What is a Swing Trader and how can you become one?

Admin28 June 2011

Let us start by defining the word swing trader. A swing trader is someone who trades stocks and holds their positions for longer than a single day. Most swing trades look for bigger gains rather than a day trader who look for a quick gain and takes quick profits. For example, a day trader might takes  $.50 in a stock that he was in for 10 to 30minutes, whereas, a swing trader will hold that position for a 6 to 9 point gain in 4 to 8 days. Of course these prices and time frame vary. I have seen some day traders make as much percentage in a day as a swing trade would make in a couple of days. It all depends on how you are comfortable in your trading.

The first thing you want to do in becoming a swing trader is finding which stock to trade. Large cap stocks are usually the best to trade because they are very easy to get in and out of the position. They are have some of the biggest moves because stock traders will move with the momentum adding more momentum to the stock and the direction it is moving towards. For example if you look at the stock ticker symbol AMZN on 3/21/11 on the daily chart, you start to see the stock starting to move higher. Here a swing trader would start their position and ride it till they start seeing a top which was around the $184.40 range. If you could have rode this, you could have made around 22 points.

Another thing you want to look at is keeping an eye out for a bear market  and bull market. When the bottom hit on the US stock market it became a strong bull market and many swing traders rode it all the way to the top. The bull market is what many trader look for because it is an easier way to decided what the stocks will do. In a bull market this means that the stock market is strong and going up.

Now that you have some knowledge about it, how do you become a swing trader. Well first you are going to want to find a good online stock broker that will be able to give you good commission rates. Second you are going to want to have good stock trading software and scanners. I like to use Think or Swim and TD Ameritrade for my swings because it is easy to execute the order and the charts are good. What I like about them, is that they are customer friendly and are always willing to help out with any questions. Lastly, set up all your charts the way you want to them to be, as far as  moving averages, pivot points and other technical indicators.

Being a swing trader is great because you don’t have to constantly be looking at the chart and you are always shooting for bigger gains. Make sure you pick large cap stocks and you follow through with your game plan. Try to find a momentum in the stock market and always be on the look out for bear and bull markets.
 

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Money Market Mutual Funds: Risks and Opportunities

Admin26 June 2011

Investments involving mutual funds can be a lucrative deal if you know the secrets of the trade, particularly about which type of mutual funds you’ll have better chances of gaining returns.  If you’re particularly aiming for a low-risk but high returns investment, you could try going on a venture with money market mutual funds. These are short-term investments in a government-regulated market and offer relatively optimum security than other mutual funds while guaranteeing high profit returns. Of course, this is not to say that this is the perfect mutual fund that you could invest upon in the market; it is not exempted from the natural laws of the trade. Yet, constantly keeping a tab on your portfolio and equipping yourself with the right information will ultimately bring you that path of high investment returns.

Among the key concepts about money market mutual funds are that they are ‘short-term’ and ‘secure’. Unlike your investments in the capital market, investments with this type of funds usually only lasts for about a year or two and then you’ll start gaining your yields. These funds are also one of the most secure on the market (as said, the investments involved with them are regulated by the government).  Indeed, the Securities and Exchange Commission ensures that investments in the money market are 1) Holding a certain period of maturity for the investments 2) of high quality and belong to high rating categories 3) highly diversified (portfolios shouldn’t accumulate holding on one single investment).

Hence, money market mutual funds hold the following characteristics: they are relatively secure, safe and easy to be liquidated.

Of course, ‘secure’ here means that you just have more chances of getting back your investment together with the nominal yields compared with other mutual funds. There are still, of course, natural factors in the stock market that can affect the performance of your investments.  After all, one of the reasons why the money market is a place for high investment returns is the risks that you are buying with the funds. Nonetheless, losses in involving money market mutual funds, though not unheard of, are very rare.

