Saturday, June 27, 2009

Saving Hours and Dollars Via the Video Business Production

By Chuck R Stewart

The IPO presentation is necessary for a thriving business. Companies need it to raise capital when private placement capital may not be enough. It can be either live, face to face or live, over the Internet. While there are many good reasons for giving a live demo, there are also many disadvantages. These disadvantages can be overcome through the business video production.

Lets discuss the types of presentations given today, starting with the live demo. The most obvious good reason is personal interaction and goodwill. This is a big advantage, but the drawbacks are just as important. The most obvious is the cost and hassle of travel. And the cost of plane tickets, hotels, and rental cars is only going up. In addition, the modern father or mother is less willing to be away from the family for days at a time. For these reasons, staying in town is growing in popularity.

Which brings up the webinar. A webinar is a presentation over the Internet. In a webinar, the audience can see the computer of the presenter, and they can speak to each other over the phone or VOIP (voice over Internet protocol). A video camera improves the process by making the presenter visible to the audience and, with a second camera, can even make the viewer visible to the presenter. With this optimal setup, the presenter has all of the advantages of an in-person visit (the interpersonal interaction) without the pain (cost and time away from home).

Which leads us to the webinar. A webinar is a presentation via the Internet. In a webinar, the viewer can see the computer of the presenter, and they can speak to each other over the phone or VOIP (voice over Internet protocol). A web cam improves the process by making the presenter visible to the audience and, with a second camera, can even make the audience visible to the presenter. With this optimal setup, the presenter has all of the advantages of the personal visit (the interpersonal interaction) without the disadvantages (cost and time away from home).

The second disadvantage of the live presentation is the foibles and missteps of all humans that come out as stumbles and fumbles. regardless of how much we practice, we are doomed to imperfection, and the level of our professional mien is determined by the number of our "ers" and "ums" and slips of the tongue.

Once again, its developing technology to the rescue in the form of the high-definition video presentation. While this variety of presentation has the disadvantage of the lack of direct human interaction, it overcomes the disadvantages of the live presentation and the webinar. Most obviously, it eliminates the need for the presenter to travel to the viewers site. Second, it saves the precious time of the presenter. Once the kinks are worked out of the video presentation, it can be viewed an uncountable number of times by an uncountable number of people. Third, the problem of coordinating two or more schedules is gone. The video presentation can be viewed by each individual at whatever time is convenient, and the viewing can even be split into shorter segments that fit into the busy schedule. Finally, the perfected video has none of the slips of the tongue seen in any live presentation. - 23309

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Online Commodity Trading - What Is It?

By Anne Durrell

Online commodity trading is an exciting and different opportunity for trading on the internet. Interest in the market is increasing and that means larger trading volumes and larger potential for profits if you know what you are doing.

There are schools that start the course even only last for few days, they help people to learn about online commodity trading and teach the basics of the market.

Whether you decide to attend the class for the course or not, it is very important for you to know about commodity trading before you jump into this market. Learn how to control your orders and how to place orders in the commodity market.

This involves learning how to use the latest software. Studying how professionals make money through buying and selling will provide you with good examples of how you need to conduct yourself even though the trades you will be doing will likely be on a much smaller scale.

Learn which online commodity trading transactions that have the most risk, that way you can always control your exposure to great losses.

A bit of education will help you to reliably determine which investments are likely to be profitable and which should be avoided due to risk factors. It is possible to utilize different types of contracts at the same time to increase your leverage.

If you want to do well in the online trading market, you must have discipline and move carefully with a solid plan and established knowledge about the market and software you are using. Everything makes the trading looks complex, but if you do it correctly, it can actually give you profits and with less risky.

If you put the time in to learning the market and make carefully scripted decisions, you may find that online commodity trading is very lucrative. For some it becomes a full time career.

The internet makes it flexible so you can start slow and increase your trading volume as you get more comfortable. Soon you may be able to quit your day job! - 23309

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Foreign Exchange Trading, Easy As Pie.

By John Eather

Defining Forex- The definition of foreign exchange trading is very straight forward as the trading of one currency in exchange for another. This market is the largest, richest and most liquid on the face of the earth. Trades are conducted twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week, non-stop trading in other words. An estimated US$1.5 trillion dollars is traded per day. Market participants include banks, corporations, individuals and speculators. Government and commercial currency conversions make up five percent of daily volumes, the volume difference consists out of speculations and trading.

Market features- Foreign exchange trading opens the door to wonderful investment opportunities for both small and large investors. Advantages to trading on the forex market includes great investment liquidity, 24/7 trading across the world markets with trade session overlapping, traders are able to respond imminently to economical, market and political news, trade costs are low and margin trade opportunities are readily available.

Risk- The risk involved with forex trading is just as high as the possible reward. However it's very important to understand that you stand the chance of losing not only any profits made but also your total initial investment. If you are gambling on the market with money you don't actually have or you are not willing to loose, rather avoid it. Should you feel uncertain about this trade type, follow your gut feeling and rather steer clear from trading. Invest in trade courses or books on the subject to assist you with understanding the mechanics of the market before serious trading is attempted

Different forex rates- Foreign exchange is usually traded on the spot rate. This means that trades are completed on the spot rate and settled within 2 working days. However in rare instances the positions can remain open, rolls over and expires on the closest settlement day. The rate at which trade occurs is known as next rate.

