May 31st, 2008
If you’re looking for a rustic living experience, log cabins - either individually built or from a prefab kit - are a great choice; but they do present some unique decorating challenges. Most often the interior walls around the perimeter of the home are constructed of the same rough logs as the exterior; so what do you do to define your décor, or to provide a new look to a home that’s become boring to you?
Drapes on the windows are always an easy option, but don’t stop there. Quilts or other fabric wall hangings can add interest while establishing a color scheme; add enough large quilts in your choice of designs and the bare log walls will fade into the background. (Wall hangings can also do double duty by helping to minimize drafts common in log homes.) Carefully chosen artwork can also help define the décor; a group of small paintings can complement the log walls, while a number of large canvases can completely redefine the décor, creating any look you want within the home. To add more softness to a room, toss afghans over the sofa and chairs, and add some colorful and comfy pillows. Rugs on the floors contribute warmth, texture, and more color.
Folding screens can redefine the space within a room while adding some decorative touches, and come in an amazing variety of designs, from wood and paper shoji screens to wrought iron screens augmented by colorful fabric panels. Also, consider adding plants - hanging plants on the windows, decorative trees placed around the room on the floors - the bigger the better. A ficus tree or airy palm can add a touch of refinement to the rustic surroundings. (Dieffenbachia are great, but don’t use them if you have pets or small children; their leaves can be toxic if ingested.)
If you have a brown thumb when it comes to plants, think about investing in a variety of high quality artificial versions, available in home décor stores and import stores. Good quality artificial trees and other potted plants are indistinguishable from the real thing-except, of course, that you don’t have to water them, and they don’t die. Everything from the standard ficus and palms to exotic choices like cherry trees and Japanese maples will allow you a lot of creative flexibility when designing your home décor.
Major purchases like sofas, armoires, and beds will also have a sizable impact on the look of a home. Log furniture will obviously fit in with the rustic look, but also consider other approaches. Japanese furnishings will fit in well while providing a very different look; Shaker furniture is also a great choice. Again, soften the look with afghans and quilts in the living room and bedrooms, and pottery and other dishware in warm tones for the kitchen and dining areas.
Having a log home with wood interior walls isn’t nearly as confining as it might appear in terms of decorating. With some creativity and planning, you can choose from an almost unlimited number of comfortable, functional, and attractive decorative styles.
Aldene Fredenburg is a freelance writer living in southwestern New Hampshire and frequently contributes to Tips and Topics. She has published numerous articles in local and regional publications on a wide range of topics, including business, education, the arts, and local events. Her feature articles include an interview with independent documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire State Prison in Concord. She may be reached at amfredenburg@yahoo.com.
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May 31st, 2008
Doing deals with sellers is why you went into lease purchasing. Again, using organization and time management is very important here.
We find the biggest problem beginners have is that they spend too much time going out to look at property. We teach our students that you do not leave the office unless you are certain there is a deal. Remember, you are not a Realtor. You are not getting paid to look at houses all day, so you need to be sure before you leave your office there is a deal. The best way to do that is to ask all the questions when you do your telephone calling. We do it, and we expect our students to do so also.
To avoid wasting your time, look at your phone script and make it more complete. Add the questions that you need to ask so that you don’t make a wasted trip.
When done correctly, the deals can very easily be assimilated into your normal work day. As you do your other work, you take calls from tenant buyers on your properties, give them the information on the particular property they are calling on, qualify them, get credit checks done, and show property on your time schedule, not theirs. Again organization and time management skills come into play along with re-vamping your materials to work more efficiently.
So, take a look to see what changes need to be made with how you deal with sellers, tenant buyers and working deals in your daily schedule. If you are unsure how to make changes ask for help. You can ask us, or someone else, just don’t be afraid to ask for help.
Copyright 2002 DeFiore Enterprises
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May 31st, 2008
Especially if your public relations budget is all about tactics like brochures, special events, talking to reporters and press releases.
Please don’t get me wrong. Communications tactics are valuable devices which we call upon from time-to-time to move a message from here to there.
But, as a business, non-profit or association manager, you can omit the best public relations has to offer, the crme de la crme of PR!
