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1.	Bookmarks: 2	Stock Market Corrections - Pulling The Proper Trigger Why are investors afraid (shocked, confused, overwhelmed, angry) about stock market corrections? Here are seven assessments of the correction phase of the market cycle that may just clear their heads about these periodic gifts from the Investment Gods.
2.	Bookmarks: 0	A Stock Market Correction Is A Beautiful Thing A correction is a beautiful thing, simply the flip side of a rally, big or small. Theoretically, even technically I'm told, corrections adjust equity prices to their actual value or support levels. In reality, it's much easier than that. Here's a list of ten things to think about doing, or to avoid doing, during corrections of any magnitude. There has never been a correction/rally that has not succumbed to the next rally/correction ---
3.	Bookmarks: 3	FREE - - - Market Cycle Investment Management Webinar & Mentoring Program - - - FREE Kiawah Golf Investment Seminars is proud to announce the FREE MCIM educational webinar program. The program will deal with the Market Cycle Investment Management methodology, safer income investing, and formulating cyclically valid performance expectations. Seats are always available for both amateurs and professionals.
4.	Bookmarks: 0	What Do The Top 100 Newspaper Business Editors Have In Common, Besides Arrogance Should the country's biggest newspaper business editors be interested in a better way to manage investment portfolios than mutual funds or Modern Portfolio Theory speculations about the future? Should they care about an old approach to investing that actually takes advantage of the market cycle? Should they be tired of promulgating the same old and tired Wall Street advice that always seems to take investors in the wrong direction. Yeah, they should.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions Investors are a very dependent group of people, particularly now that most employed persons have been given the responsibility of directing their own savings and investment programs for retirement. Mother Wall Street has monopolized this huge market, and nursed its children first on Mutual Funds and now on derivative betting mechanisms they call index ETFs ---the unhealthy investment equivalent of a diet of fast food, limited protein, and high energy fusion products.
6.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (Part Three) But, and this is about the biggest news in the history of the financial markets, news that was totally ignored by the financial media: the income generated by taxable income CEFs (other than REITs and mortgage heavy investment funds) actually increased during the financial crisis. The same result was experienced in the Tax Free arena, but with no exceptions at all.
7.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (Part Two) Investors should certainly know the basics about what they are doing. Corporations raise capital for their operations by issuing common stock, or shares of ownership in the company. They also raise money by borrowing from banks, insurance companies, and the public through the use of debt instruments called bonds, debentures, notes, and others.
8.	Bookmarks: 0	Hang On A Minute - The Mighty Dow Is Still 10% Below 2007 Levels! Do they think investors are stupid enough to get excited about this dismal performance? Particularly, when less than 20% of professionally managed equity funds did as well. And how about unmanaged ETFs? I haven't heard any claims of brilliance, have you?
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Golf and Investing --- Four Important Lessons Golfers will spend thousands on instruction, gadgets, machines, clinics, magazines, lessons, drivers, and putters. Investors love the gimmicks, shortcuts, and expert recommendations, but they seem allergic to anything really educational. They must see it as a sign of weakness. Golfers should be better investors. Investors need to introduce themselves to some basic education.
10.	Bookmarks: 5	Managed Closed End Funds --- Solid Income Investments in Liquid Form Unlike conventional mutual funds, CEFs do not issue and redeem shares directly with investors at net asset value. CEFs are listed on national securities exchanges, where shares of the Investment Company are purchased and sold in transactions with other investors, just like individual company stocks, and most often not at net asset value.
11.	Bookmarks: 1	What is an MCIM Portfolio? Steve Selengut developed the Market Cycle Investment Management (MCIM) methodology for managed asset allocation in 1970. The approach has been used in the management of Sanco Services Inc private portfolios for over thirty years.
12.	Bookmarks: 0	Investors Dig The BIG Buy Low (October, 2005) Market Corrections can be good for the wallet! Corrections are part of the normal shock market menu, and can be brought about by either bad news or good news. If you don’t love corrections (and deal with them like visiting relatives) you really don’t understand the financial markets. Don’t be insulted, it seems as though very few investors see it this way.
13.	Bookmarks: 2	Investors Dig The BIG Buy Low - Conclusion (October, 2005) Market Corrections can be good for the wallet! Corrections are part of the normal shock market menu, and can be brought about by either bad news or good news. If you don’t love corrections (and deal with them like visiting relatives) you really don’t understand the financial markets. Don’t be insulted, it seems as though very few investors see it this way.