Indeed, the money market, though known to be more stable than the stock market and the bonds market, is still not immune to losses. This may happen when the investment pool bought by the mutual funds that you’ve invested upon suddenly loses their value in the market. Nonetheless, most money market sponsors shoulder the losses, thanks to the rules set by the SEC.

Ultimately, the best strategy when investing with money market mutual funds is to be informed about the latest trend in the market. Reading the prospectus of your investment is also a strongly advised measure so you’ll know the elements of your investments. Another common advice is to spread your investments into different funds, thereby spreading the risks that would be attached with them.

A good investor knows the value of information, even with money market mutual funds. To familiarize yourself more with this type of mutual funds, you can check out known websites in the Internet that offer more detailed discussions.

 

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The Jerkass Cine-bomber

Admin25 June 2011

Aspiring.

30. May, 2011

This is going to be a lost year for me. In some ways.

In other ways, I believe I’m about to dive deeper into social immersion and connect with the world like never before. The ramifications of that in my life, only time will provide. It’s inevitable at this point, so just going to accept it.

I left off last post mentioning that I’m driving towards producing a fan film.

remember, you’re addressing nonexistent readers…

My friend again, “Him” that has been winning the who’s-in-control battle for way too long. But I’ve been holding my own in recent years. As this blog takes shape, it’s seeming apropos to give “Him” voice here. I reserve the right to shut him up.

any of you see anthony hopkins in ‘magic’?

Yeah, a fan film. I also mentioned that I’m 40. Closing in on 41. And I have dubbed this effort, the production of said film, “My Life Reclamation Project.”

the plot thins…

Anyone who knows writing can tell straight away that I’m no writer. That royal fraternity would certainly waive me as a pledge. There was a 7th grade teacher who once announced to the class that I (I mean that she’s referring to me, not herself) would some day write… THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL!

Man.

I…

I nearly believed that could happen for the better part of a summer. Roughly. I’m kinda B.S.-ing the timeframe. The point is that any delusion I had about pursuing a novel writing career fizzled long before Geraldo saw the inside of Al Capone’s vault.

There was an erudite friend of my mother’s who really urinated heartily over that idea one night, as he rather bluntly decreed that it was highly unlikely that I could make it as a novel writer. He let me know how far, in his estimation, I was behind in my development to be considered a serious talent.

Does your mom count? Your mom doesn’t count, right? Moms’ll say anything. They’re contractually obligated with all that unconditional love albatross thing. So, besides mom, I’d have to admit there were a handful of encouraging teachers who praised my writing. But no one I can really say was a mentor to me.

what in the hell is this? if people stumbled onto this blog of yours, didn’t they come to hear about the development of a ‘fan film’, not your personal story, dimwit?

I’m not – NOT – whining about the lack of a mentor. At 40, I’ve hit a place where I’ve grown to take responsibility for the course of my life. Good, bad, indifferent.

we’ll send you a cookie. you like pecan sandies?

What I’d have to say that strikes me as the most reflective of objective reality as I perceive it, is that I am dissatisfied with where I find myself at this point in life. Aspiring screenwriter.

I was aware that the Voices of Practicality had declared me a slacker/dreamer Peter Pan by my mid-20’s. We come from a real nose-to-the-grindstone, life-is-a-series-of-tasking-obligations clan in my family. I was informed directly that her confidantes had counseled my mom NOT to help me when I asked if I could move back home for about 3 months – hopefully at a low rent – so I could save money to move to Chicago with my stand-up comedy buddy Tom McGee in 1998.

1998. I was 28. Yeah, so 40 now. Almost 41. Ummm… (sigh)

I could have used a mentor. Is that fair to say? Single mom did her best, but there wasn’t a heavy enough boot to kick my butt. At least from one perspective. I’m not distraught. I’m dissatisfied.