Try this on for size. The core public relations mission pulls together the resources and action planning needed to alter individual perception leading to changed behaviors among a business, non-profit, or association’s most important outside audiences. Then it goes on to help a manager persuade those key folks to his or her way of thinking, and then, moves them to take actions that allow their department, group, division or subsidiary to succeed.
Now, there’s a real theory behind that mission, and it’s the underlying premise of public relations: People act on their own perception of the facts before them, which leads to predictable behaviors about which something can be done. When we create, change or reinforce that opinion by reaching, persuading and moving-to-desired-action the very people whose behaviors affect the organization the most, the public relations mission is usually accomplished.
It’s comforting to note that the right public relations planning really CAN alter individual perception and lead to changed behaviors among key outside audiences.AND equally encouraging when you remember that your PR effort must demand more than special events, news releases and talk show tactics if you are to receive the quality public relations results you believe you deserve.
And those results won’t be long in coming, especially when capital givers or specifying sources begin to look your way; customers begin to make repeat purchases; membership applications start to rise; new proposals for strategic alliances and joint ventures start showing up; politicians and legislators begin looking at you as a key member of the business, non-profit or association communities; welcome bounces in show room visits occur; community leaders begin to seek you out; and prospects actually start to do business with you.
Help is at hand because the public relations people assigned to you can be of real use for your new opinion monitoring project because they are already in the perception and behavior business. But be certain that the PR folks really accept why it’s SO important to know how your most important outside audiences perceive your operations, products or services. Above all, be sure they believe that perceptions almost always result in behaviors that can help or hurt your operation.
Layout the plans for your PR staff re: monitoring and gathering perceptions by questioning members of your most important outside audiences. Ask questions like these: how much do you know about our organization? Have you had prior contact with us and were you pleased with the interchange? Are you familiar with our services or products and employees? Have you experienced problems with our people or procedures?
Bringing in survey firms to do the opinion gathering work can cost a lot more than using those PR folks of yours in that monitoring capacity. But whether it’s your people or a survey firm asking the questions, the objective remains the same: identify untruths, false assumptions, unfounded rumors, inaccuracies, misconceptions and any other negative perception that might translate into hurtful behaviors.
Here, you have to set a goal aiming for action on the most serious problem areas you uncovered during your key audience perception monitoring. Will it be to straighten out that dangerous misconception? Correct that gross inaccuracy? Or, stop that potentially painful rumor dead?
Naturally a goal requires a strategy to show you how to reach it. Just three strategic options are available to you when it comes to solving perception and opinion problems. Change existing perception, create perception where there may be none, or reinforce it. The wrong strategy pick will taste like spare ribs with lemon sauce. So be certain your new strategy fits well with your new public relations goal. You certainly don’t want to select “change” when the facts dictate a strategy of reinforcement.
Now your people must do some good writing. You must prepare a persuasive message that will help move your key audience to your way of thinking. It must be a carefully-written message aimed directly at your key external audience. Select your very best writer because s/he must come up with language that is not merely compelling, persuasive and believable, but clear and factual if they are to shift perception/opinion towards your point of view and lead to the behaviors you have in mind.
It’s time to pick out the communications tactics most likely to carry your message to the attention of your target audience. There are many waiting for you. From speeches, facility tours, emails and brochures to consumer briefings, media interviews, newsletters, personal meetings and many others. But be certain that the tactics you pick are known to reach folks just like your audience members.
How you communicate your message is a concern because the credibility of any message is always fragile. Which is why you may wish to unveil your corrective message before smaller meetings and presentations rather than using higher-profile news releases.
If the thought of a progress report appeals to you, you must begin a second perception monitoring session among members of your external audience in order to measure headway. You can use many of the same questions used in your benchmark session. But this time, you will be on guard for signs that the bad news perception is being altered in your direction.
In the event the program slows down, you can always speed things up by adding more communications tactics as well as increasing their frequencies.
Worry can be healthy, too. Especially when it moves you away from a major emphasis on communications tactics and on to a plan for doing something positive about the behaviors of those important external audiences of yours that most affect your operation. And particularly so when you persuade those key outside folks to your way of thinking by helping to move them to take actions that allow your department, division or subsidiary to succeed.
Bob Kelly counsels and writes for business, non-profit and
association managers about using the fundamental premise of public
relations to achieve their operating objectives. He has been DPR, Pepsi-Cola
Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR, Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communications, U.S.