14.	Bookmarks: 1	Sanco Services Sanco Services is an investment portfolio consulting firm specializing in asset allocation, portfolio design, and trading techniques.
15.	Bookmarks: 0	The Market Cycle Investment Management (MCIM) Program Investing with a calendar year focus has no basis in the realities of finance, business, or economics... isn't it obvious that the Stock and Bond Markets are far more closely related to the Business Cycle than to the Earth's around the Sun? The Market Cycle Investment Management Account Program provides better guidance--- and results.
16.	Bookmarks: 6	The Working Capital Model - Part 1 Asset Allocation is an Investment Planning Tool, not an Investment Strategy --- few investment professionals understand the distinction. Fewer still have discovered the power of: The Working Capital Model!
17.	Bookmarks: 0	Sanco Services Two Sanco Services teaches investors how to design what we affectionately refer to as the: You probably don't need an annuity, really, income program. It emphasizes the generation of high levels of realized income within a portfolio that contains only high quality securities.
18.	Bookmarks: 6	Income Investing 101 --- What Your Professors Never Told You After forty years of investing, a few things become crystal clear: you need to focus on quality, individual securities, diversify intelligently, and develop a lifetime supply of income. I call these principles the big three or the QDI. Just like the ice cream brick of my youth, it's just not right without all three flavors. The investment puzzle becomes easier to solve if you have a handle on all the pieces.
19.	Bookmarks: 0	Wall Street Most Wanted: A New Blue Chip Market Indicator When investors start to question why their Municipal bond portfolios are trailing the gain in the Dow, or when retirees start to buy gold bullion instead of groceries, something is wrong. And it's the same ole stuff that produces the greed and fear that lead to investment-program-destroying mistakes every time. So let's look at the performance of the Dow, to gain some perspective.
20.	Bookmarks: 1	Understanding Income Investing – Second Chance Survey Hundreds of people responded to the last Income Investing survey, and all papers were corrected and returned. As a group, the class failed to pass the test of income investing competancy. Here's another chance.
21.	Bookmarks: 0	THE DISMAL DECADE MY ASSTERISK- 11/30/99 THRU 12/31/2009 This spreadsheet summarizes the manual analysis of 55 individual portfolios managed using WCM based Market Cycle Investment Management procedures and techniques.
22.	Bookmarks: 0	Calculating Your Investment IQ Stocks, bonds, index funds; averages, recessions, market rallies and corrections; mutual funds, technical analysis, financial statements; commissions, taxes, and discount brokers.
23.	Bookmarks: 1	The Dow Jones Industrials --- A Blue Chip Average No More To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered average has mystical predictive and analytic powers far beyond the scope of any other market number. It's Wall Street's rendition of 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.
24.	Bookmarks: 0	Insured, Tax Free, Municipal Bonds Yielding nearly 7%. Interested? Of course you should be interested. There are at least eight reasonable explanations for recent Municipal Bond price weakness --- there are at least eight excellent reasons why investors should be viewing this weakness as a buying opportunity. Lower prices and higher yields are good news for income investors!
25.	Bookmarks: 3	Retirement Income Investment Planning - Step One (September 2008) Defined Contribution plans are just not retirement plans --- even if your employee benefits department, the media, Wall Street, and Uncle assure you that they are. Most plans are difficult to self-manage with a retirement income objective. Still, these benefit plans are necessary and quite capable of taking you close to where you want to be.
26.	Bookmarks: 1	The Total Return Shell Game Just what is this total return thing that income investment managers like to talk about, and that Wall Street uses as the performance hoop that all investment Managers have to jump through? Why is it mostly just smoke and mirrors? Here's the formula:
27.	Bookmarks: 0	Real Estate Investing: No Lawyers, No Debt, No Plungers Without having mega millions to work with, or a line of credit that goes around the block, you can have positions in various forms of Real Estate (commercial, industrial, residential) at the same time, and focus either on growth opportunities, income production, or a combination of the two.
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Understanding Income Investing – Valid Expectations - Part Two The critical relationship between the two classes of securities in your portfolio, is this: the market value of your equity investments and that of your income purpose investments are totally, and completely unrelated. Each Market dances to it's own beat. Stocks are like heavy metal or Rap...impossible to predict. Bonds are more like the classics and old time rock-and-roll...much more predictable.
