Stock Carnival Ecstasy - November 22, 2012

We need to get this to the Fiscal Cliff! What could go wrong? (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

Welcome to the November 22, 2012 edition of Stock Carnival Ecstasy.In this edition we start with an article about Arizona experiencing an Increase In Small Business Hiring by Bill Smith. John Schmoll takes a look at reaching Retirement by Saving for It. Finally Harry Campbell examines How Much you Can Save with an HSA plan at work. Hope you enjoy the articles, bookmark, share, tweet, like on Facebook and come back real soon.

|Morris presents Bad Credit Personal Loans: Which Legitimate Companies Will Lend? posted at Fast Bad Credit Loan Blog, saying, "Bad credit is not something fresh and it has become bad with the worse economic times the country has suffered the past few years. Job losses, illnesses, accidents and other such things have act out a terrible toll on people's monetary resource."

Morris presents How It Is Possible To Obtain A Mortgage Loan With Bad Credit posted at Fast Bad Credit Loan Blog, saying, "A bad credit mortgage loan is acquirable for those people who may have less income and have adverse scores and allows them to get loans sooner and more quickly. It is however important for the applier to know that there is a price to pay in order to get a bad credit home loan."

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Bill Smith presents Arizona Experiences Increase In Small Business Hiring posted at 2012 Taxes - Free Tax Filing Options, saying, "The most recent Intuit Payroll Small Business Index for October revealed that, despite a downward trend nationwide, Arizona small businesses increased hiring for the second consecutive month."

John Schmoll presents You Won’t Reach Retirement Without Saving for It posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "Saving for retirement is not something that happens overnight, rather it takes years of commitment. Start investing now, even if in small amounts, and put time on your side. One of the easiest ways to begin is to take advantage of free money offered in 401k matches."

harry campbell presents Comments on: Annual Enrollment Time: How Much Can a HSA Save You? posted at Your Personal Finance Pro - Personal Financial Advice for Young Professionals, saying, "Ok it’s annual enrollment time again for those of us in traditional workplaces and I’m here to tell you exactly how much a HSA can benefit you. Most large companies are starting to offer HSA’s to their employees for one main reason: it saves them a ton of money. Although employees generally pay a premium per paycheck for their healthcare, there is also a larger portion paid by your employer. To find out the exact portion, you’ll need to review your total compensation packet that should be available through your company, but I bet the results will surprise you."

John Schmoll presents Are Large Companies Immune to the Fiscal Cliff? posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "Unless you’re living under a rock you’ve heard of the Fiscal Cliff. We all know how it could possibly affect individuals, but how would it affect companies? Many companies will have to make decisions about what they’re going to do with their cash after the Fiscal Cliff meets its outcome."

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Joe Morgan presents Dollar Cost Averaging or Lump Sum Investment – Which is Better in an IRA? posted at Simple Debt-Free Finance, saying, "Experts of finance bloggers alike espouse Dollar-Cost Averaging as the best way to invest, but is it really? A new study shows that many times, lump-sum investing wins in the end but you have to do it right. Here's how."

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Forex Exchange Trading History

Global foreign exchange market turnover2 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The foreign exchange market is an exchange for the global decentralized trading of international money. It gives people the options trading in the foreign market. The market determines the values of different currencies.

The exchange market helps those who want to international trade and investments by helping with currency conversion. It is also the carry trade. In a typical transaction, the group buys a quantity of one currency by paying a quantity of another currency.

Some of the reasons why the foreign exchange market is different is because of its geographical dispersion, the low margins of profit compared with other fixed income markets, and the leverage to enhance profit and loss margins.

As for the forex history, the modern foreign exchange market began to form in the 1970s after decades of government restrictions on foreign exchange transactions. In the 1980s trading grew more and the greatest proportion of trades was within the United Kingdom and the United States was second in trading. The top currency traders as of today are Deutsche Bank, Citi, Barclays Investment Bank, UBS AG, HSBC, JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs. Also, the most traded currencies by value today are United States dollar, Euro, Japanese yen, Pound sterling, Australian dollar, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Swedish krona, and New Zealand dollar.

So, as you can see the market is a good place to do trading with different currencies.

