Reasoning Theorems of Success

Think about this one. Has your broker EVER recommended that you place a stop-loss order on a stock after you have bought it? Ninety-nine percent of the brokers never think about helping you protect your capital. In fact these brokers are not taught this very important technique. The brokerage companies don’t realize that by helping you get out of a poor position it gives them more of your money to trade again to make them even more commissions which is all they really care about.

You see, they don’t want to recommend stops because if you sell out you might take your money out and that’s a no-no. Or worse yet, you might blame the broker because the stock went up after you were out and now you are mad. Let me draw on my 30 years of experience as a trader and let you in on a little secret. Three weeks to 6 weeks after you have been stopped out of any position that individual issue is going to be lower than where you sold it in about 75 to 80% of the time. When you are at the gaming table you must go with the odds.

I hear your protests. “But I’m not a gambler, I’m a long term investor” No, you’re not. You are just as much of a speculator as the day trader; the only difference of the time frame. To make a substantial return on your investment you must keep you funds working with profitable stocks or mutual funds all the time. You cannot afford to buy something and have it drop in price and then wait months or years for it to come back “even”. It is not “even” because you have lost the investment power of your cash by not being in some other stock that is going up NOW not some nebulous time in the future.

Stops are easy to figure. Don’t ask your broker; he probably doesn’t know. Very simply you might place a 10% stop below the low of the previous 2 weeks and keep moving it up every Monday morning. Let’s take a look at what might have happened in this recent crazy tech market. Microsoft went to $119 and as of this Friday, May 26 was $61; WorldCom went to $64, now $37; Palm $165, now $21; E-trade $72, now $15; Ask Jeeves $190, now $20; Red Hat $151, now $17 and there are plenty more like this. Many are 80% lower and it is doubtful we will see new highs in our lifetime. If you owned any of these last year and did not have a stop sell you are hurting today.

And if you did get stopped out and it went to a new high you could buy it back again placing the same kind of stop. Using this method to sell is letting the market tell you when to get out and not guessing that this is the high. You don’t know. Neither do I. Let the price action tell you. This is what the professionals do.

You must learn how to use stops or you will never make real money in the market.

Al Thomas’ book, “If It Doesn’t Go Up, Don’t Buy
It!” has helped thousands of people make money
and keep their profits with his simple 2-step
method. Read the first chapter at
http://www.mutualfundmagic.com
and discover why he’s the man that Wall Street
does not want you to know.

Copyright 2005

We are bombarded by the mainstream media and advertisements of slim models and actresses with sexy bodies. Normally such models and actresses are in their teens or early twenties when they still have high metabolic rates to used up extra food digested in the stomach. Basically, they continue eating as per normal while possessing those slim healthy bodies. People normally put on weight in their early thirties and beyond due to metabolic syndrome where excess food is not burnt up so effectively and hence stored as fat in their bodies. One way to lose weight marginally is to go for gastric band surgery of the stomach.

In early 1985, Dr. Dag Hallberg applied for a patent for the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band (SAGB) within Scandinavian countries. In late March, Dr. Hallberg presented his idea of the “balloon band” at the Swedish Surgical Society and started to use the SAGB in a controlled series of 50 procedures. During this time, laparoscopic surgery was not common and Dr. Hallberg and his assistant, Dr. Peter Forsell, started performing the open technique to implant the SAGB.

In 1992, Dr. Forsell was in contact with different surgeons in Switzerland, Italy and Germany who began to implant the SAGB with the laparoscopic technique. Dr. Forsell fully owned the patent at this time. In 1994, Dr. Forsell presented the SAGB at an international workshop for bariatric surgery in Sweden, and from then on, the SAGB started to be implanted laparoscopically. During this time, the SAGB was manufactured by a Swedish company, ATOS Medical.

In general, gastric banding is indicated for people for whom all of the following apply: Body Mass Index above 40, or those who are 100 pounds (45 kg) or more over their estimated ideal weight or those between 30 to 40 with co-morbidities which may improve with weight loss (high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, and arthritis). Patients that quality for gastric banding are of the ages between 18 and 55 years (although there are doctors who will work outside these ages, some as young as 12).

There’s a clear way around press release failure and it’s called the pitch. A lot like it sounds a pitch is a fast throw at busy editors about a possible story. If they want to find out more, then you send the press release.

That leads me to a huge pet peeve: Sending out press releases via e-mail to a list of editors. From my experience it’s never - ever - worked. I no longer try it and suggest you don’t either. It’s a waste of your time and all of the editors. Instead:

1. Focus on a handful of your “dream publications.” For me, I’d like to get into Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur magazine and the Wall Street Journal. When picking your publications, think of your target audience. What do they read and why do they read it?

2. Pick the section you’d like to appear in. You never know, but chances are you won’t appear on the cover of the publication in your first attempt at placement, instead, focus on sidebars, resource listings and short news sections. Almost all print pubs have them. Look at it as the waiting room for bigger and better stories on the unique products and/or services you offer.