29.	Bookmarks: 6	Income Investing: Go Ask Alice Don't let uniformed thinking sabotage your retirement program; don't let the selfish advice of a product sharpshooter send you chasing rabbits when IRE (interest rate expectations) or other temporary market conditions shrink the market value of your income portfolio. Feed your head; feed---your---head. Income pays the bills, and if the income level is both steady and adequate, there is no need to change investments.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	Income Investing: Selecting the Right Stuff - Part Two The larger the portfolio, the more likely it is that you will be able to buy round lots of a diversified group of bonds, preferred stocks, etc. But regardless of size, individual securities of all kinds have liquidity problems, higher risk levels than are necessary, and lower yields spaced out over inconvenient time periods.
31.	Bookmarks: 0	Income Investing: Selecting the Right Stuff - Part One When is 3 percent better than 6 percent? Yeah, we all know the answer, but only until the prices of the securities we already own begin to fall. Then, logic and mathematical acumen disappear and we become susceptible to all kinds of special cures for the periodic onset of higher interest rates. We’ll be told to sit in cash until rates stop rising, or to sell the securities we own now, before they lose even more of their precious market value.
32.	Bookmarks: 6	Income Investing Made Easy - Part One You don't have to be a professional Investment Manager to professionally manage your investment portfolio, but you do need to have a long term plan and know something about Asset Allocation --- a portfolio organization tool that is often misunderstood and almost always improperly used within the financial community. Remember, your unhappiness is Wall Street's most coveted asset. Don't humor them.
33.	Bookmarks: 3	Income Investing Made Easy - Part Two Base income includes the dividends and interest produced by your portfolio, without the realized capital gains that may actually be the larger number much of the time. No matter how you slice it, your long-range comfort demands regularly increasing income, and by using your total portfolio cost basis as the benchmark, it's easy to determine where to invest your accumulating cash.
34.	Bookmarks: 15	Make Playtime A Bonding Time For You And Your Kid Toys are a kid’s best friends. They entertain him and give him hours of fun and enjoyment. They educate him by introducing him to the world around him and by engaging him in mind enriching activities that hone his imagination, motor skills, hand to eye coordination among many others. Toys especially the educational ones indeed play an important role in your kid’s developmental progress.But even so, toys can never take the place of parents. Toys can never be substitutes fo...
35.	Bookmarks: 2	Testing All Texas Schools Athletes For Steroids? It Could Happen Soon Professional athletes have been in the news a lot over the past few years, either being accused or admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs. Major league baseball has taken several hits with accusations being brought against some of their top players, such as home-run king Mark McGwire, who took the fifth amendment to not incriminate himself during Congressional questioning on the subject. Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees, a...
36.	Bookmarks: 12	Home Schooling Is Loaded With Fun Activities There are many reasons why parents choose homeschooling for their children. A lot of times this choice is made by parents who are dissatisfied with the way formal education is being run. Also by those who are concerned about safety issues. In addition, there are those parents who wish to freely instill some religious values in their children, while some feel that having their kids taught at home helps tighten their family bond.Nowadays, there has been an uprise in the...
37.	Bookmarks: 1	Investment Q & A Workshop - Brain Picking Only - No Product Sales The first Q & A meeting will be held the week of January 10th --- your questions discussed by a panel of experts with nearly 100 years of investment experience. Send your questions (maximum of two) and date preference (Tuesday thru Thursday) with your PayPal payment of $14.95 to sanserve@aol.com. Agenda, contact, and GoToMeeting information will be sent to you prior to the meeting date.
38.	Bookmarks: 0	Weighted Average Cost Of Capital (WACC), Commodity Historic Prices, Index Prices, And Country Risk The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is a calculation of a company’s proportionately weighted capital according to specific categories. All sources of capital – common stock, preferred stock, bonds, and any other debt are included. It’s computed by multiplying the cost of each capital source by its proportional weight (% of total capital) and then working through this equation.WACC = (E/V) * Re + (D/V) * Rd * (1-Tc)Where:Re = cost of equityRd = cost of debt...
39.	Bookmarks: 3	How To Invest Your Money Safely When it comes to making investments, most people know that there is always room for a possible loss. Stock market investments in particular are rather notorious for taking a rather well funded portfolio and emptying it rather quickly. Of course, that does not happen all the time, otherwise no one would do it. If, on the other hand, you do not want to take what many consider to be an unnecessary risk, there are a number of other investments that are reasonably safer, can still...
