, you would think the country is in a depression. At a minimum, these reports put listeners into a depression. While I’m willing to let a few individual businesses slide because of what they do (e.g. residential real estate in Miami), if your company is not growing the way you want it to, and/or margins are shrinking, the problem is inside your company. If you believe otherwise, you are deceiving yourself. In many cases, even in sectors where the group as a whole is doing poorly, you should still be able to do better than you’re doing. Just like Warren Buffet does in the stock market, you need to jump on opportunities when the market is down and be aggressive, not defensive.

Are You Playing To Win or Not To Lose?

Emotions were running high in the last quarter of 2008, with the banking debacle, stock market meltdown, the soaring foreclosure rate, jobs losses, poor earnings reports. and dismal projections. Finally, the admission by the government, which had long denied the obvious, that we were in an economic recession. Nobody wants to use the word “depression,” but that’s the word that best describes the mood of the country. The result was that businesses and consumers put on the brakes. Most everyone started operating in a “playing not to lose” mindset. This mindset can be costly for your career and/or your business.

Acquiring Wealth in the Stock Market through BetterTrades
This article explains what I learned when I purchased the bettertrades training course. I had a phenomenal experience with them and I think that if you truly want to learn how to trade in the stock market this is the course that will educate you.

A Cutting-Edge Career: Cuban Makes It Big

After being fired from Your Business Software, Cuban convinced some of its other employees to leave the company and join him in his latest venture, MicroSolutions. It was to be a system integrator and reseller for various IT companies, including IBM and Apple. In just eight years, the company had sold over 500 networks that ranged in size from two to over 1,000 users. By investing in cutting-edge technology and providing outstanding customer service, MicroSolutions had become a major player in the promising new IT industry – so major, that in 1990, Cuban sold the company to CompuServe, Inc. for $6 million.

Lesson #5: Stick To Your Guns
“You’re neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you,” says Buffett. “You’re right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right – and that’s the only thing that makes you right. And if your facts and reasoning are right, you don’t have to worry about anybody else.”

Finding Success in Stocks: Schwab Launches His Company
Schwab was ten years into his career when he decided to venture off onto his own and start his own company. He had a vision for a business that would shatter the investing world. Schwab wanted to break down the barriers to Wall Street and make it easier for the average American to invest. How could he do that? Schwab had figured out how to lower the fees for buying and selling stock.

Utilizing The Law of Attraction
The law of attraction states that you will attract into your life--whether wanted or unwanted--whatever you give your energy, focus, and attention to.

Weathering the Market
With the current state of the market, everyone keeps asking me what to do with their money.

Celebrate Your Victories
Q109 is over. The numbers are starting to roll in. After all the gloom and doom at the end of 2008, I’m very pleased with the performance of most of the companies in our portfolio. As I mentioned the other day, some struggled, but many met or exceeded their Q109 plans, and several of them destroyed them (sandbaggers, how I love thee.)

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
James Dicks examines the need to make some critical decisions that will affect your future financial life.

Mobile Home Parks - Why Landscaping is the Best Investment You'll Make

Some people invest in Google. Some buy shares of Berkshire Hathaway. Other invest in Apple. But sheer investment geniuses invest in bushes. And trees. Because if you own a mobile home park community, these are, dollar for dollar, the best investments you will ever make. How good are the returns? I would estimate that one well placed $20 bush might add $1,000 of value to a mobile home park community. That's a 500% return on investment. And that's a lot better than any of the aforementioned stocks have produced lately. In fact, compared to the current stock market, if the bush was worth $10, it would still be better than the market has produced. And, unlike the market, at least the bush creates oxygen and has other productive uses.

Winning Poker Lessons for Life and Business
People often wonder why I like playing poker so much. “You’re a financial coach and you gamble?” they ask incredulously.

Mid-Week Commodity ETF Update!
Commodities and stocks have been on fire the past two weeks and I think it just may be time for things to take a breather. Profit taking could happen anytime from now

Special Alert! Announcing Special New Sales Closing Incentive To Make Black Friday Sales, Every Day Sales
After reading this short article, you will feel confident that you are armed with two of the most powerful closing tools in the business world today.

