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Traders Hub End-Of-Day Stock Market Review 30 April 2009
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Duration : 0:5:31
Bret Hart (in his prime) vs Kurt Angle,whos the better man + YWCW Extreme Rules Results?
Im very very sorry for the extreme lateness of these results.
Match One:
Submission Match for the YWCW Womens Championship
Melina Maryse vs Cameron Hart (c)
The two women shake hands and the match up begins. Cameron Hart grabs Melina by her hair and throws her down.For 4 minutes she continues with the momentum. She works on Melinas arm,tying it up in the ropes,climbs uptop the turnbuckle and performs a Legdrop right onto Melinas tangled arm. Cameron uses an armbar,but Melina quickly grabs the ropes near her. Both women get up, and Melina connects with a hard slap to Camerons face. Cameron only laughs and pushes Melina down. Cameron stomps Melinas injured arm,and for five minutes she holds her arm in various holds. An armbar,Triangle Choke,she even attemted a Crippler Crossface,but Melina rolled over and began to strike Camerons face with closed fists. Again,Cameron was not fazed as she pushed Melina off of her and tackled her to the ground. Cameron picks Melina up, connects with an Armbreaker to Armbar,and Melina taps out.
Winner and still YWCW Womens Champion,Cameron Hart.
Match Two:
Tables Match for the YWCW Hardcore Championship
Icon vs Siberian Wolverine
The two men shake hands and the match begins with Siberian Wolverine in controll as he dropkicks Icon right as soon as the bell rings. Wolverine mounts Icon and begins a flurry of closed fist strikes,looking for blood here tonight. After a minute of the pounding the ref jumps in and pulls Wolverine off of Icon,allowing Icon to quickly roll out of the ring. As Icon is recovering outside of the ring,Siberian jumps over the topropes attempting a bodysplash,but Icon quickly moves out of the way,leaving Siberian to crash and burn. Icon capitalizes and picks Siberian up and bangs his head on the announcers table 6 times. He drags the cover of the table off and removes one of the mini-t.v’s and slams it agianst Siberians head. Wolverine falls down,and for 3 minutes Icon continues with the momentum. Siberian and Icon roll back into the ring and trade right hands,and its agian Icon who wins this fight knocking Siberian out of the ring with one punch! For another 2 minutes Icon continues with the momentum on his side and sets Siberian up on the uncovered announcers table.As soon as he climbs the turnbuckle to jump,Siberian rolls of the table and onto the floor. Icon quickly changes his course and jumps right ontop of Siberians back,stomping down with his feet as hard as he could. Siberian rolls over and slowly gets up,and Icon runs at him attempting a Running Knee Attack,but Siberian spins out of the way,grabs Icon and German Suplex’s him on the hard mat below. Icon picks Siberian up,rolls him onto the announcers table,this time crawling up there with him,and hits another German Suplex through the table to win the match.
Winner and NEW YWCW Hardcore Champion,Icon!
Match Three:
No DQ Match
E&Connection vs Ultimate RKO
The two men shake hands and the match begins with URKO in controll. After last weeks attack on E&C,URKO looked to capitalize here tonight. For 3 minutes the momentum continues with URKO in controll. As he threw E&C into the corner and ran up to dropkick him,E&C ducked out of the way.For the next five minutes the match was a back and forth fight between the two men. Finally E&C clotheslined URKO outside of the ring,leaving him to topple to the floor below. E&C rolled out of the ring and grabs a chair from under the ring. He swings at URKOs head as soon as he got up,and connects! URKO is busted open and bleeding prefusely. E&C stalks his opponent with the chair,connecting agian this time to URKOs kneecap. He sets the chair inside the ring and rolls URKO in the ring. E&C takes a little too long to get back in the ring, turning to the fans and to Hi-Five a little kid in the front row. URKO recovers and jumps on the toprope and missle dropkicks E&C over the fan barrier. E&C recovers quickly and hits URKO with a hard right hand,knocking him down. E&C climbs ontop of the fan barrier and performs a diving headbutt on URKO. E&C agian recovers and rolls URKO into the ring,this time climbing in as well. URKO grabs E&Cs leg as soon as he enters the ring and trips him up,making E&Cs head bounce off the bottom rope. URKO grabs the steel chair that was used to bust him open and swings down to E&C,but E&C quickly kicks URKO in the gut making him drop the chair. E&C then gets up and knees URKO in his head. URKO recovers quickly and for the last minute of the fight they trade blows to each other,finally URKO connects with a vicious right,stunning E&C,allowing him to have enough time to connect with an RKO and pin E&C for the win.