40.	Bookmarks: 0	Real Estate Bubble If the real estate market declines how can you make money in it? The make a profit on any market (real estate, products, stocks and bonds) simply must be in motion. It must increase or decrease. A stable market is one you do not turn a profit. The key is handle the procurement and sale of shares in both markets
41.	Bookmarks: 0	The Basics Of Short Selling Stocks ‘Shorting’ or short selling refers to the selling of a contract, a bond or stock or a commodity that is not directly owned by the seller. When practicing short selling, a seller is committed to purchase the stock or commodity previously sold.Short selling stocks means to take the stock from a broker on loan and sell it off to someone else. This is done so that the seller buys back the stock, when the price falls. The shares are returned to the broker from whom they were i...
42.	Bookmarks: 0	Savings bond makes life simpler The modern socio-economic scenario has made life really very complicated for us, as we all have to run after money to make ends meet. In this age of rapid commercialization of economy, we are always running short of cash no matter how much we earn.
43.	Bookmarks: 4	Retirement Income Planning: Mutual Funds Mutual funds are classified in three main categories that differ in regards to their risks, features and rewards. They are money market funds, bond funds, which also receive the name of “fixed income” and finally, stock funds, which are also called “equity funds”. Let’s take a deeper look at each one of them.
44.	Bookmarks: 0	Options Trading Basics New to Options? Want to trade option? This is the first step for you.You many know many wealthy individuals make lots of money using options and you can try too.Stock and Bond trading strategies run the gamut from the simple 'buy and hold forever' to the most advanced use of technical analysis. Options trading has a similar spectrum.Options are a contract conferring the right to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) some underlying instrument, such as a stock...
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Can You Make A Killing In The Securities Market In 2007? Imagine a world a world in which either all investors have costless access to currently available access about the future , all investors are good analysts , all investors pay close attention to market prices and adjust their holdings appropriately and that all investors pay close attention to market prices and adjust their holdings appropriately.Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?In such a market a security’s price would be a good estimate of its investment value, whe...
46.	Bookmarks: 0	A Completely New Way To Get Rich Rapidly This new way is catching on around the world. People are compounding money rapidly for themselves.Its called opportunity investment and it has nothing to do with the traditional way to invest. Stocks, bonds, shares etc.This is hands on. The entire premise is based on compounding and becoming the investor sourceYou see when we hand over our funds to professionals to invest our capital we dilute our returns dramatically. It makes sense if you think about it. T...
47.	Bookmarks: 11	Second Home Are a Great Investment The new millennium has not been good to stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other financial investments. Most investors have found that the best performing asset in their portfolio is their home. Real estate has been a safe haven for investors with appreciation far outpacing other investments. With the security and growing values of residential real estate, a growing number of home owners are now investing in a second home.
48.	Bookmarks: 0	Investing In Bonds Versus Forex Investing in bonds and the savings bank is safe as we will see. But if you are adventurous you can make a great deal from Forex.The article is written primarily for the smaller investor who needs high yield, the man who has between, let us say, $5,000 and $100,000. If the $5,000 investor secures a return on his money not of 3%, or $150 per year, but 12% $600 per year his benefit will be material, not nominal.If the $100,000 investor receives not $3,000 but $12,000 the...
49.	Bookmarks: 0	Re-evaluating Surety Bond Underwriting Surety bonds are suppose to be underwritten with a 0% loss ratio. There are no funds for claims built into the premium of traditionally underwritten surety bonds. This standard is obviously impossible to achieve on a consistent basis.
50.	Bookmarks: 0	What Is Invoice Factoring And Invoice Discounting? The Romans were the first civilization to sell promissory notes at a discount, beginning the industry of factoring. America was built largely on the possibilities of factoring, when colonial businesses were factored by Europeans willing to invest cash in exchange for the promise of large returns, and government bonds also use the same principles applied by businesses when they engage in invoice factoring.Invoice factoring is, at its simplest, the sale of the right to coll...
51.	Bookmarks: 0	Lapland “Polar Dreams” in Finalnd My love affair with Finland began the moment I stepped off the Finnair plane. My ancestry is Norwegian and I guess something primal in my Viking genes bonds me in kindred spirit with this unique Nordic land. Having toured over a hundred countries, this is virgin territory for me and what an utterly cool place to visit in January. I’ve packed enough thermal gear to survive the most brutal blizzards but on arrival in Helsinki today, there is no snow.
52.	Bookmarks: 0	The Risks And Benefits Of Corporate Bonds Rarely will you find an investment where you gain a substantial reward without an equally substantial amount of risk. Let's face it - the odds are stacked against you. Not only are there other huge banks and multinational corporations you have to compete against that have more capital than you will ever have, but there are millions of other investors trying to test their luck in the same market. Your choice of where to invest your money is therefore highly important. This is ...