Department of the Interior, and deputy assistant press secretary, The
White House. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Columbia
University, major in public relations. mailto:bobkelly@TNI.net Visit:www.PRCommentary.com
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May 31st, 2008
The human race had their beginning, and I had mine - in this lifetime, anyway.
Growing up in a cultural melting pot like Chicago set a great foundation for my different drummer to build on. I grew up in a town with six million people; every one of them was different from the next.
It became obvious to me, early on, that thinking, feeling human beings are as different as snowflakes. No two snowflakes are alike. No two people are alike, either. Not even identical twins, or soul mates.
We’re all very similar, in spite of obvious differences. The human race has plenty of sub-races to choose from, in every shape and color imaginable.
Our shape and color has a lot to do with being different, even from other people who are the same shape and color as we are. What shape and color we are affects us all in different ways; the different ways we think and feel about our shape and color is one of the things that makes everybody different.
There are plenty of cultures to choose from on this planet, too. I get the feeling that if you’re an ostrich, you’re an ostrich, and it doesn’t really make much difference if you’re an ostrich in New Zealand or an ostrich in New York. You’re still an ostrich, and you still spend your day doing what an ostrich naturally does.
Human beings aren’t like ostriches. Granted, they all eat, and drink, and think, but how they spend the rest of their minutes depends, pretty much, on the culture they grew up in. Every culture thinks and feels about life differently, so they live different lifestyles. The thoughts and feelings we inherited from the culture we grew up in are another one of the things that makes everybody different.
The big differences between human beings aren’t on the outside, and are invisible to the naked eye. The big differences in human beings are inside. Every human being thinks their own thoughts, and feels their own feelings. That’s what makes every human being unique.
Being unique is obviously what being a thinking, feeling human being is all about. Why else would everything - EVERYTHING - in our lives set us apart from each other? We could be like antelope, and run in herds, but we aren’t. Did we - before modern technology gave us more options in ways to survive than we had when we were living in harmony with nature?
Were we ever all the same? Probably - if you believe in the Garden of Eden concept. We were all created equal, on the same consciousness level as God. We were One with God; we didn’t really think, and we didn’t really feel. We just WERE, and what we were was blissful.
When we decided that we wanted to be physical beings with a spiritual aspect instead of spiritual beings in physical form, we literally changed the world.
Lois Grant-Holland is a Life Path Focus Counselor offering Life Path Focus Sessions, Karmic Astrology Charts, Channeled Guidance, Intuitive Readings and Classes and Workshops to spiritual seekers on all positive paths, and is the site facilitator at The A.N.S.W.E.R. - (The Seeker’s Resource Guide to Alternative, New Thought, Spiritual Growth, Wellness and Enlightenment Resources.) You can visit her website at http://www.loisgrantholland.com
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May 30th, 2008
Eliminating your competition is the easiest way to increase your chances of business success. And I don’t mean literally eliminate them, in the sense of doing something “bad” to them.
When I say eliminate, I mean … take them out of your prospect’s consideration set for your product or service category. Make it so your prospects ONLY think of your business, product or service when they are contemplating making a purchase. That way you get their business, instead of your competition making the sale.
What this means is if you sell widgets, you want your prospects to only think of your widgets when they are thinking of buying widgets. This is pretty easy to do if your business is not in a competitive industry.
But let’s suppose there are all kinds of businesses selling what you are selling, or filling the same consumer or business need you are filling.
How can you make sure your prospects ONLY think of you and therefore only BUY from you and not all those other companies?
Answer: By thoroughly understanding those competing businesses and then doing one of two things:
(1) Finding a position in the category you can own.
This will separate you from all the other businesses and will make you uniquely qualified in the eyes of your prospect to fill their need.
This usually requires finding a specific market niche you can focus on, or finding a specific product or service attribute or benefit, that is of value to your prospects, that none of your competitors can claim or are currently promoting.
This puts you in a class of your own and virtually eliminates the competition. No one does exactly what you do. Or in the quite the way you do it.
(2) By turning your competitors into “co-opitors.”
What the heck is a “co-opitor?” It is a competitor that you turn into a partner or a cooperator. Are there businesses or individuals with whom you could partner, with the idea of referring business to each other?