Asking or offer price- The price quotes for the two currencies are known as offer or asking price. The asking price will be reflect on your right and offer left. - 23309

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Learn How To Day Trade Forex

By Ahmad Hassam

Learn to day trade forex. But I want to make a few facts very clear before you embark on your journey of forex trading. These facts should be the foundation of any forex system that you develop.

The first most important thing that you should understand and make very clear is that forex is not a get rich quick scheme. Skilled currency traders can and in fact do make good money in forex trading. However like any other business or career, success just doesnt happen overnight or in a few weeks. You should use this great formula for success: Patience+Practice+Persistence=Profits.

As they say there is no substitute for hard work and diligence. Practice trading on a demo account and pretend that virtual money is your own real money. Do not open a live trading account until you become profitable on your demo account. Stick to the plan and you can be successful.

When you start trading forex, just choose two major currency pairs that you will trade in the start. It will become very difficult to keep tab on the all major currency pairs in the beginning. You should start with a major currency pair. The spread on the major pairs is the best and they are the most liquid. EURUSD pair is the most commonly traded pair in the currency markets and usually has the best spread because of its liquidity.

USDCHF is the most volatile pair among the major currency pairs. It is highly volatile and moves the most during the trading week. However, USDJPY moves a lot only on the news out of Japan. GBPUSD is the most stable and least volatile among the major currency pairs.

You should follow and understand the daily forex news and analysis of the professional currency analyst. It is important for you to get a birds eye view of the currency markets and the news that affects the prices of the major pair that you want to trade. You should also know and understand what the key technical support and resistance levels are in the currency pair that you want to trade.

Support is the predicted level to buy. It is where the currency pair moves up on the charts. Resistance is the predicted level to sell. It is where the currency pair should move down on the charts.

Fortunately for you, all the best forex news and analysis is available freely online. Most of the brokers provide this information on daily basis. You can also go to forexnews.com and get 24 hrs news and analysis on the spot forex market. When you read the technical news and analysis, write down on a piece of paper the direction the analyst are saying about the currency pair you are trading and the key support and resistance level for that pair.

Learn how to use technical indicators and always trade with stop losses. It is worth your time to be patient and learn how to use technical indicators on the charts that you will be reading shortly.

Learn to be disciplined when you are trading. Avoid emotions in trading! Stick to a good system and a plan. Depending on your risk appetite and strategy, set your stop losses accordingly when you trade. Try not to trade your gut feeling. - 23309

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Forex Tutorial: Currency Pairs and Forex Quotes

By Bart Icles

If you are new to the forex market, you might find forex quotes confusing. Do not allow yourself to be overwhelmed with forex quotes. In fact, reading forex quotes can be quite easy.

In reading forex quotes or currency pairs, there are two important things that you must keep in mind. First is that the currency being quoted first is what we refer to as the base currency. Second is that the value of base currency always equals to 1.

The centerpiece or focus of the forex market is the US Dollar. It is also often quoted as the base currency for a lot of pairs. A currency pair that has the US Dollar as the base currency is what we call "major". Examples of major currency pairs are USD/JPY, USD/CAD, and USD/CHF. In major currency pairs, quoted currencies are expressed as the US Dollar, specifically, one (1) US Dollar for every, or a fraction of the, unit of the second currency quoted in the pair.

As an example, let us take the US Dollar and the Swiss Franc. In the currency pair USD/CHF, the base currency is the US Dollar. In the quote USD/CHF = 1.0806, one unit of the US Dollar is equivalent to 1.0806 units of Swiss Francs.

If a currency goes up, you must take note of the base currency. In the aforementioned pair, the US Dollar is the base currency. If the quote goes up, it simply means the value of the US Dollar has increased compared with the value of the Swiss Franc. If the quote goes down, then one can easily conclude that the value of the US Dollar has depreciated to a certain degree.

There are cases when the US Dollar is not the base currency. We often see the US Dollar as the quoted currency when it is paired with the Australian Dollar (AUD), British Pound (GBP), and Euro (EUR). Let us take the AUD/USD currency pair quoted at 0.8044. This shows that one unit of Australian Dollar is equivalent to 0.8044 or less than one unit of US Dollar. One can conclude that the Australian Dollar is weaker than the US Dollar. If the quote goes up, then it means that the US Dollar has weakened against the Australian Dollar.

Currency pairs do not always involve the US Dollar. These currency pairs are referred to as cross currencies. Examples of which are EUR/AUD, EUR/JPY, CHF/JPY, and EUR/SGD. Let us take the currency EUR/SGD pair quoted at 2.0373. This shows that one unit of Euro is equivalent to more than two units of Singapore Dollar or 2.0373 Singapore dollars. - 23309

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