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Stock Carnival Ecstasy - November 7, 2012

Painter Duncan Grant with Keynes. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Welcome to the November 7, 2012 edition of Stock Carnival Ecstasy.We start this carnival with a couple of articles from John Schmoll including a look at the connection between Earnings Season and the iPad Mini. Stefanz writes about the successful investor Sir John Maynard Keynes. Finally we have an earnings look at Burger and Google Inc from Bill Smith. Hope you enjoy the articles, bookmark, share, tweet on Twitter, like on Facebook and come back soon.

Arduino Schenato presents PRICE ACTION | FOREX NEWS | PIN BAR STRATEGIES | HereForexInsider posted at HereForexInsider, saying, "Yesterday we saw a available short signal on the break-down of the last monday's indecision candle. That low has not been damaged and today the daily chart provides a new chance for us as price action naked dealers having been formed a price action short signal very clear and obvious."

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John Schmoll presents What Earnings Season and the iPad Mini Have in Common posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "Most publicly traded companies announce their earnings four times a year, which is known as Earnings Season. If you know what to look for it can provide a wealth of information the health and direction of the company."

John Schmoll presents How to Save For Retirement, in a Picture posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "Saving for retirement is not something that happens overnight. It is a marathon and not a sprint. By starting early in life, you can get a great start which will produce long term benefits that you can reap in retirement."

harry campbell presents Do You Invest in Expensive Kitchen Knives? A Review of my Shun Chef’s Knife posted at Your Personal Finance Pro - Personal Financial Advice for Young Professionals, saying, "http://yourpfpro.com/do-you-invest-in-expensive-kitchen-knives-review-of-my-shun-chefs-knife/"

stefanz presents Successful investors: Sir John Maynard Keynes - Investing: Strategy, Risk, Tools, and more... - Skuzet posted at skuzet, saying, "I am writing a series of articles about successful investors. Few people know that Sir Maynard Keynes was a very successful investor, besides being an influential economist."

stefanz presents Benjamin Graham - Investing: Strategy, Risk, Tools, and more... - Skuzet posted at skuzet, saying, "I am writing a series of articles on the life and investment philosophies of successful investors. Benjamin Graham, being one of the most successful investors, certainly could not be skipped."

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Bill Smith presents Burger King Restaurant Sales Are Up posted at FastSwings, saying, "Burger King does well as McDonalds falters."

Bill Smith presents Investing In Google Today posted at FastSwings, saying, "Anyone asking the question why should I invest in Google will need to consider what they are looking for when putting their money into the market."

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Carlos Sera presents A Transformative Tale posted at Financial Tales, saying, "In this tale, A Transformative Tale, we will learn how to transform one type of asset class return into another. This is called a transformation and thus the name of this tale. We will specifically look at transforming bond returns to stock returns. Please note that I don’t recommend that you try this at home. I would leave this type of transformation to professionals but I write this tale so that you can understand once again the importance of assessing risk by focusing on the maximum draw down."

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Burger King Rises as McDonalds Fails

English: A selection of value-menu hamburgers from American fast food chains. Clockwise from left to right: McDonald's McDouble, Burger King Buck Double, Sonic Drive-In Jr. Deluxe Burger, Wendy's Double Stack. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In the last quarter it was shown in a recent quarterly report that Burger King (BKC) performed better in sales than rival McDonald's.

BKC executives did not reveal whether the higher restaurant sales, along with new customers transferring business from McDonald's or other fast food restaurants were the reasons for this change.

CFO, Daniel Schwartz announced that they are expecting to maintain their share of business growth and indeed, sales have continued to rise during the month of October.

One strategic change in operations is the value menu which focuses on making food affordable for families. Promotions such as the barbecue menu have also attracted many new customers over the past summer.

This fast food restaurant has made a point of attracting elderly and senior customers, both men and women. Offering salads, wraps and smoothies which are popular menu items for these demographics.

This fast food business has traditionally been known to be mainly popular with young males, 20-26. Making changes to the menu, gearing it toward the McDonald's style gives them a wider range of customers to sell to.

Earnings for Burger King went up by seventeen cents a share, exceeding the fifteen cents analysts had predicted for the period.

In June, the company paid out a quarterly dividend at four cents per share.

Burger King was a private company before it was purchased for more than three billion dollars by 3G Capital Management in Brazil.

A shell company, Justice Holdings, acquired BKC via a reverse merger and then the company went public through an IPO.