For example, a wellness coach could partner with a weight watchers clinic or a health club or a massage therapist. All of these practitioners are selling improved health and well being, but they can also be positioned as complementary services.
Or, let’s say you are a web site designer and you decide to focus primarily on working with small businesses (a market niche). You could create a partnership with another web site designer who has decided to focus on large corporations.
If you both agree to only take on business that fits your identified niche, and to refer business outside your niche to the partner, you both win.
You can partner with other businesses in your exact business in this manner, by identifying niches, by geographic area served, or by size or type of clients served.
And you can partner with businesses in different categories that fill a similar customer need by agreeing to work together to help each other get customers.
There is not a business out there that cannot effectively use one of these two strategies to significantly reduce their competition. So figure out which strategy fits your business best, and make it a priority to eliminate your competition this year.
(c) Copyright 2005 Debbie LaChusa, 10stepmarketing
20-year marketing veteran Debbie LaChusa created The 10stepmarketing System to help small business owners and solo-preneurs successfully market their business, themselves without spending a fortune on marketing. To learn more about this simple, step-by-step program and to sign up for her FREE audio class and FREE weekly ezine featuring how-to articles, tips and advice, visit www.10stepmarketing.com
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May 30th, 2008
The exertion of having to drive to a offline gaming establishment should suffice to let it be in the first place. Traffic jams, the exertion, and tasks at hand are too much difficulty for that chance of placing your wager at offline gaming establishment, all the same, should you happen to be the type of person who is fanatic about gaming halls then going online is surely the obvious solution.
There’s no reason to leave house for online blackjack because everything will be conducted from where you are provided you possess a working computer including broadband Internet access. Still, you should read on now, as there’s a good number of important things which you must first appreciate in regards to online blackjack, particularly if you’re still a mere beginner regarding this subject. So go easy on that tizzy of yours to review what follows here. Here is my trim outline that expounds what to remember if you are pinpointing a bona fide online blackjack website. The topmost thing which a savvy online player like you is sure to chase out is an online blackjack Web page of the sort which offers the best winning odds. Beyond this, here are a lot of other words of wisdom in regards to ascertaining your virtual card playing Web page.
Always take care to check that the virtual card playing Web page has a license, such as by tracking down the authorization on site. If it’s not possible to spot any authorization on any given virtual card playing Web page, do not attempt any casinos and gambling at that place. As a next step you’ll probably want to ruminate diligently the miscellaneous promos that the virtual card playing Web page has decided to offer its visitors.
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Beyond, further advice is obviously to wager at the outset in smallish amounts rather than splurge way too much straight off. First of all, check the stability of this specific virtual card playing setup prior to provoking some grave risk– particularly financial ones! Finally, do mind this particular pointer in regards to virtual texas holdem. It must be this– to always call to mind that online gambling should solely be concerned with pleasurable enjoyment rather than making money. Gambling is certainly no business, but a hobby which ought to help you feel joyful and your life enjoyable.
Then, having minded the elucidated pointers, set out and acquiesce to the attraction of virtual card playing! 
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May 29th, 2008
The term "organic" is being tossed around quite a bit lately, and you’ll soon be seeing a big jump in the number of organic choices when you visit your local Safeway or Wal-Mart store. That’s because the demand for organic produce, milk, and meat has been steadily increasing, to the point where the giant retail chains have begun to take the trend seriously. In turn, there will be a growing concern over the certification process as factory-style farms begin to muscle their way into the organic food market as a result of increased demand.
In 2000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established what were supposed to be clear guidelines for gaining organic certification, but various ambiguous areas will continue to confuse consumers until those guidelines are made even more clear.
For instance, under USDA rules, growers of fruits, vegetables, meat, and milk are forbidden from using most synthetic pesticides or fertilizer in food production. They’re also prohibited from using genetic engineering, irradiation, or sewage sludge. To be certified organic, livestock must be fed nothing but certified organic feed and can’t be given any sort of growth hormone. They must also be allowed to be outside at least a portion of every day, though the rules for what that actually means have been open to serious dispute over the past few years.
The USDA guidelines were meant to be fairly all-inclusive, but there are a number of gradients, as well. Here are some of the labels you’ll see in your local co-op or supermarket:
100% organic: For produce, this designation means that fruits or vegetables were grown completely without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. In the case of meat or milk, it means that all the USDA stipulations concerning hormones, feed, and time spent outdoors were met.