Create Wealth, Where Does the Average Person Start?
We hear the phrase all the time, the rich keep getting richer. Does that mean there is no hope for any one else? I don't think so. But it doesn't really matter what I think, the only thing that matters if what a person looking for wealth thinks. Believe it or not, average people like you and me are creating wealth every day. This article explains how.

Breaking the Recession Illusion to Become an Empowered Entrepreneur
More people became millionaires during the great depression in America than at any other time in history. You can too when you break the recession illusion.

Betting on Obama healthcare
As the health care debate continues to its next phase, the far left decides as to whether or not President Obama is still their champion. Stocks like Aetna (AET) and United Health (UNH) have reacted.

Sales Leadership, A Clear Message and a Fit Sales Force

I was talking with a number of friends about what 2009 / 10will hold for us, our families, our communities and our businesses. Without exception, we discussed the current and possible effects of the GFC (global financial crisis) on our markets and especially on our thinking and our actions moving forward. We discussed the importance of open, clear and honest communication and decisive leadership, clear goals and defining what we stand for. We discussed the fact that it would be very hard for people to make ‘easy' money this year i.e. playing the stock market, etc. No more making money by just moving money around. And that people now needed do some real work to get real revenue coming in the door. (not that some of us weren't doing that already.)

Employment (NFP) Report and the Effect on Markets
I have to admit last week, I was little skeptical about this stock market. I was thinking that when the un-employment numbers came out (next week) tomorrow we could see a big sell off in stocks. The stock market has been off the charts lately, and everyone is trying to figure out whether or not they are under invested in it.

Earnings and Unemployment
In the midst of earnings season, the market is responding in typical fashion. In one of my previous articles from earlier this month, I talked about some of the things the market needed to see from earnings season in order to stabilize and move higher. Well, we’re seeing them. Now what?

More Millionaires Were Created During The Great Depression Than In Any Other Period. Will History Repeat Itself?
Find out what it takes to become a millionaire during times of a recession or even a depression

Should A Home Based Business Be Part Of Your Retirement Plan
There was a time when the average person did not need to worry about their retirement future. You went to work every day and spent the better part of your adult life working for the same company. When the time came you were handed a gold watch a guarantee of a monthly pension check.

Markets are Hyper-sensitive to Political Rhetoric
Some things never cease to amaze me. Just when you thought we were about to settle in to a lazy summer of sideways markets, some fools just can’t help themselves to be quiet. I am talking about politicians. And government officials. When are they going to learn that the markets are hyper-sensitive to not only what they do, but what they SAY?

Stock Market Outlook: Holding pattern until the Fall!
This stock market has really been historical over the last 12 months. 2009 in and of itself has been quite a ride, but where does this leave us? The market has been stabilizing and trading in a range for two months. There may be a big move to the upside this Fall out in front of the heavy inflation to follow.

Its Obama's Economy Now!
Well the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone. Regardless of your political leanings you have to give the Obama administration some credit. We will avoid the next Great Depression!

What should I do with my tax refund?

Do you remember the good old days when spending our tax refund frivolously wasn't such a big deal? Our jobs were stable, house values seemed to be on a never-ending climb and the stock market was booming. Things were looking pretty good. Well, we are all feeling a little less wealthy these days; our portfolios have been beaten up, the wealth in our homes have taken a blow and on top of all that, we are worried about our jobs and the stability of our income. There is a lot of insecurity or fear out there and so spending our tax refund on a great vacation or a new flat screen TV may not be the most financially savvy thing to do. So what should we do with this year's tax refund- spend it or save it, invest it or splurge?

Stress – The Silent Threat
Although some stress is normal, chronic stress can cause a myriad of problems, ranging from headaches, skin rashes, and high blood pressure to sleep disturbances, burnout, and depression. This article contains a list of ten things you can do to decrease your stress level.