53.	Bookmarks: 0	Investing Your Self Directed IRA or 401K In Philippine Condotel Investment Real Estate People are beginning to catch on. A year or so ago, few people realized that they could manage their IRA investment portfolios themselves, and even fewer knew that they could invest their IRA retirement money in something other than stocks and bonds
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Las Vegas Weddings: A Viable Option For Your Wedding Day? Las Vegas has quickly became a top wedding destination for celebrities and commoners alike. Here are five reasons why you should consider getting hitched in the Entertainment Capital of the World.1. Last Days of SingletonDays before THE big day, arrive at Las Vegas and plan to spend the last hours of your singleton in the Sin City! Experience life and the company of friends on a night out on the strip. Want girl-bonding time? You can do that, too! Try a day at the...
55.	Bookmarks: 0	6 Proven Wealth Building Strategies Building wealth is as simple as saving a little bit here and a little bit there. You need not have great riches in order to accumulate wealth, but you need to have the drive, determination, and discipline to successfully increase your wealth. Let’s look at 6 proven wealth building strategies you can put into use.
56.	Bookmarks: 0	Top Rated Investment Bonds Your typical independent investor will never be able to understand every aspect of bond investing. Research on bonds fills volumes. It is for this reason, therefore, that you do as much research as you can prior to investing, and if you can, take advantage of professional investors that can manage a portfolio for you.1. Bond RatingsNot all stocks are created equal - some are a strong buy whereas others are holds or sells. Bond ratings get assigned over 20 different po...
57.	Bookmarks: 0	A Bowling Alley Can Be A Great Bonding Place For Families When it comes to a sport that provides lots of family fun, few can match a quick trip to a local bowling alley. Although it might take years to reach pro status, almost anyone of any age can play this game. The game can be altered for young children and it is one even teens tend to enjoy, as well.There are plenty of reasons why a family trip to a bowling alley can be a great idea. They include:* Bonding. If the idea is to find an activity everyone can enjoy and do t...
58.	Bookmarks: 0	Savings Accounts - Professional Advice When it comes to savings, you may well find yourself daunted by the sheer variety of ways to invest your money. Particularly if you find yourself with a substantial amount to invest, and are less than confident at dealing with things like the stock market, bonds and trusts, you’re likely to gain from professional expertise.
59.	Bookmarks: 0	4 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool Your Child A recent survey indicated that nearly 30% of American parents are seriously considering homeschooling their children rather than sending them to school. Home schooling is a different way of education for many parents. It allows children to be educated at home free from the daily school assignments and pressure. It also allows more bonding time between the child and the parent fostering closer relationships.There are 4 main reasons why you should homeschool your child....
60.	Bookmarks: 0	New York Cosmetic Dentists Are In Demand Cosmetic Dentistry: New Yorkers are in love with it. With no time to spare, New Yorkers find that cosmetic dentistry is a great way to improve their appearance and self esteem. Cosmetic dentistry goes beyond just fixing teeth. Its about helping people gain more self confidence by creating a wonderful smile. There are several different forms of cosmetic dentistry provided by cosmetic dentists in New York. Veneers, crowns, bonding and whitening are all great options depending u...
61.	Bookmarks: 0	Betting on baseball has never been better! Now that we have put the Barry Bonds/ Babe Ruth blah, blah, blah to sleep, I think it’s time that we sat back and wagered a few bucks on our favorite MLB team. Parity is here and every one of the six divisions is up for grabs this year and handicapping these teams, takes patience and talent.
62.	Bookmarks: 3	Find Peace And Happiness Through Gardening Gardening is a wonderful and relaxing hobby enjoyed by many all over the world. People who enjoy gardening often feel a deep-rooted sense of calm and tranquility, and they also forge a stronger connection with nature.There are many types and forms of gardening. Organic gardening is a unique method of gardening and allows the gardener to really bond with Mother Nature. Organic gardening really gets down to the basics of growing fruits and vegetables, using only what Mother...
63.	Bookmarks: 1	Families are Beautiful It's nice when the whole family spends time together. You share a special bond between one another that cannot be recreated with anyone else. Father, mother, sister, brother, you all belong to each other in a special way.
64.	Bookmarks: 1	Create An Indelible Bond With Your Child Every parent aims to bring up a child that is loving, giving, confident, happy, and a part of a closely knit family. Parenting is a natural process and more often than not it is not books, counselors, or doctors that will guide you but it is your in born instinct and bonds with the child.