Winner Ulimate RKO
Match Four:
Hardcore Match
Charlie Scene vs Broken Dream vs Chicken Wings vs Shaun Cold Stunner
All four men shake hands and the match starts. Chickeen Wings attacks Shaun Cold Stunner,while Broken Dream goes after Charlie. Chicken Wings throws Shaun out of the ring and jumps ontop of him.Shaun pu
Kurt by far.
10/10 show i saw both parts.
Promo:
Siberian Wolverine pacing backstage.I got screwed here tonight.That loser STOLE the title that was rightfully MINE.I DEMAND a rematch against this "ICON".The only REAL Icon here is ME.This "Icon" here is no Icon,he is actually just the opposite and nobody should look up to this loser.The only place he could be an "Icon" in is the drug business.That Icon better not get used to holding that title and i wouldnt even bother putting his name tag on it as i will take it back IMMEDIATELY.And when i do i will show ALL OF YOU FANS who the real "ICON" is here in the wrestling business.Cause that win for Icon was just a fluke.I will TEAR ICON APART!
Leaves backstage angrily.
Promo is kayfabe.
Anyways 5 star show.
Job Opportunities in Bahrain
Bahrain is the smallest of the Gulf States but financially and politically, it wields a lot of influence in the area. Like all other Gulf States, it is also in an aggressively developmental stage and has a lot of job opportunities for foreign workers but not on a permanent basis. Bahrain does not encourage foreigners to settle down permanently. It encourages temporary employment for foreign workers. There are a lot of job opportunities in all upcoming sectors such as construction, banking, oil and gas and teaching. Thus, for those looking to work in Bahrain, it is good to have a beforehand knowledge of the area, the living style here, the culture and of course the ample job opportunities that the place has to offer.
As mentioned earlier, foreign workers aren’t mostly allowed to settle down permanently here, but it does not mean that they are treated lousily. Expatriates are meted out a fair treatment but in a controlled manner. They are appreciated for their contribution, paid well and at the end of their stint, thanked for what they did. The main reason behind this is that the government is trying to make the region self-sufficient. It is putting in all efforts to ensure jobs and employment for its own young people. The authorities are making a lot of investment in education and social welfare and hopes that the local population will become sufficient in terms of workforce in the years to come. Youth are also inclined towards education and many leave for foreign universities to attain education.
Currently, foreign workers are required in large numbers and the demand would be there for at least another two to three decades. However, with the changing face of the region, the number of foreign workers and the type of skill requirements will undergo a change. For instance, currently there are a lot of infrastructure projects in full swing in Bahrain, owing to the construction of new roads, airports, ports etc. However, once these projects are over, the demand for manual workers in this industry will climb down. Apart from the infrastructure projects, the commercial development has also led to many building and construction programmes. Thus, construction workers are in demand there.
Bahrain’s economy is a fast growing one. Many sectors are coming up and there is huge demand for professionally trained workforce. People with managerial, professional and technological experience are and will remain to be in strong demand. This demand is slated to remain strong for many years to come. However, unlike western countries, where there is huge demand for citizenships owing to mass immigration, Bahrain will never see an explosion in the expatriate population. The rule of the land doesn’t allow it. Foreigners can neither become citizens of Bahrain nor own any property here. If anybody wishes to start a business here, he/she has to find a local partner who has the major holding in the project.
The discovery of oil on the Arabian Peninsula side of the Gulf first happened in Bahrain. This discovery coincided with the breakdown of the global pearl market. Earlier, pearl trading was a crucial part of Bahrain’s economy. The oil and gas industry has job opportunities though it accounts for only 10 to 15 per cent of the GDP of Bahrain. The oil companies in Bahrain have extensive development plans and offer good on-site facilities their employees and their families.
Another major employer is the aluminum industry which forms a significant portion of Bahrain’s non-oil based exports. The major employer in Bahrain apart from these two is the banking sector. Bahrain reigns supreme in the financial services industry. Bahrain boasts of branches by banks from all over the world. They carry out retail, investment and off-shore operations in Bahrain. There are almost 200 international banks and financial institutions in Bahrain which require talented workforce. So, there are many job opportunities in this sector. Teaching English is another good job opportunity. Apart from that, telecom and tourism are the other two fast growing sectors in Bahrain.
Once you have decided to work in Bahrain, there are other general issues that one has to take care of. The culture and lifestyle here would be different to your own and the restrictions imposed would be too many. Bahrain is a very conservative society. It does not approve of homosexuality or live-in relationships. It also does not encourage proximity between male ad female colleagues or friends. Also, one has to be sure that the relocation would be beneficial for one’s career prospects. Another concern is that whether your family and children will take this relocation easily.
To work and stay in Bahrain, you need a local sponsor here. Sponsor could be your employer who will ensure your work permit and residence visa formalities to stay here. There are very strict rules regarding this in Bahrain. Consult the foreign office in your country before traveling to Bahrain.