Personally happy, but I’d be lying if I said it still feels cool to be trying to break into the movies. Especially since that “trying” has been a lot of self-imposed hardship rarely actually aimed at impressing movie professionals with my screenwriting and landing a gig.

at least you’re starting to make the case for why you’d need a ‘life reclamation project’… not sure why anybody cares, however…

Let’s say we find Renfield’s less-refined, intellectually-inferior cellmate who actually CARES about the genesis of the film I’m proposing to make. Does that man not get his due?! I ask you…

You know.

You know…

And then there’s the fact that right now, this is a plan. Not a whole kettledrum chock full o’ news updates to wow you folks with. My nonexistent readers. I’ll keep pimpin’ this blog to carnival-bark in some love, but if you’re here NOW… welcome to the Zygote Phase. Steaming hot Earl Grey and biscuits in the corner over by the clothes hamper in this office/workout room arrangement I’m nesting in.

Make yourself at home.

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Investment 101: The Basics of Money Market Mutual Funds

Admin24 June 2011

From the various types of mutual funds that you can find in the market today, you’ll probably be in a daze in choosing which one is best for an investment. Well, the answer largely depends on your interest and the nature of the investment that you’ll want to make. If you’re meaning to bank on short-term investments with much lesser risks, you could try investments involving money market mutual funds. These are investments running on a short-term basis with lower risks of non-return of profits. Yup, to the wary investor, this type of mutual funds can provide the optimum security that you’ll want for your investments.

The money market, a segment of the financial market that focuses on short-term debts and securities investments, (unlike the capital market which deals with long-term investments involving equities and bonds) is controlled by the government, particularly by the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC). Hence, investments that enter this mutual funds market are largely regulated to only come in the form of high quality ones. Indeed, money market mutual funds offer the following securities for your investments: liquidity, safety and high yields.

Because the market is regulated, the net asset value per share of your investments is often pegged to be not lower than $1. This basically means that when you but stocks for about $2000, you’ll get an eventual return of the same amount plus a nominal yield depending on the market trend (but this is definitely a savory yield). Well, there could be times when the value falls lower than this but those times are very, very rare. Oftentimes, these losses are even absorbed by the company sponsoring the stocks so you’ll have a good safety net for your investments.

There are many money market instruments that you can choose from in investing with mutual funds. These include notes, bonds, treasury bills and certificates. These are often in the form of borrowing and lending funds that often takes a year to mature in returns and profits. These funds can be obtained from banks or from the government; but most experts would advise that you invest on notes and bonds coming from banks.

Although money market mutual funds do promise high investment yields with low risks, getting successful deals with them still requires effort on your part. Like in any other type of investment, the best weapon that you could arm yourself with when dealing with mutual funds is information. As long as you know how to spot high quality investment deals and you know the measures to lower the risks attached with them, then you’re safe on your mutual funds. Of course, keeping yourself informed requires that you do researches about the money market. As much as possible, you should get some advices from professionals and experts in the field. Ultimately, you should educate yourself on the mutual funds basics so you’ll avoid unwittingly entering into bad investments.

There are plenty of online sites that offer advice and services regarding investments with money market mutual funds. You could try some of these sites to gain more knowledge about this component of the financial market.

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5 Reasons why Zygor Guides are the best WoW Leveling Guide

Admin22 June 2011

John Cook has created a World of Warcraft guide to leveling that is tops in the market. There are many guides on the market, and for free, but none can compete with Zygor Guides in effectiveness.

Here are the top five reasons why Zygor Guides are the best.

Full in game guide – Most other guides rely on you to alt + tab between the game and the guide to make things work. Zygor Guide allows you to easily level without having to ever leave the game.

In game add on included – Zygor Guides include an addon that shows you where to go and what to do. It is combined with the guide to make things as seamless as possible. Unlike a popular free add on, this plugin has a support community behind it.

Zygor Guides work for any class and race - Many guides were written by hunters, for hunters. There are many things hunters can do, that other classes simply can not. If you buy a guide designed for hunters, you run the risk of leveling slower as you will have to skip any quests your class cannot solo. John Cook built his guide to work for any class and race knowing that not everyone wants to be a hunter.