65.	Bookmarks: 0	Touch and Massage: Providing Infants Love and Care This article is about the many benefits of touch and massage for infants. Touch and massage therapy have a lot in common because they have a lot to do with motion of the hands over various parts of the infant's or baby's body and it promotes interaction, bonding, healing and provide stress relief.
66.	Bookmarks: 0	The Facts on the Healing Effects of Touch and Massage Touch and massage therapy are techniques that has proven to be beneficial for people especially among infants or babies. Touch and massage therapy have a lot in common because they have a lot to do with motion of the hands over various parts of the infant's or baby's body and it promotes interaction, bonding and healing.
67.	Bookmarks: 0	The Benefits Of Pregnancy Massage Whilst pregnancy is a time for a mother to really bond with the child she is carrying, it can also cause all sorts of physical aches and pains. As your pregnancy progresses and your stomach enlarges, the backaches and joint sores will only get worse. Having a massage can greatly alleviate these pains and is something all pregnant mothers should consider.What is a pregnancy massage?Having a massage during pregnancy differs from a normal massage as the masseuse performi...
68.	Bookmarks: 3	Massage For Infants And Children Massage benefits individuals of all age groups and different conditions. Touch is as important to any infants and kids like eating and sleeping. Massaging involves loving, gentle stroking or kneading by a parent or caregiver on various parts of a child's body like the face, head, arms, shoulders, neck, hands, back, legs and feet. Use of oils on the body of your precious little ones to soothe, relax and heal affirms a strong, close bond conveying a comforting sense of trus...
69.	Bookmarks: 2	Aromatherapy And Kids Aromatherapy is a new approach to emotional well being and healing through the use of essential oils. Oils in aromatherapy have soothing effect on the body, mind and soul. A gentle hug, smile or a kiss are forms of connection, bonding between the parent and the child. A loving nurturing touch of massage on the feet, arms, hands, back, abdomen and legs is therapeutic for both the child and parent, usually the mother. Babies at six weeks of age can recognize their mother's ...
70.	Bookmarks: 0	Barry Bonds, only One More Record to Break to Become Number 1 With a 445-foot landing over the center field wall of the Giants' waterfront AT&T Park, two run shot Barry Bonds beat his magical 715th home run, overtaking baseball legend Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time home-run list. In the fourth-inning Bonds swung a ball that Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim threw and it came a week after he matched Ruth's 714 career home runs during an inter-league game against the Oakland Athletics to end a nearly two-week fall.
71.	Bookmarks: 0	Tuning Out The Radio Voice It would be impossible to list all of the things people have considered crucial to success in life. Honesty, energy, bonding, modeling, control of fear…all are important. For my whole life, I’ve searched for the answers in this arena, and treasured the gems that have been revealed.In July of 2005, I went back to Longview, Washington, where I’d lived for nine years, raising my daughter. When we left, we packed much of our house into two storage units, planning to return on...
72.	Bookmarks: 0	Tuning Out For Success It would be impossible to list all of the things people have considered crucial to success in life. Honesty, energy, bonding, modeling, control of fear…all are important. For my whole life, I’ve searched for the answers in this arena, and treasured the gems that have been revealed. In July of 2005, I went back to Longview, Washington, where I’d lived for nine years, raising my daughter. When we left, we packed much of our house into two storage units, planning to return o...
73.	Bookmarks: 0	Guided Meditation Online - Can We Trust The Internet? The Internet is, without any doubt, the greatest invention of the millennium. No one can deny the power of this technological medium to bring people together, to create bonds, to stimulate minds, to increase our informational backgrounds, or to teach us different things, such as the guided meditation online. Yes, indeed… This is possible, even though it seems hard to believe. Internet thus proves to be not only a direct source of entertainment but, most importantly a means of...
74.	Bookmarks: 0	The Dead End Of Resistance Jimmy had spent many years in various kinds therapy, yet still felt numb and empty inside most of the time. He consulted with me because he hoped that the Inner Bonding process we teach would move him out of feeling so stuck.It became apparent to me soon after starting to work with Jimmy on the phone that he was deeply stuck in resistance to taking responsibility for himself. His main intention was to have control over getting approval from others. He was a typical “nice”...
75.	Bookmarks: 1	Recovery From Addictions, Part 5 In this final part of a 5-part series on recovery from addictions, I address the way out of addictions. Learn the powerful 6-Step Inner Bonding process that, when practiced, will heal addictions.