Last summer, the shares became available on the market first at $14.50. Last Friday the share price went to $14.95. Because of Hurricane Sandy, the NYSE was closed on Monday and Tuesday.

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Stock Carnival Ecstasy - October 23, 2012

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Welcome to the October 23, 2012 edition of Stock Carnival Ecstasy.In this edition of the carnival we begin with an article by John Schmoll about the practice of high frequency trading. Anisha from NerdWallet examines Hewlett Packard after a recent decline in stock value. We have a comparison of Activision-Blizzard and Electronic Arts, two popular gaming companies, by The Archivist. And finally Anna Deguzman uses Apple and Facebook to show how price multiples can determine a company's value. Make sure to take a look at all the articles of this carnival, share on social media like Facebook and Twitter, bookmark on Delicious for your friends to read, and come back shortly after the election for another version.

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Bill Smith presents File Your Taxes posted at 2010Taxes, saying, "When it comes to online tax filing security is the major issue. Many people may like the concept or many might look down, most of them may feel worried about putting their information all on the internet and doubt that is it actually safe and secure to submit your tax return this way."

Bill Smith presents FreeTaxUSA- Prepare your Taxes Yourself posted at 2011 Taxes, saying, "There are several tax preparation programs available online. Let’s begin with a very simple and a detailed review."

Bill Smith presents Saving Money With Tax Services posted at 2012 Tax - Free Tax Filing Options, saying, "Locating free 2012 tax filing services would be a great idea for anyone that has a need to save some money. Spending hundreds of dollars on tax software is likely something you cannot afford when dealing with the large burden of taxes."

John Schmoll presents Why We All Should Care About High Frequency Trading posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "HFT is all the rage in the trading world these days, yet few know about it. It does have some benefits, but there are also downsides to it. As with anything related to finances, it’s important to be in the know with what’s going on currently in the finance world."

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anisha@nerdwallet.com presents HP’s Stock Price Crash: Is Hewlett-Packard a Bargain Stock For Investors Right Now? posted at NerdWallet | Markets, saying, "Thinking of buying HP stock? Not so fast! The nerds tell you why this could be a value trap."

The Archivist presents King of the Hill: Activision-Blizzard vs. Electronic Arts posted at The Market Archive, saying, "Video game companies are slightly insulated from recessions, because as people spend less money they stay at home. People need entertainment, and video games provide hours. If a company has fantastic properties from which to launch games they can make a lot of money. Activision-Blizzard is one of the best in the industry."

anna.deguzman@nerdwallet.com presents Apple Versus Facebook: How to Use Price Multiples to Figure Out a Company’s Value posted at NerdWallet | Markets, saying, "At today’s stock prices, Apple is a better investment than Facebook. Though each share of Apple has a higher price than Facebook shares, each dollar invested can hypothetically buy more value. After crunching the numbers, the nerds tell you why."

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Bill Smith presents Strange 2011 Federal Tax Deductions posted at 2011 Tax, saying, "Everyone is looking for deductions for their 2011 federal tax situation."

Bill Smith presents Tips to Get TurboTax Discounts posted at 2009 Tax, saying, "Turbotax software comes in various different versions like Premier, Deluxe, etc. Turbo tax software is used to prepare both State & Federal Income Tax Returns."

Bill Smith presents How to get online tax refunds with H&R Block? posted at 2008 Taxes, saying, "Nowadays there are many tax filing programs available online, but even today most of the people think twice while filing their income tax returns using these online programs."

Bill Smith presents H&R Block- Small Business Tax Software Review posted at 2009 Taxes, saying, "H&R Block is one of the best tax preparation software used worldwide. Today more than 500 million clients mainly in Australia, the U.S., and Canada use H&R block."

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Google Earnings Release October 2012

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In a few days time Google will release its quarterly earnings. The figures are due to be delivered on the 18TH October as the market closes for trading. Larry Page the Chief Executive Officer of Google has already intimated that the company has had a highly successful three months and that profits are up by around 24%. Page is happy to report that the gambles they took concerning YouTube, Android and Chrome have indeed paid dividends. This means that the latest google earnings release will be welcome news for its investors.