Organic: This type of produce or meat doesn’t quite meet the highest organic standard, but the remaining 5 percent of its ingredients have been approved for organic use by a nationwide certification organization called the National Organics Standards Board.
Made with organic ingredients: This certification assures consumers that no less than 70 percent of the produce, milk, or meat was produced using organic ingredients.
The last two other labels you’ll see are considerably more ambiguous. First, there’s the term "free-range," which is used interchangeably with the term "cage-free." The USDA regulates the use of either term when it comes to poultry, but not to eggs, and there’s no clear definition of how much outdoor access animals should receive.
The other term is "natural," which has no real meaning in any food commodity other than meat and poultry, which can’t have any artificial coloring, chemical preservatives, or ingredients. Although it’s supposed to have only minimal processing, there’s no certification process that meat or poultry producers must comply with in order to place the term on their labels.
As the market continues to grow, you’ll be seeing these labels more and more. What remains to be seen is if the USDA will tighten or loosen the process in order to allow producers to meet the growing demand for organic products.
Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher
Jeanette Fisher teaches environmental interior design. For more information about Environmental Psychology and 5 ways you can change your home environment, visit http://environmentpsychology.com
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May 28th, 2008
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The wear and tear of seemingly ordinary, day to day driving can take its toll on even the most cautious of drivers. Nicks, scratches, dents, chips, and the like, can etch the surface of your car like an acid, marring the pristine finish it had when you drove it off the lot. These unwanted (and yet inevitable) scars are the proud automobile owner’s nightmare, but can be easily remedied by way of the talents of a professional auto detailer.
Those long bouts of highway driving we are all subjected to from time to time, can be as frustrating for the drone of the open road as much as they are for the caked layer of insects which inevitably grace the hood, bumpers, windshields, and grills of a once clean car. It’s an annoyance most easily absolved through a thorough automobile detailing. A good auto detailer can polish, buff, and wax your car back into the condition you remember it, and the condition you deserve it to be in. Of course, you might say, professional automotive detailing is not a necessity, I can scrub and polish my own car, thank you very much.” But this can be a dangerous misconception. Using the wrong equipment, or using improper techniques, or unqualified persons to work on your car can actually do more harm than good.
Cheap shampoos, soaps, scrub brushes and such, can wear down the quality of your automobile’s paint job, leaving it more spotted, tarnished, and lusterless. Even hasty, careless work with something as seemingly inconsequential as a bristly old rag can leave nearly unnoticeable scuffs, slowly wearing down the shine of a once beautiful marriage of paint and wax. This is where the talents and experience of a professional auto detailer can save the day. In the hands of a good detailer, your car can gain back the brilliance it once had, and had subsequently lost through the trials and tribulations of everyday use.
And that’s nothing to say of the interior. We all of us know how easy it is to stain, scuff, and generally wear down the carpet and upholstery of your car of truck’s interior, leaving it a paltry version of its former self. And then there’s the non-visible horrors of an unclean car: the smell. The tiniest of coffee spills or other such filth and dirt that can so easily be trudged into your car, can burrow their foul odor deep in the fibers of carpets and seat covers. And anyone who has ever taken their dog for a ride to the park knows that unmistakable canine musk lingers on well after the dog blanket and tennis ball have been removed. Such unpleasant odors area fact of your car’s life, but are in no way a death sentence. A thorough auto detailing can exorcise even the most offensive aromas from that enclosed space where, behind the wheel, we spend so much of our time.
There’s no need to go on driving a car that is slowly deteriorating away from its former glory. We can all recall that new car smell, that fresh-off-the-lot fragrance that has burned its way into all car drivers’ memories; it’s one of the saddest truths about regular car use that this smell represents cleanliness, and whose only hope of recovery can be through cleanliness. automotive detailing is your best bet to improving the look and feel of your car is by utilizing the efforts of a good detailer. A full auto detailing will appease that nagging guilt you feel whenever the sun comes out and all the blemishes of a once fine automobile are exposed for every prying eye to see. His expertise can do what the rest of us folk have neither the time nor the equipment to accomplish - and he might just have you, if not enjoying, at the very least, dreading that unavoidable rush-hour just a little bit less.