76.	Bookmarks: 3	Addiction To Numbness Linda sat opposite me at one of my five-day Inner Bonding Intensives. She had decided to attend the Intensive because her depression, which had plagued her for years, was not being helped by medication or by the numerous forms of therapy that she had tried. As she sat opposite me, telling me about her past and her depression, I felt like I was sitting with a person who had stuffed herself into a box and closed the door. There was a sense of emptiness and numbness that ema...
77.	Bookmarks: 0	Alcoholism And Healing Jeffrey showed up at one of my 5-Day Inner Bonding Intensives to deal with his alcoholism and resulting relationship problems. His past two marriages had ended in messy divorces. His business was falling apart. Yet in the face of all of this, Jeffrey could not or would not stop drinking.Two things were immediately apparent in my first session with Jeffrey. First, he had completely abandoned himself, making others responsible for his self-worth. Due to his unwillingness to...
78.	Bookmarks: 0	The Willingness To Heal I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. All this experience has resulted in the development of a profound healing process, called Inner Bonding, which anyone can learn and use throughout the day (free course available - see resource box at the end of the article). The first step of this process is willingness.We cannot begin a journey without our willingness to do so. Without our willi...
79.	Bookmarks: 0	Tap Into Abundance With The Law Of Detachment You may have heard that one of the most important states of being that allows abundance and prosperity to flow into your life is the state of detachment. This sounds to be a bit of a paradox doesn't it...if you want to create, get, or achieve something detach from it? Yes, indeed.Let's first look at attachment? By definitions terms, attachment simply means a tie or a bond. However, at it applies to life and being, attachment to something often times has it's emotional...
80.	Bookmarks: 0	A Simple Personal Development Method For Bonding Yourself To Success Regardless of which method or belief system about personal development that you subscribe to, the fact that your state of mind is the primary fuel for your success is a foregone conclusion.However, knowing that fact and putting it into action are two different things. In order to maximize your personal development results, make this simple method a part of your conscious efforts.For this exercise, we will use the example of weight loss, but you can do this exercise wi...
81.	Bookmarks: 0	What Are Discount Brokers? Discount brokers can be a great way for some consumers to get into and participate in the stock market or the bond market. However, discount brokers are not for everyone. There are severe limitations that come with working with discount brokers and consumers should understand what those limitations are before they sign on with one. This article explores some of the issues that you will face when working through discount brokers.First, it should be understood that there ar...
82.	Bookmarks: 0	Getting Out Of Student Debt Whether you are a college student or the parent of a child planning to attend college, student debt will become an issue that must be dealt with.Studies have shown that nearly 75 percent of all college students rely on some form of financial aid while attending college. This includes both private and public schools. Some of the aid that students rely on comes from grants and scholarships which do not have to be repaid, but other forms of aid come as student loans, which, ...
83.	Bookmarks: 1	Consolidate Debt: Free Yourself From Debt Bondage. If you are in debt you are a slave, literally. Yes I know that slavery was abolished 150 years ago but that was just one kind—debt is another but you have the same problem and that is lack of freedom. When people become debt free (often when they consolidate debt) they can’t believe the weight that is lifted and they can’t believe how stupid they were for ever going into debt in the first place. They would gladly have the chance to do it over again and not drive that new leas...
84.	Bookmarks: 0	Can A Debt Consolidation Loan Be The Right Answer To Solving Your Debts? Recent inroad into our way of spending has lead many to bear the bondage of debts. This is particularly the case with facet like credit cards, which we simply command them to be ‘charged’. To get out of this bondage, take the following lessons on acquiring a debt consolidation loan.What accounts for the rising cost on debts?Everyday, we find new facts about spending just around the corner. One particular financial eater to most of us is the credit card. We most of the...
85.	Bookmarks: 0	Using A Credit Union For Your Savings Credit unions can be a viable alternative to banks as long as you meet certain conditions. In general, credit unions can perform many of the same services that banks perform, but there can be exceptions to this.Credit unions are member organizations and this is the biggest difference between them and banks. When you join a credit union you, in essence, become a stakeholder in the institution. In the past, most credit unions were formed around certain professions or formed...
86.	Bookmarks: 2	The Ultimate Investment Portfolio Hedging Strategy Once upon a time (long before Quants, Swaps, and million dollar bonuses) investors knew that they could not know what the market will do--- in direction, duration, range, or vacillation. They recognized that neither humans nor human created machines could predict the future with any degree of accuracy. So they learned how to deal with uncertainty.