No Grinding – Most guides have spots where grinding is necessary to proceed. This is usually due to some design flaw, or to keep you at an area instead of running you around a little more. If you hate grinding as much as I do, you will be pleased to know that Zygor Guides include no grinding at all.

Freebies – Zygor Guides comes complete with some free downloads when you purchase your copy. These downloads include a talent guide to maximise your experience gain, a Death Knight class guide, an Inscription leveling guide, and more.

So you finally came to the decision that you want to level faster in World of Warcraft, whether it is leveling your first toon to 85 or an Alt. Or maybe you are just frustrated with all those pesky quests that take up so much time as you search high and low for the quest objectives. Whatever might be your reason, you've narrowed it down to the two best Cataclysm ready leveling guides on the market but can't decide which one is better. Not to worry, we'll settle the heated debate once and for all.

Zygor Guides and Dugi both offer virtually the exact same product on the outside. Both products solve your questing frustrations and help you level at amazing speeds. However, one is distinctively different than the other and although both guides do get the job done, one is definitely better than the other.

Here are the distinctive differences between the two:

Installation: Zygor Guides installer is by far better than Dugi's. Dugi's Ultimate WoW Guide installer has you downloading 13 individual.zip files as well as their installer. You then have to ensure the installer and all downloaded files are in the same folder and execute the installer. It's not the end of the world and helps a little bit – but to have to do that every update (and these guides update a lot) can be very tedious. Zygor Guides installer is simple. Download, click install, and you are up and running. Every time there is an update, click update, and you are updated! That's it.

Speed and User Interface: Neither guide is faster than the other. I don't care how many people tell me one is faster than the other – I've used both and have very similar XP/H with both and both are FAST. User Interface is a matter of opinion, while Zygor Guides creates and designs their own addon, I feel it's much better. Dugi uses Tour Guide (Popular free addon) to load his guides into – just a plain WoW look. Again, matter of opinion.

Bonuses Offered: I do not know what bonuses people are looking at when they hype them up. Both guides offer very weak bonuses that are for the most part small articles. A nice read and slight perk if you have not done a search online for the same information, but it is just that – a perk.

Addon Mechanics (Smart Injection System and Talent Advisor): Zygor Guides again takes the cake with their fully automated Smart Injection System that adjusts based on your quests complete and current level to find the best spot on their leveling path to place you. Dugi's guide is simply a level range selector based on zone. No automation, you have to do a little searching once you pick your zone. Talent advisors are not even a debate as Dugi offers the Talent advisor "Talented!" which is a free 3rd party addon! Zygor Guides has a built in talent advisor that can automatically add points in popular talent builds as you level or just fill them out, let you make any changes, and then have you learn them.

Price: It's the only thing Dugi has on Zygor Guides right now, as they are currently $10.00 cheaper.

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NEW MUSIC RELEASES

Admin20 June 2011

 

COME TUNE INN TO SOUND OF N.S.C(New Sound Creation)

MUSIC

http://www.youtube.com/frassdem

WELCOME TO N.S.C MUSIC WORLD,COME TUNE INN TO THE BEST R&B/REGGAE MUSIC.

Come tune in to the New Generation of Reggae and RnB music.

Artistes include:

Nagga

Dagga

Shaka

AB

Special shout outs to Jason & Tena from Way Of Life Studios,No Flaw Reggae, Sabu, World Lynkz Radio and to all of our N.S.C FANS

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The Jerkass Cine-bomber

Admin13 June 2011

Wash Out.

01. Jun, 2011

How is a seriously crappy day for me good for this Cine-bomber Manifesto (the blog yer readin’)? It’s so revealing. Truly. Come:

I’ve been out of work for about 2 weeks. I was driving for a living. Why is an SMU grad tooling around town as a contract courier at age 40? Having done little else in the way of “skins on the wall” – tangible accomplishments?