Geetika Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/job-opportunities-in-bahrain-710153.html
Day Trading the S&P E-minis Futures 12/08/08
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Course Forex Free Trading – Learning Forex
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Friday Financial Rewind: Planes, Retail, Banks, Volatility
This week was a week of market volatility, retail woes, bigger bank woes, and an amazing story involving an airplane. First, the VIX (click here if you don’t remember what the VIX is) or CBOE Volatility Index started at $42 on Monday and at its height Thursday was at $55 and ended today at $46. Remember that during a healthy market, we see the VIX hovering around $10. Not only is this number nearly 5 times higher than normal, but the swing in the number this week indicates that investors are uncomfortable with the state of the financial markets. The good news is that it’s still down from its October high of $81. For you advanced investors, if you would have bought 100 shares of the VIX (I’ve heard you can do it but never looked in to how as Scottrade doesn’t allow you to do it.) on January 7th you would have made more than $1,200 if you sold yesterday. Not a bad return for just 9 days invested. Of course this kind of trade isn’t for the new investor due to the volatility. The next market day is Tuesday. Inauguration Day is one of those out of the ordinary events where we can’t make a highly educated determination of what will happen. The market remains oversold so I’m still confident that we will get a rally any day now.
It was another bad week for retail and it isn’t going to improve any time soon. Business Pundit, wrote an entry concerning Circuit City (http://www.businesspundit.com/) today talking about the liquidation of the electronics chain. They announced today that all stores will be closing after failing to find a buyer. This is the highest profile retail bankruptcy to date and most believe that Circuit City is only the first of many who will be victims of the recession this year. Best Buy is now in a perfect spot to gain even more market share and the investor looking to capitalize on this would be well advised to get Best Buy on their watch list. Right now probably isn’t the time to buy retail but as the sector starts to improve get a position in Best Buy. Don’t miss it, though. Watch the sector leaders for signs of recovery and invest early. (By the way, I bought Walmart at its low and am well positioned when this best of breed retail stock starts it’s recovery. I don’t think it will take long.)
Probably the biggest story of the week was the banking sector. The bears have worked hard this week to drive banking stocks down and they did a fine job. Probably the main reason the market was down was because of the banks. The bears saw weakness and started a shorting borage that resulted in huge loses. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup were able to come together and announce a merger which is a good thing for Morgan. JPMorgan proved why the street loves Jamie Diamon. They are truly the best of the worst in the financial sector. Bank of America and Citigroup posted awful earnings and the government had to lend 20 billion to Bank of America because of its recent Merrill Lynch acquisition. Finally, Citigroup split its assets today making two separate divisions. Keep all of this in perspective. One of these announcements should be a huge market mover but to have all of this in a week is truly historic. This gives us a very good indication about how the market feels right now. It was a bad week but not a catastrophic week in terms of the Dow and S&P. Investors are expecting the worst and it’s already priced in. Just another reason why I believe that the market is oversold and we have established a trading range. We tested the 8000 level and were able to hold. There was definitely a buy level down there which gave us a bounce when we tested it.
Finally, some great news. This is barely financial news but worth writing. Yesterday a US Airways aircraft was forced to land in the Hudson River. If you have followed this story today you have heard phrases like “Miracle on the Hudson.” We have endured a constant amount bad news lately. It’s hard to be excited if you are covering the market but the fact that an extraordinary pilot with an extraordinary crew could do the almost impossible saving more than 150 lives is truly the feel good story of the first part of 2009. I was refreshed that CNBC covered this story in such depth because we are in a market full of negative everything but they took time to highlight an extraordinary story.
Have a great holiday weekend. Starting looking at infrastructure positions next week. Get your watch list ready because we’re getting Obama.
elementaryfinance
http://www.articlesbase.com/investing-articles/friday-financial-rewind-planes-retail-banks-volatility-725631.html
FOREX Training Course – lesson 4 : (Market Rhythm & Momentum)
This is a video lesson about how to identify market rhythm, when a market is trending and periods of consolidation. It covers a range of trading techniques which can should be used in the different market scenarios that you can experience when a full time trader.
Duration : 0:10:14
Forex Scalping Secrets for Success
Forex scalping is one of the most popular ways for traders to make money online – so what are the Forex scalping secrets for success you need to know and how do you win big? Let’s find out…
The challenge of Forex scalping is to in just a matter of minutes or hours work out what a huge diverse mass of traders are going to do.
These traders all have different aims objectives motivations and skills so how do you know countless millions of traders are going to do and how can you profit from them?
The answer is Forex scalping secrets for success don’t exist because, Forex scalping doesn’t work. It’s simply one of the dumbest ways to trade and here are some facts you need to know.
Forex Scalping System Track Records
They all have great gains but look closer and you will see it’s a paper back test knowing the closing prices and that’s easy. When the system trades for real dollars it gets smoked, as you don’t get the closing price in advance in the real world.