What to do with the Stock Market Rally
Currently the S&P is at 870. That means it is up about 30% from its bear market low of 670 on March 9. Quite a rally and the question is: Is this sustainable?

What should I do with my tax refund?

Do you remember the good old days when spending our tax refund frivolously wasn’t such a big deal? Our jobs were stable, house values seemed to be on a never-ending climb and the stock market was booming. Things were looking pretty good. Well, we are all feeling a little less wealthy these days; our portfolios have been beaten up, the wealth in our homes have taken a blow and on top of all that, we are worried about our jobs and the stability of our income. There is a lot of insecurity or fear out there and so spending our tax refund on a great vacation or a new flat screen TV may not be the most financially savvy thing to do.

How the Swine Flu is Affecting the Dollar, Peso, and Yen!
On Monday, as I watched the media breed fear into the public, I also saw my charts going nuts. The “Swine Flu fear” was spreading from people, to the financial markets.

Despite Negative Headlines, People Are Still Buying Houses
The Staging Diva® debunks the myth that people have stopped buying houses and mentions the great potential demand for home stagers in the coming months.

Here’s why “Buy & Hold” Investing is Dead!
Veteran Financial Planner explains why Buy and Hold Investing is Dead

Stock Market:How to Enjoy the Upside without the Downside
Back before I knew anything about stock analysis, financial statements, ratios, etc… I was introduced to a method that helped me to follow trends. The method can help you to know when to get into a fund or ETF and when it may be best to get out.

Beware! Work From Home Business Scams To Look Out For
Con-men count on the fact that there's a sucker born every minute. So, if you want to be smart and be able to see through the scams, take a look at some of the most common small business scams and how to best avoid them.

The Best of Times...The Worst of Times?

Today is March 12, 2009. I am identifying this day so you can get a perspective of where we are in the world. I don’t know about you but I am getting a little tired of what the media is exposing us to. Every statement seems to start with “during these tough times”, even commercials are getting on board with the negative jargon. Every statistic is peppered with “the worst since”, “highest since”, or “lowest since”. I question the mechanism for such quotes and who really cares? Even the weather has become “severe” weather with it’s corresponding lowest or highest recorded stats. I may regret saying this but I’m ready to hear more about Iraq, that has been pushed to the back page.

The 7 Ways to Save Your Retirement
Veteran Financial Planner gives you the steps to re-building you retirement portfolio and retirement dreams.

How I Managed $20,000,000,000 By Age 32 By Wade Slome

In these very uncertain financial times, many people are unsure what to do with their money, their debt, their portfolio etc. So, they need to find a qualified person to help them. Let me introduce you to Wade Slome, CFA, CFP. At the age of 32, Wade Slome managed $20,000,000,000 and in the pages of this book, we get to know him, his background and his accomplishments. In addition, he shares his finance philosophy and gives us insights about how to choose an advisor and much more.

Real Estate and Currencies: Is There a Connection?
Veteran Financial Planner links the real estate market to currencies.

With U.S. Unemployment at 8.1%, Here’s Where to Invest Today.
Economies turn around like ships, not speedboats. Instead of trying to "pick the bottom," why not turn to what's working now. There are many Japanese Yen pairs in the forex market that appear to have bottomed in October.

ATTENTION PresidentElect Obama Heres the Real Economic Rescue Plan

The economy is falling. Times are uncertain. Many people are in crisis. What's the answer? Will the government bail us out? When will it kick in? How will it affect us? No one knows the answers, and with all due respect; even President-Elect Obama doesn't know these answers. What's the real answer? The real answer is that a collective bailout will require each and every one of us to participate in our own rescue.

It is your choice.
If you have the correct perspective, today, there are more opportunities to grow your business than ever before.

Ponzi Schemes and Steroids These are the Days of our Lives

When you step back and look at the leading economy of the world (the US economy), you can’t help but think that we have come to one “MAJOR FORK IN THE ROAD”. The purchase of a home can be like a ball and chain that prevents people from reaching their full potential in some cases. If 2008 is not a wakeup call to understand finance better, then the future of the U.S. economy is in for even further long term challenges.