Google behind the numbers:  In the main the majority of the vast sum of money that is earned every year comes from publicising. Around one billion people use the giant search engine every month; in real terms this means that one person out of seven uses Google on a regular basis. Thinking again in terms of google behind the numbers - add up the time that is spent using the giant search engine and it is in excess of two hundred billion minutes a year. Google consumes mammoth amounts of electricity, somewhere in the region of two hundred and sixty million watts per year.

The Board of Directors were happy to give the go ahead to a proposed stock dividend; this means that the company as a whole can concentrate on its long term goals. As the google earnings release draws ever closer it is time for investors to realise that they have a stake in an exciting company. Google has stood by its promise and it has improved people's lives.  Technology may still be in its infancy but Google has a lot more to offer in the future.

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Stock Carnival Ecstasy - October 9, 2012

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Welcome to the October 9, 2012 edition of Stock Carnival Ecstasy.In this edition we start with an article on Locating A Forex Trading Blog from Bill Smith. John Schmoll takes a look at How to Easily Determine Your Risk Profile. Finally we have a post from the Super Saver taking a look at How Taxes Will Increase for the Middle Class. Hope you enjoy the material, bookmark, share, tweet on Twitter, like on Facebook and come back real soon.

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Bill Smith presents Tips For Locating A Forex Trading Blog posted at Forex Trading System Central, saying, "The first tip you need to use is to look at the age of the blog."

The Archivist presents Options 101 - What is an Option? posted at The Market Archive, saying, "One of the hardest things for getting started in options is understanding the various terms. Well this article hopefully helps to clear up the confusion lots of new people experience when dealing with options."

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Bill Smith presents How Many Start Ups Fail posted at FastSwings, saying, "Statistics on how many start ups fail are notoriously hard to find. The problem is that the statistic is based on a number of different assumptions, not all of which apply to any given business."

John Schmoll presents How to Easily Determine Your Risk Profile posted at Frugal Rules, saying, "A key to successful investing is knowing what you can tolerate. Determing your risk profile can greatly aid in helping determine your investment plan and improve your investing as a whole."

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Super Saver presents How Taxes Will Increase for the Middle Class posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, "After reviewing our financial status, I've decided to evaluate a strategy of using regular income dividend paying stocks, instead of income from capital gains, to cover our retirement expenses."

Bill Smith presents KOL- What We Should Know? posted at FastSwings, saying, "According the recent reports, Coal exchange traded funds or coal ETF (KOL) has experienced a better growth than expected by the market experts."

John Morrow presents “Death of the Cult of Equities” Debate Explained: Bill Gross vs. Jeremy Siegel posted at NerdWallet | Markets, saying, "Hi this article highlights the debate between Bill Gross and Jeremy Siegel and the "death of the cult of equities". It is a scholarly article explaining the difference of opinion of two prestigious financial experts"

The Archivist presents Metallovoric Companies Set to Gorge Themselves posted at The Market Archive, saying, "Miners sometimes present an opportunity to take a position in a metal less than what you could get from the actual metal. That means that the companies have more of a range in their prices, with the price of the metal signaling you about the future."

Carlos Sera presents A Practical Tale « Financial Tales posted at Financial Tales, saying, "I named this tale A Practical Tale because after reading it I sincerely hope you gain something practical. The subtitle is a tribute to one of my favorites–Janis Joplin. In the lyrics to the song Ball and Chain she sings about how “It’s all the same ___day.”"

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Vytas presents 7 key areas of trading psychology posted at Trend, saying, "Markets reflect investors’ mentality by making certain psychological patterns existing in human thinking patterns too. Most traders perform poorly in the markets because they do not have self confidence and their self confidence is even more negatively affected when they see losses on a regular basis. This article will cover 7 key aspects of trading psychology that affect our trading results."

Bill Smith presents Free Tax Filing Information And Resources posted at 2009 Tax, saying, "Most federal highway use tax returns are due, with the due date falling on the 31st Aug 2012."

Bill Smith presents Many Families And Indivduals Are Eligible For 2011 Tax Credits posted at 2010 Tax, saying, "The 2010 tax year offered many deductions and credits for those who chose to itemize their deductions."

Bill Smith presents Gay Marriage Increases Federal Tax Headaches posted at 2008 Taxes, saying, "The advent of a new era in our nation’s history brings with it more than gay marriage acceptance; we are witnessing the dawn of a new era of federal tax headaches."

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