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on 20 Apr 2008
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I (more...) have finally done it! I am stepping out and starting my own community. I am doing it a little different however. I have decided to build my community using webinar technology.
This means, not only can you hear me but you will be able to see what I am doing as well.
Oh... did I mention that I was giving away a $150 digital camcorder?!!! Shh... keep that under your hat. (less)
My Story Marketing Tips - Observation #1
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on 25 Mar 2008
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My (more...) first observation of the My Story Marketing concept was the use of personal photos.
You have heard the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words." That's because pictures tell a better story about who you are. My Story marketing is all about telling YOUR story.
People want to know that you are just like them. Pictures help convey your My Story message.
In my observation, MLMGoldmine members have done a great job at the MyStory marketing concept. They usually load 12 - 15 personal pictures using a software from a company called Slide.
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Installing Wordpress Plugins | Tutorial #10
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ocollier
on 19 Mar 2008
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Now (more...) that you've got your WordPress blog looking good, isn't it time to go up under the hood and tweak it a little bit so we can get more power out of it?
Introducing WordPress plugins. These are little script add ons that take your WordPress blog to the next level. Everything from e-commerce plugins to photo gallery plugins exists. If there's something you wish you could do with your WordPress blog, there's probably a plugin that does it.
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Duration: 10:00
Connect MySQL to WordPress | Tutorial #7
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on 19 Mar 2008
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We (more...) are almost finished. Our next step is to create a MySQL database and then connect it to your WordPress files. I know that probably sounds challenging. You are probably saying to yourself, "Create a database? I don't know the first thing about creating a database. That sounds difficult."
Let me ask you three questions:More...
1. Do you trust me?
2. Haven't the videos up to this point been easy to follow and understand?
3. Then why do you think this task will be any different?
Creating a MySQL database will be one of the easiest tasks in this entire series. Once you have completed this task, there should be nothing else standing in your way from completing everything else. It's down hill from here.
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Duration: 10:00
Downloading WordPress | Tutorial #4
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on 19 Mar 2008
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In (more...) the last three video sessions you learned how to get a free domain, you learned how to get free hosting, and you learned how to update your domain name system. In this video, I will show you where to go get the #1 blogging software in the world.
WordPress is a powerful personal publishing platform, and it comes with a great set of features designed to make your experience as a publisher on the Internet as easy, pleasant and appealing as possible. It is an excellent open-source and free blogging software that has taken over all its competitors.
WordPress is designed to be installed on your own web server, or shared hosting account, which gives you complete control over the weblog. It is written in PHP and backed by a MySQL database.
Otis Collier
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58. What Traders Need to Know About The Structure of The Fed
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on 18 Feb 2008
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A lesson (more...) on the structure of the Federal reserve for traders and investors in the stock, futures, and forex markets.
In our last lesson we finalized our discussion on the importance of interest rates and introduced the Federal Reserve. In today's lesson we're going to continue our discussion on the Federal Reserve by looking at the parts of the Fed which are relevant to us as traders so we can begin to understand how this one institution is able to create drastic moves in the markets.
The Federal Reserve has many responsibilities which include regulating banking activity, playing a major role in operating the nation's payments system, and maintaining the stability of the financial system. The role that is most important to us as traders and therefore the role in which we will concentrate on in our lessons, is its role in conducting the nation's monetary policy.
***As a side note here the Federal Reserve is also the Central Bank of the United States. I say this here because most countries have something which operates in much the same way as the Fed which is many times referred to in other countries as the Central Bank. While these institutions may be structured differently from the Fed, from a broad perspective many of the things you learn in our lessons on monetary policy will apply to any central bank.
While the Fed's objectives are set by law, its day to day activities are not subject to government approval. This is an important point to understand as it means that unlike Fiscal Policy, which must be approved by both Congress and the President, monetary policy can be enacted as the Fed pleases. This gives the Fed much more control over the economy at least in the short term, and is the reason why some people consider the chairman of the Federal Reserve to be more powerful than even the President.
There are many interesting details about The Fed and its structure that I encourage everyone to explore, however the primary components which move markets, and are therefore the ones that we will focus on, are:
1. The Board of Governors: Located in Washington DC the Board of Governors is at the top of The Fed's food chain. It is made up of 7 members who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. To help keep The Fed from being influenced by political factors, 5 of the Fed Governors are appointed to staggered 14 Year terms. The Chairman and the Vice Chairman are appointed to 4 year terms and can be reappointed should the President wish to have them.
2. The Regional Federal Reserve Banks: This is a network which includes the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, and 25 Branches. As most of you already know, different areas of the United States are comprised of different industries. As an example the New York area economy is influenced heavily by what is going on in financial services, while the San Francisco area economy is influenced heavily by what is happening in the technology sector. As this is the case, each of the regional banks are strategically located throughout the country so that the can stay abreast of current economic conditions in each area. (less)
57. What Traders Know About Interest Rates Part 2
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on 14 Feb 2008
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The (more...) second lesson of two on interest rates, why they are so important to the stock market and to traders and investors in the stock, futures, and forex markets with an introduction to the Federal Reserve.
In yesterday's lesson we began our discussion on Monetary Policy with a look at one of its primary components, interest rates. In today's lesson we are going to continue this discussion with another look at how interest rates affect the economy and therefore the markets, and by introducing the institution which implements Monetary Policy, the Federal Reserve.
As we saw in our example yesterday, small movements in interest rates can have dramatic effects on the economy. Just as small changes in interest rates can dramatically increase the costs for individuals to own a home or borrow money to purchase other goods, they can also have a dramatic affect on the cost of doing business.