One man’s slacker is another man’s dreamer. I’m pretty sure I’m in a world populated by more from “Column A” there. And to be honest, the one thing in my life that alleviates me from having to accept the title “slacker” IS this movie dream thingamawhatzit.

lo-ser!

More from “Him” – my psyche-monster. Always something to add from the cheap seats, he. (If the Blog gets a following, some day I will quit acknowledging the function of the italicized text. This ain’t that day.)

I don’t necessarily agree with “Him,” lest you think this is some sad, thinly-veiled cry for help. “Him” is reflective if the me of the past, and voices outside me that weren’t always supportive. We’re not in the end-me game here.

Back to 2 weeks of unemployment. I’m not special, plenty of good people have been unemployed during the economic downturn of the last…. You been keepin’ up with it, right? I’m not a world news outlet here.

The crap thing about the timing of this is that I had just dedicated myself to this movie project – the fan film – and thought I could count on my primary income from driving, having been contracted with the courier company for almost 3 years. See, I totally understand that there’s no reason for anyone to truly care about this project. I have a vision for it, so I take it as being up to me to realize it. Which is why I am taking the next year to find every avenue available for secondary income.

Crazy thing about “secondary income”… sorta implies that there is a PRIMARY income. That’s where I’m lacking at the moment.

So, since the people I share living space with still require luxuries like food and shelter, the procurement of said primary income has suddenly become Priority Number Uno. (Yes, I said “Number Uno.” I’ll mix-n-match as I please.)

Gotta have a job.

And I SO wanted to quit driving for a “living”. I find an ad for a guy hiring residential window washers (where does that rank on the Glamour Scale, from 1 to Lady Gaga?). A step up from courier driving? Pshht. It’s just NOT driving. And the potential pay sounded good. There might even be something left over from this “primary job” to throw into the Movie Fund! IF I could only get GOOD at this. Wash windows. Sound tough?

DAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum…. It kicked my ass.

Not so much the labor, the actual task of getting the windows clean. It’s the taking the screens off-and-on, the lugging the ladder and climbing up-and-down. I could probably learn tips to make it go feaster. I could just get faster.

IF I lived in San Diego.

It’s HOT out there! Good lord. Ridiculous amounts of water. Downing it all day. Not at age 40.

you’re the only one in the world who wouldn’t think about the Texas heat, Brains-for-sale…

Touché, sir. I concede.

So, yeah. Guess who’s getting a DRIVING JOB right away?

couldn’t happen to a nicer guy…

 

There are ways of getting films made. Where do you get the financing? The choice I’m making comes down to this:

I could produce my own original script (which I have plenty), and with no prior commercial producing experience, I could attempt to court investors to finance some extremely modest low-budget pet project with virtually no expectation of return on investment. Another unmarketable micro-budget indie swimming through a vast ocean of film festival circuit entries looking for distribution. Facing the daunting task of distinguishing itself through that incredible white noise.

Of course there is now “crowdfunding” – I’ll throw a little free love indiegogo’s way. Which doesn’t really steer things one way or other. People are using crowdfunding to make fan films and original films as well. There’s no expectation of return (at least not currently), it’s a straight-up donation to projects people like. But the amounts raised can’t be counted on, and likely aren’t going to lead to a commercially viable product. I’m sure crowdfunding will produce some real standout work, but I’m merely acknowledging the long odds.

OR

Commit to crazy course of action. EARN as much money as I can in any way I can to pour into my own fan film. I mean, WAY more money than makes sense for a guy like me to commit to a project with a GUARANTEE of no return on investment.

I hope that number is crazy-high. I mean newsworthy high.

uhhh…

The trick, of course, is whether I can deliver. It’s no great feat to spend a year fundraising like a madman and then to blow it spectacularly on some unwatchable piece of (we’re keeping this relatively PG-13, since the as-yet unnamed in This Blog source material is). The trick is creating the next “The Hunt for Gollum” and raising the bar beyond it, if I can.

oooooh, juicy…

 

 

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Free Psychic Readings, Proof of the Afterlife!