87.	Bookmarks: 3	The Investment Education You Slept Through In College --- and it's free! Kiawah Golf Investment Seminars (KGIS) presents a monthly investment workshop program that will help you out-perform the markets ---rally after rally, correction after correction
88.	Bookmarks: 0	A New Wall Street Line Dance: Performance - Line One (December, 2005) Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate coulda’s and shoulda’s, and determine what to try next year. It’s an annual, masochistic, rite of passage.
89.	Bookmarks: 0	Honeymoon Without Breaking The Bank With wedding costs skyrocketing, so many couples have to skip the honeymoon in favor of inviting 50 more guests or getting the designer dress of their dreams. While priorities vary for each couple, once the wedding day is over and done with, many newlyweds wished they had spent less time, effort and money on the D-day details and more on each other. A honeymoon is usually a week long and the memories you get to make while bonding with each other as man and wife far outweigh ...
90.	Bookmarks: 0	A way of winnig huge profits. The Foreign Exchange Market, better known as FOREX, is a worldwide market for buying and selling currencies. It handles a huge volume of transactions 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Daily exchanges are worth approximately $1.5 trillion (US dollars). In comparison, the United States Treasury Bond market averages $300 billion a day, and American stock markets exchange about $100 billion a day.
91.	Bookmarks: 0	“How To” Start Trading The Forex Market? (part 3) More and more well informed investor and entrepreneurs are diversifying their traditional investments like stocks, bonds & commodities with foreign currency because of the following reasons:
92.	Bookmarks: 0	Seven Come Leverage-7 Reasons Why Forex Is a Superior Trading Arena for Individuals Why the small speculator should consider foreign currency trading over stocks, bonds, commodities and mutual funds.
93.	Bookmarks: 0	If the banks do it - Why don't you Foreign currency trading is such a lucrative and easy to understand market that many who used to trade stocks, bonds, commodities and futures have switched to trading nothing but FOREX. Even Bill Gates and the world renowned trader Warren Buffet now trade currencies as part of their overall strategies. If they are doing it shouldn’t we follow them, after all isn’t it true that to become wealthy or successful you have to do what wealthy and successful people do.
94.	Bookmarks: 0	Upside potential with convertible bonds Convertible bonds are bonds issued by corporations that are backed by the corporations' assets. In case of default, the bondholders have a legal claim on those assets. Convertible bonds are unique from other bonds or debt instruments because they give the holder of the bond the right, but not the obligation, to convert the bond into a predetermined number of shares of the issuing company.
95.	Bookmarks: 0	Are Stock Market Prices an Accurate Reflection of the Value of Your Stock Portfolio? In order to trade and make money in the markets - either stock or commodities one should have a basic idea of determinants of share valuation prices. Actual logistics , standard procedures and rules as well as human nature and greed all play major roles. Consider this as part of the mix when evaluating purchases and sales of your securities. Timing , perceptions and even sometimes luck play major roles in your quest for your eventual fortune awaiting you.
96.	Bookmarks: 0	Against The Top Down Approach To Picking Stocks If you have heard fund managers talk about the way they invest, you know a great many employ a top down approach. First, they decide how much of their portfolio to allocate to stocks and how much to allocate to bonds. At this point, they may also decide upon the relative mix of foreign and domestic securities. Next, they decide upon the industries to invest in. It is not until all these decisions have been made that they actually get down to analyzing any particular securitie...
97.	Bookmarks: 0	Ten Common Investment Errors: Stocks, Bonds, & Management Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Compounding the problems that investors have managing their investment portfolios is the sideshowesque sensationalism that the media brings to the process. Avoid these ten common errors to improve your performance:
98.	Bookmarks: 0	Stocks vs. Bonds: Differences and Risks In the world of investments, you’ll often hear about stocks and bonds. They are both feasible forms of investment. They allow you the opportunity to invest your money with a specific company or corporation with the possibility of future profits. But how exactly do they work? And what are the differences between the two?
99.	Bookmarks: 0	What You Need To Know When Trading Derivatives And Futures Hello Fellow-Investor.The Derivatives and Futures Market is the most potentially profitable market in the world. But it can be the most distructive one too!DerivativesA derivative is a financial term for a specific type of investment from which the price over a certain time is derived from the performance of the underlying asset such as commodities, shares or bonds, interest rates, exchange rates or indices like stock market index or consumer price index.This ...
100.	Bookmarks: 0	Wealth Management Solutions-Options Abound! Wealth management is a difficult concept to grasp for many people, especially in terms of investment and savings for the future. With options like stocks, bonds, 401K’s, 529’s, and more, choosing the right wealth management option can be tough at best and impossibly confusing in many circumstances.