It is for this reason that when interest rates rise, making borrowed money more costly, that people will also be less likely to start or expand a business. This not only has an effect on the business owner themselves but filters throughout the entire economy as less businesses being started and expanded means less jobs, which means less people getting paychecks, which means less people spending money and on and on down the line. The opposite is of course also true for when interest rates fall and business owners take advantage of access to cheaper borrowed money.
In addition to interest rates affecting the stock market, interest rates also have direct and indirect affects on the bond, foreign exchange, and futures markets. Here are a couple of quick examples of this which we will expand on in later lessons:
The Bond Market: When interest rates rise the value of existing bonds fall as investors can now purchase the same bond with a higher interest rate and vice versa.
The Forex Market: When Interest rates it becomes more attractive from a yield standpoint to own the dollar against other currencies or to invest in interest bearing dollar based assets. This creates a demand for dollars which will many times cause the dollar to strengthen. The reverse is also true when interest rates fall.
The Commodities Market: When economies grow at a greater rate as a result of lower interest rates this will mean a greater demand for commodities so their value will rise and vice versa. (less)
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55. The Business Cycle and Fiscal Policy - What Traders Know
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on 12 Feb 2008
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A lesson (more...) on the business cycle and how the government uses fiscal policy to try and keep growth going and inflation in check and what this means for traders of the stock, futures, and forex markets.
Fiscal policy can be defined for our purposes very simply as anything relating to government spending and taxation. Before looking at the fiscal policy role of government in trying to influence the economy, one must first have an understanding of the business cycle. For a number of reasons which are widely debated the economy goes through repeated periods of growth and contraction over time which can be broken down into the following phases.
1. A Contraction where economic activity and growth slows and can turn negative
2. Trough where the economy stops contracting and a new expansion begins
3. An Expansion or the speeding up of economic growth.
4. A Peak where the growth of the economy maxes out and begins to turn downward
We could spend many months going over and debating why this is but for our purposes it is simply important to understand that, while the timing and length of each of these phases has varied widely, the above pattern repeats itself over and over again throughout history. This is important for us as traders to understand as different phases of the business cycle and changes in peoples forecasts of where the economy is in those cycles is arguably the greatest factor which effects the price level of every market.
Prior to the great depression the US Government had a pretty hands off approach in regards to the business cycle. Since the great depression however the government has played a much more active role in the economy with its stated goals being to act to facilitate full employment and price stability. To help understand these goals and the balancing act that goes on between them as they often conflict, lets look at how each relates to the different phases of the business cycle.
1. During an expansion we start to see more people employed as companies begin to sell more goods and services and need to hire more people to keep up with the demand. As economic growth picks up and more people are employed there are more people spending their paychecks which can cause prices to rise, something also known as inflation. Because of this effect on prices the government's primary concern here will normally be trying to keep prices stable and inflation in check without hurting economic growth. The two things they can do in regards to Fiscal Policy to try and keep prices in check and inflation at bay are:
a. Raise Taxes: By raising taxes money is taken away from the consumer who now has less money to spend helping to counteract the demand that is pushing prices up and causing inflation.
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53. A Simple Explanation of the US Economy for Traders
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on 31 Jan 2008
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An (more...) overview of the US Economy and the first two components of the economy which are natural resources and the labor force. Explanation meant for traders of the forex, futures, and stock markets.
In our last lesson we gave an introduction to fundamental analysis with an introduction to the top down approach to analyzing fundamentals
and the US Economy. In today's lesson we are going to expand our discussion on the
US economy by looking at the different pieces which make up the economy and how each piece is relevant to us as traders of the stock, futures, and/or
forex markets.
The first component of any economy is its natural resources. One of the key factors that allowed the United
States to grow so quickly and become one of the world powers that it is today, is that it is a land that is rich
in natural resources from oil which drives our industry, to lumber to build our houses, to our large coastlines,
great lakes, and rivers which provide shipping access and move goods throughout the country.
Understanding what natural resources are most important to a country and understanding what affects the prices
of those resources is beneficial to not only commodities traders who trade the actual commodities such as oil
and gold but also to traders of the stock and forex markets. We will go into these correlations in more detail
in later lessons but a short example is that the US economy relies heavily on oil, so when the price of oil goes
higher this is normally seen as a negative for the US Economy as it then costs more for companies to ship their
goods, and for individuals to fill up their cars leaving them less money to spend. Similarly, as the US Imports
much of its oil, when the price of oil goes up this means that more dollars are being sold and converted into
the currencies of the countries which are exporting the oil to the US, therefore all else being equal weakening
the US Dollar and strengthening the currency of the exporting country.
The next component of any economy is its labor force, or the individuals who are working in that economy to
produce goods and services from the countries natural resources. As the labor force in an economy gets paid for
their labor, and then spends that money on the goods and services they and other components of the labor force
have produced, they are an important driver of growth in any economy.
The components which are watched in regards to labor are the size of the labor force in an economy, its rate of
growth, its productivity level, and its skill level, and its mobility or ability to adapt to changing
conditions. Another reason why the United States has the largest economy in the world is the size of its labor
force is constantly growing allowing the economy to produce and sell more goods and services, it is a relatively
mobile labor force which has allowed it to increase productivity faster than other nations through things such
as early adoption of new technology, and it is an educated labor force.
Why is this important from a trading standpoint? Here again we will go into more detail on this when we look at
important economic numbers but a short example is if the labor force becomes more productive, this means that
they are able to produce more goods in the same amount of time. This not only makes companies more profitable
but it holds down prices for the consumer, giving them more money to spend on other goods and services, which
drives growth, which means a higher stock market all else being equal. This increased growth can cause higher
demand for commodities therefore causing the commodities markets to rally all else being equal, and can also
have interest rate implications, something we will learn about in later lessons, which can affect the US
Dollar. (less)