U.S. Dollar Forecast for 2009
Want to find out where the dollar is heading in 2009? Read on...

Dont just survive - thrive in 2009
Throughout history some of mankind’s greatest achievements have happened in the most challenging times. That being the case, 2009 should be a great year for many smart small businesses…and these business survival skills should make it easier.

Big Business Tactics for Your Small Business

If you are a small business or even a good sized business that wants to get bigger, you must first develop the systems and structure, or the foundational components that will allow your business to support a larger organization. For that to happen, you must find ways to work on your business, not just work in it. This is an old saying. The question is just exactly does that mean? This article talks about things you must do in order to help your business prepare for becoming a large business.

The Bank of Japan will buy 1 Trillion Yen of Shares Held by Banks, But will it be enough?
The Bank of Japan is buying 1 trillion yen's worth of stocks from their banks to shore up their balance sheets and to encourage them to lend. But will it be enough? Read on...

Which Industries hold most promise in 2009

The January issue of Entrepreneur Magazine is out on the news stands and for those who have never read the magazine, January issue is dedicated to the Franchise industry. In this issue, there is an article (see link on my web site under News and Articles) that talks about the Magazine's predictions for Franchise Industries that hold the most promise for growth and stability in 2009. Interestingly enough, I wrote a blog about the very same topic in October of 08 (See blog titled: "Businesses that are still making money in this economy"). Almost every industry that is mention in my blog is mentioned in the Magazine's article. Now I am not saying that I am the smartest man alive, but it is comforting to know that the experts agree with my views and that I am on the right track. There have also been plenty of talk about how Franchise ow

What Are You Waiting For?
There is no time like today to get started with a plan. Taking action is the only way to get you to your goal.

Surviving a Down Economy: Failure is Not an Option
Every company must take a serious look at their operations and decide if they need to make serious and deeply painful cuts or if their best strategy is to make minor adjustments and simply push forward. Either way, every company owner or president must move forward and lead with a certain conviction and strength of will. That conviction must be felt by every manager and employee in the company.

Investing for Entrepreneurs: Navigating Emotional Mindfields
This is a dizzy market, maybe even ill, but it isn't terminal. Learning how to manage one's own emotions while investing is an important part of success. And, the most crucial factor here is practicing ‘realism over optimism,’ instead of the reverse.

Rare Investment Opportunity
With the stock market down, and gas hitting new lows, a lot of people ask me, "What should I invest in?"Very simple... People! Now, more than ever people are looking for leaders to invest in their success! You have this opportunity and it’s right in front of you at your fingertips!

Focus On Where You Want To Go, Not The Wall!
While events beyond our control do throw roadblocks in our way, the people who continue to have success are the ones who focus on where they want to go, not on the mess they're hoping to avoid.

Degrees of Trust
Trust is an interesting word. We tend to think of it as a singular concept, like how much do I trust my boss at the moment. I believe there are numerous different types of trust in our lives, and in any trust situation, there are infinite levels of trust. That complexity is one of the reasons why high trust is hard to find in many organizations.

An Internet Home Business Success Is Not Affected By Worsened Economy
It is sad to watch people lose jobs left and right as the economy continues to plummet. Starting an internet home business is one of the top opportunities you can pursue right now and it comes with a plethora of benefits.

Bear Market Defense
An entrepreneur asks, “Is there anything I can do to defend myself against lower investment returns when the market slumps?” Happily, the answer is yes.

Government Could Use Some Sales Training
Government officials need to spend some time in the profession of sales and learn basic Sales 101 skills when it comes to satisfying the customer. Here are 5 sales lessons the government would benefit from in this difficult time.

Increasing Sales in a Sluggish Economy
You Can't Escape It Pick up a newspaper. Listen to the news reports. The price of gasoline is still quite high. The stock market is still down. The economy is still sluggish. The Middle East is still unsettled. The mortgage industry is still volatile.

Screw The Recession
Screw the recession - ordinary salespeople can do remarkable things. Get up and don't let this economy get you down.