I have an extensive background of dealing directly with Auto Detailing and am now offering my free professional auto detailing advice to the public.
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May 28th, 2008
One of the best ways to use a mortgage calculator is to help you to compare the interest rates of various loans. Applying for and getting a home loan is a lot of work. It is not something that is easy to do unless you do not care how much you will be paying for your home. Since this is one of the largest investments you will ever make, you will want to insure that you get the best loan for your home as well as for your pocketbook. You can easily do this, though, when you take the time to use this type of tool.
The interest rate of a home loan is the most costly part of it. This is the percentage that you will pay to borrow the money to buy the home. Nothing is more important to compare when looking for a home loan than this number. What makes it confusing and even enticing is the fact that many lenders out there who are all offering slightly different interest rates. How do you know which one is offering the lowest rate? If you like one company and would like to work with them, but someone else is offering a lower rate, what will it cost you? These are just what you can learn from using a mortgage calculator .
This tool allows you to compare what is out there. You will simply need to punch in some numbers such as the interest rate of the potential loan, the terms of the loan and any fees that may be included as well as the amount of your down payment and out comes a lot of information that is vitally important to your decision. You will learn how much this particular home loan will cost you. The mortgage calculator will tell you how much you will pay monthly in your payments. It will also tell you how much you will pay in total cost.
Now, if there are other interest rate charges out there that you are considering, you can use the tool to see just what the difference will be. Simply go back to the blank mortgage calculator and input the necessary information for the new potential home loan. You will get all of the same numbers, this time with the new totals for the new rates. Because there is no charge for using this tool and there is no obligation for using it, it is easy to keep using it to keep seeing the various options that you have.
This tool is easy to use too. You can use it to provide you with all of the things that you need to make a good decision about the home loan you are taking in. Compare several different home loan lenders to see what they can offer you and to see just what the difference in dollars and cents is. Taking just a few minutes to carefully consider these options, by using a mortgage calculator can help you to benefit many times over in your home loan.
Maksim Fisher is a freelance writer, specialising in finance subjects such as loans, banking, mortgage calculator, etc. He recommends use of a mortgage calculator for calculations at http://www.mortgagecalculatorplus.com.
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May 28th, 2008
Ever turn down a street, get half way and suddenly realize it is one way and you are going the wrong way? Is that the way you feel when you look at your stock brokerage statement?
In either case don’t panic. You can get out of that one way street by carefully backing out. Recouping your stock market losses also means you must back out. Many people lost 50% of their investment in the last year because they were going the wrong way and could not back out.
You must admit you are doing it wrong and stop immediately just as you did in your car. In a car you have been taught there is a reverse gear so you know how to get out of this bad situation. No one has ever taught you how to extricate yourself from a losing position in the stock market - certainly not your broker and most financial planners don’t know either.
Let’s look first at how you got here. You bought stocks or mutual funds without an exit plan. I’ll put it away “for the long haul” and won’t worry about it. The nicest thing I can say about that type of investing is “STUPID”. You have an exit plan for the one way street; now you need an exit plan for your remaining money. It is the same. Back out. You have to acknowledge you are doing it wrong. Hiding from this mistake means you will continue to lose money. Do you want to do that or would you rather find a solution to not losing money again?
O.K., you have looked in the mirror and you say I am ready. Look at that brokerage statement and sell every loser you have. Every one! This takes emotional courage. Do it. Now you have cash. Don’t do anything until you have a plan and that plan has an absolute, set-in-concrete foundation: never buy any stock or mutual fund unless I limit my risk from the day I purchase it. One of the best rules is a 10% Good Until Cancelled Stop-Loss Order. Brokers hate these because it means they will have to check your account daily. Don’t believe him when he says, “Don’t worry, I will watch your account”. He won’t. It is not his money.
Using this very simple technique you will never lose large sums of money. Also as your stock moves up you raise (never lower) the stop-loss order each week following it 10% under each Friday’s closing price until you are eventually taken out of the position with a profit or, at worst, a small loss. The stock itself will tell you when to sell when it turns weak.
You have been driving for a lot of years and have gotten out of some tight places. Now you know how to not lose money in the stock market. Back out. Do it today. Put in your stops.
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
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