Admin12 June 2011

PROOF OF THE AFTERLIFE

We turn to psychics because we sense there is something more to existence, or we wish to contact those who have passed on. Free Psychic Readings – Russell Grant Astrologer Royal. We do not turn to psychics if we are convinced the majority are fake taking advantage of the vulnerable by predicting hogwash, and that those who consult them are deluded. Where is the proof? We want something concrete, not just the waffling of a few New Age folk clinking crystals and claiming they can see the ghost of our Aunt Nelly! But the fact is a great deal of research has already been carried out on sensitives, such as “long distance viewers”, and the results are in the main astounding.

“Remote viewing” has been widely used by the US military and numerous scientific studies have been carried out on the empaths who utilize their system. The “viewers” are expected to give information on military secrets, and to this end the US Government invested some US$20 million on research programmes to prove psychically gifted people do gain access to classified material from afar. There are numerous success stories concerning particularly gifted “viewers” decoding the military secrets of rogue states or discovering where despots are hiding by simply tuning into their paranormal visions.

Even more tests have been carried out regarding the “Life After Death” phenomena. In an exclusive interview with the “Psychic Times” quote “best selling author and scientist Dr. Gary Schwartz continues life after death research notwithstanding the skeptics’ derision.”

In his article Michael E Tymn of the aforementioned Psychic Times says ‘“Schwartz is a cultured man who received a doctorate from Harvard University and was a Professor of psychology at Yale University before he started investigating mediumship. Schwartz referred to after-death contact as follows. “I can no longer ignore the data and dismiss the words. They are as real as the sun, the trees, and our television sets, which seem to pull pictures out of the air.”’

Tymn’s article went on to state; “Since the release of Schwartz’s book, “The Afterlife Experiments”, he has come under attack by the fundamentalists of science, the people some refer to as ‘debunkers’ or ‘pseudo-skeptics’ of life after death, but whom Schwartz kindly calls ‘super-skeptics.’ They have scoffed at his research, calling it ‘junk science’ while pointing out that the studies detailed in the book were not double-blind or subject to replication, two fundamentals of hard science. In fact, Schwartz has since done double-blind and even triple-blind studies (where the researcher, the medium, and the sitter were kept in the dark), but they have been equally unacceptable to the scientific fundamentalists. His conclusion? “Based on my repeated observations of the skeptics and my experience with them, I would say that there is no experiment that I could even imagine designing that would convince them.”

It has been consistently verified that clairvoyants and empathic healers tested by bonafide organizations are not fakes, but gifted individuals whose connections to past, present and future are proved consistently life changing for those who take advantage of their gifts! Indeed, one could say their claims of spirit survival are verified by orb photographs taken around the world in ever increasing numbers, some say due to today’s highly sensitive photographic equipment. Certainly, orbs provide more than enough evidence of multi-dimensions or “something” beyond the veil. Indeed, auric photography also proves the existence of rainbow colours within the human energy field.

Skeptics can rant on, but the truth is humanity knows little of how the universe functions. Even though New Science is proving the existence of new dimensions and universes on a virtually daily basis, the evidence is still ignored or derided by mainstream science. One could say there is a dire resistance to perceiving reality from any type of alternative format.

Yet, more often than not when we consult a psychic a miracle does occur. For example they see into aspects of our lives nobody could know about, they predict the future accurately, they connect us to proof that the souls of those we love survive on in another dimension. If we are thinking of calling a psychic for the very first time and are not that convinced however, all we need do is undertake some basic research to discover the authenticity of this ancient art. The outcome? Well, the least we can expect is an interesting experience, the most a life changing event. Dial that number now, find out for yourself! Whatever happens, we are sure you will not be disappointed!

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