3. Find out who the editor is. Once you have your section, find out who’s in charge of it. You’ll need the person’s name, e-mail address and the most important element of successfully getting placed in the publication . . .

4. Learn what the editor needs. The number one thing you’ll need to know about the editors you’re targeting is the kind of information they want to publish in their sections. There are two ways to do that: You could ask, but then that could open up a can of worms if the editor doesn’t want to get calls - and most don’t. Or, you could compare a few back issues of the publication to find out what they’ve published in the past.

5. Create the pitch. You’ll want to start your pitch by stating your understanding of the editor’s needs. Then list - in clear bullet points - how your news fits his or her requirements. Note: Always leave your phone number in the text of the pitch e-mail to give the editor easy access to you - and your story.

6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 until you get a response. Sound tedious? Maybe. But at least the time you spend on this will reap much better results than sending one release out to thousands of editors - right along with other business people hungry for coverage.

Bottom line: It’s about building relationships with editors. And the only way to build a relationship is to find the need and fill it - consistently and considerately.

Lisa Sparks, author of ‘Power Words: How to Write Ezines that Increase Your Sales,’ has more than 13 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and marketing. Sign up for her ezine, a $197 per year value, at no cost by visiting www.integritywriting.com.

Salehoo: Wholesale Ripstop Nylong Fabric
You can use Google to find the traditional wholesaler out, but it always time-consuming and sometime, the result is not ideal enough. To find those traditional wholesaler out, you can check out Salehoo, which is the largest reliable wholesaler directory in the world, by which you can find wholesaler for almost everything you want to sell on eBay. And you also get 56 days money back guarantee from Salehoo, if you can not find the appropriate wholesaler from them, you can ask for 100% money refund. It should worth a try. I have seen an upsurge in people looking to start profitable businesses on Ebay and are constantly turning to drop ship directories like Salehoo to source goods and have them delivered, so learn all about Salehoo wholesalers.

The way to increase profits from wholesale is to build your own website and/or open an eBay store which is the real benefit of Salehoo dropshippers. Closeout News is a great example of a publication that is geared towards wholesale buyers and also the Salehoo Suppliers. From the outset Salehoo has been constantly adding new suppliers and verifying them to provide a comprehensive database

Salehoo Carriage Rv Wholesale:
It’s also better to have two to three Salehoo wholesale suppliers since, as Italian charms sell so quickly. Also, beware of phony Italian charms. Real Italian charms are made from 18k gold ribbon that is flattened and molded, then soldered on the back to a strip of stainless steel links. In some cases, the Italian charm is protected with enamel. Ebay powersellers trust Salehoo dropshippers and Salehoo prices.

Salehoo also had a money back guarantee so I thought this time I’d give it a go, so try to join the Salehoo forums. If you are buying products from a wholesale distributor they are making money from the products you are purchasing, which will be the Salehoo customers. See Salehoo.

Do you want to increase web site traffic, but you are in a rut, or you don’t have a big advertising budget? There are ways to market your business to sell more products or services that will not cost you an “arm and a leg.” The key is to find what works for your individual business-because what works well for some will not work well for others. Although pay-per-click services are one of the most common ways that people use to increase website traffic, there are other ways that may be even more effective to not only increase the traffic but make it more productive in sales as well. There are basically two areas to consider: ways to increase web site traffic and the web site design.

Increasing Traffic

–Pay per clickthis has been in practice for many years. Businesses bid for the right to use certain keywords or phrases. The highest bidders are placed at the top of search engines, making them more likely to be “clicked on” and increase web site traffic. The only problem with this is that sometimes you can get “false clicks” from a competitor or “curiosity clicks” from web surfers who have no intention of buying and you are still paying for those clicks. You might want to look at pay per sale services instead.

–Another way to increase web site traffic is to double target potential customers. This is similar to pay per click but the visitors who enter your keyword or keyword phrases are sent first to an informational article page with your ad featured on it. You are only charged when they click on your ad. In this way you increase web site traffic with customers who have expressed specific interest in your product.

–Blogging is something that you may or may not have considered as a way to increase web site traffic. When you use a free blog you can put links to affiliated sites, links to your site and information which will interest potential customers in your products and services like upcoming sales and new product info. You can even get customer feedback on your blog.

Web site design can also increase web site traffic. You should make sure that your site is easy to navigate, uses colors which complement your product rather than detract from it, and has graphics and font styles which are professional if you want to increase web site traffic. Put important information at the top of the page and links should be easy to find. Customers will appreciate as much information as you can give them, but not all bunched on one page. Have a FAQ page or some other format so that they can get all of the information they need without searching on someone else’s site.

Eriani Doye writes articles about internet business. If you would like more ideas to increase web site traffic, visit rtraffic.com.