Garber on Business: B.C. Company's Business Mushrooms at SIAL
A B.C entrepreneur visits world-famed SIAL Food Show in Paris and finds a market -- a BIG market -- for his discards!

Living Life On Your Terms
The keys to achievement, motivation and ultimate success are in your own heart. Find the goals that truly inspire, challenge and excite you, then stay up all night and work all day to achieve your destiny. Success is not something to be chased, it's something to be celebrated by living your own life, on your own terms, every day.

Beat the Bear and Outperform All Competition

When economic conditions are bleak, resourceful finance professionals and independent insurance agents ("financepreneurs") have an advantage that folks who only work for others are sadly missing. Financepreneurs have the opportunity outshine the competition and gain a greater market share by simply increasing interactive marketing and professional branding strategies. The ramp up leads to greater exposure, more quality clients and increased profitability.

How To Protect Your Wealth
The traditional way of saving for retirement for the common working person and trying to find a genuine adviser in helping generating a diversified portfolio of mutual funds for the future is long gone. Dead. Extinct. In ruins. Adios.

Different Types of Stock
The different types of stock are what confuse most first time investors. That confusion causes people to turn away from the stock market altogether, or to make unwise investments. If you are going to play the stock market, you must know what types of stock are available and what it all means!

The Threat of Recession and The Field Sales Professional
The threat of a recession makes the sales professional an even more important member of the corporate team. We need to Prospect more to spread the economic risk among more customers. We need to put our eggs in as many baskets as possible since we don't know how all of our customers will weather this economic downturn. Prospecting is the only skill we have to expand our business.

Learning to Win in the Stock Market
The most important rule when trading stocks, or anything else, is to always cut your losses short. Learn secrets on how to win in the stock market. You could make a fortune.

5 Ways To Improve Your Stock Market Results
Nothing is more important to your stock market results than the proper utilization of charts. Learn about this crucial skill, and other ways to improve your trading.

VIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over the past few decades, the world stock markets have surged, and emerging markets have accounted for a large amount of this boom. In Africa, new stock markets have been established in Ghana, Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zambia. The rapid development of stock markets in Africa does not mean that even the most advanced African stock markets are mature.

Financing Corporate Growth in Ghana: The Role of the Stock Market

We examine how listed corporations in Ghana finance their growth and to what extent do they rely on external finance relative to internal finance. As companies expand through the acquisition of assets they have choices to make in how that growth is financed. Past earnings can be retained as a source of internal finance or be paid to shareholders as dividends. External sources of finance include both the issuance of new equity (external equity) and various debts instruments (external debt).

IV. THE STOCK MARKET AND THE FINANCING OF CORPORATE GROWTH IN AFRICA
Having looked at the trends and characteristics of stock markets in Africa, this section examines the contributions of the stock markets to the financing of corporate growth in Africa.

II. STOCK MARKET AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL ISSUES
In principle, the stock market is expected to accelerate economic growth by providing a boost to domestic savings and increasing the quantity and the quality of investment (Singh, 1997).

3 Localized Ideas for African Web Developers
There is a group of Kenyan techies, called Skunkworks, that talk on a Skype channel regularly. It’s an interesting mix of developers who share news and talk passionately about the potential of the web and mobile market in Kenya. In our conversation last week, the discussion of local content for specific regions kept popping up.

Social Stock Market
How do we encourage the creation of SBEs? What are the steps that we need to take to facilitate the SBEs to take up bigger and bigger chunks of market share?

Social Stock Market
How do we encourage the creation of SBEs? What are the steps that we need to take to facilitate the SBEs to take up bigger and bigger chunks of market share?

Social Stock Market
How do we encourage the creation of SBEs? What are the steps that we need to take to facilitate the SBEs to take up bigger and bigger chunks of market share?

Social Stock Market
How do we encourage the creation of SBEs? What are the steps that we need to take to facilitate the SBEs to take up bigger and bigger chunks of market share?

Social Stock Market
How do we encourage the creation of SBEs? What are the steps that we need to take to facilitate the SBEs to take up bigger and bigger chunks of market share?

Stock Market Trading-A Winning Approach
Successful stock market trading is based on several key factors. You want to put the odds in your favor as much as possible, before taking a position in the market. This is achieved by implementing a successful trading plan. Learn some of the great trading secrets in this article.

Strategic Marketing Tips For Tough Market Conditions, From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach

The stock market in the U.S. has been on real wild ride since the credit crunch and the housing market collapses in various parts of the United States. It is still unclear when and how the stock market may stabilize, but it is certain that changes in our economy will be affecting our businesses. And Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach wants to alert you that unless your marketing helps you stand out from the competition, selling your products and services is going to get harder in the next few years. And that means you need to focus on developing a strategic marketing plan. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach has developed a list of strategic marketing tips that will help you retain and attract new clients in tough market conditions.

Recognizing Market Tops-A Key to Becoming An Elite Trader
If you can recognize when the market has topped, or bottomed, you are well ahead of the game. Some people will say you can not time the market. This is absolutely false. Once you learn to properly analyze the market, you will be able to time the market. This important skill could possibly make you quite wealthy.

What Financial Advisors Can Learn from Eli Manning

Following a series of confidential interviews with a broad sample of advisors in the firm, it became clear to me that many suffered from anxiety, because of the harsh market conditions and because of the president’s high performance expectations, but also because they harbored their own internal insecurities. I designed a series of training programs to teach the advisors how to recognize and overcome their fears, maintain an optimistic and proactive approach with their clients, use active listening skills, overcome stress and anxiety related to their job and ultimately lead to their clients directing new referrals to them. But the most important issue I helped these advisors overcome? You guessed it: impostor fear.

Trading To Win-5 Great Nuggets Of Wisdom
Trading to win in the stock market, futures market, or any other venue, requires special knowledge and principles. Here are 5 nuggets of trading wisdom that will give a big boost to your overall results.

Keith Springer of Springer Financial Advisors Live on Fox Business News
Local financial advisor, Keith Springer, of Springer Financial Advisors is quoted in the weekly issue of the Sacramento Business Journal discusses how law firms are seeking disgruntled SureWest shareholders after acquisition.

Price and Volume Analysis-The Key to Making Big Money
Making big money is the goal of every trader or investor. Price and volume analysis is the tool to help you achieve that goal. Learn secrets on how to follow the big players, and possibly make a fortune.

Market Timing-Yes You Can!
Proper market timing can make or save you a lot of money. It would have got you out of the stock market in early 2000, before the market crashed. It would have also saved you from the financial crisis in 2008. In this article, learn some market timing secrets that will dramatically improve your overall trading results.

The Value Of Knowledge To The Organization

Since knowledge is an intangible asset, it is difficult to assign a value to it. Its amorphous nature exacerbates this difficulty. Lew Platt, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, has acknowledged the dilemma: "If HP know what HP knows, we would be three times as profitable." Intellectual capital is collective knowledge, but who collects it and who disseminates it? Successful and competitive organizations are rich in knowledge, but whose knowledge is it and and who assigns value to it? Values assigned to knowledge may differ. For example, knowledge May have one value for the organization, another for shareholders, yet another for current and potential partners, and still one more for individuals within the organization.

How to Retire with No Money
The GOOD NEWS is that you DON'T need millions of dollars in the bank. Here’s what you do need…

Introduction: Stock Market Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines the economic importance and the future of African stock markets. It seeks to shed light on the controversial link between stock market and economic growth— from both corporate finance and macroeconomic perspectives. It also discusses policy options for promoting the development of the stock market in Africa.

VII G. Strengthen Education: PROMOTING STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Increasing public knowledge about the functioning of the stock market could promote the development of the stock market in Africa.

Searching the scopes of iPhone application development for stock trading
Doesn’t it sound good if you could use your iPhone for executing most of the stock trading activities? Although, there are already many stock trading iPhone apps available but none of them work the way users want. Users look for complete app to perform various stock market tasks…

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