All short term volatility is random
Support and resistance cannot be used to trade off when volatility is random and if you can’t do that, you cannot get the odds on your side and you will lose.
The Myth of Scientific Movement
Many scalpers think the market moves to mathematics and science and don’t believe price movement is random but it’s obvious that mathematics is no help at all in trading. All the predictive theories get turned to dust. If of course there were a mathematical theory that worked, there would be no market as we would all know the price in advance.
A Better Way to Trade
If you like short term trading, then try Forex Swing trading, you can get the odds on your side and can win.
Forex scalping secrets is a catchy headline but day trading is really gambling and if you like gambling, that’s fine but I would rather go to the casino, at least you have some fun losing!
Sonia Kristina
http://www.articlesbase.com/day-trading-articles/forex-scalping-secrets-for-success-705352.html
Technical Analysis Basic Training Course
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Technical Analysis Video Course designed to help you learn more about using technical analysis in your day or swing trading.
Learn about using MACD, RSI, Moving Averages and more!
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Horse Race Trading Formula – Strategies, Systems And Success For Betfair – Part 2
Regardless of platform, all traders will be faced with a series of tough questions, mental debates and challenges on a daily basis.
Here are four important questions, one of which will be in any traders head at any given time.
1 If the price of a stock that I hold is still rising I would be foolish to sell when it could go up even further?
2 Should i wait till the stock starts to fall before selling? The price has been rising steadily, it won’t crash overnight will it?
3 If the stock has just plummeted then something is wrong with this company and it is not worth buying?
4 The stock is soaring, I must buy now or I will lose out?
Although all these four statements appear to make sense, on closer analysis it can be seen that for basic fundamental reasons an experienced trader should know innately that all four statements are in fact incorrect, for one of the fundamental reasons outlined below.
1 When a stock is “oversold” we can say that supply exceeds demand and so the price will fall, conversely if demand exceeds supply the stock is “overbought” the price will rise. How do we as traders pinpoint the specific point where the demand/supply ratio is about to switch?
2 This is of course the eternal, essential question and the answer is we don’t. It is impossible to predict the “exact” point at which a market switch event will occur, despite hundreds of attempts involving expensive computer programmes etc.
3 The volatility of your stock is intimately linked to news and events that in some way will affect your stock. Some of this news can of course at first glance seem completely unrelated to your particular stock ie the global economy can affect the entire index for your stock and movements of the index then directly affect your given stock.
4 We have seen in the recent credit crunch how corrections in one particular sector – the banking sector can affect the entire market around the globe wiping billions of dollars off literally every index, from commodities to pharmaceuticals. The Market is NOT king. Confidence in the market IS king.
5 When a market “switch” event does occur it can often create a stampede amongst traders which can wipe out recent gains in a matter of minutes, this is the herd mentality and can leave stocks hugely undervalued after a selling spree.
Experienced traders know that following a market crash is in fact not a time to be negative, and in fact this is the prime time to buy certain stocks which have been “oversold” as they represent “value” buys.
But as always there are important caveats, if a stock has crashed because a company is being liquidated then it obviously does not represent value at any price.
If it is undervalued because the entire index has simply suffered a bout of selling or a crisis of confidence then we can be assured that at some point confidence will return and the stock will rise again.
However in times of crisis it can seem difficult to muster up the courage to start buying again, and this is where novice traders lose out.
So how do you as a day trader make use of this mass of information to trade on the stock market.
Well you do it because it is your job, but many day traders fail and many are indeed turning to the betting exchanges as an alternative where their skills can be put to better use.
In many ways the betting exchanges offer a more coherent overall view of the market and volatility. With fast internet and racing TV a race trader has ALL the means to assess relevant aspects of volatility In advance of the market. Its all about control.
Also as the stock only exists for less than one day, the trades are closed at the end of each race and a trader can go to sleep knowing that nothing untoward can happen to his equities overnight.
Day traders come to the betting exchanges with a solid background in Technical Analysis and Fundamentals, they will have experienced the pain of losing trades and will understand the relationship between volatility, liquidity and the market spread.
For day traders used to working the stock market, the betting exchanges offer fast turnover, quicker more agile trades.
Why bother with the slow torture of leaving medium/ long term trades open in the stock market when you can have made 5 or 6 trades in 15 minutes on one single horse race.
Lets look at the benefits of trading horses on Betfair
* You choose which horse and which race to bet on.
* You know the exact time of the race and therefore the time that the trade will close.
* Medium term trades can be opened early morning or the night before and closed during the afternoon of the race.
* Pure scalpers can use short term scalp, swing and momentum trades which can be opened and closed in the 15 minutes before a race as liquidity soars.
* Trades can even be placed during the actual event taking advantages of extreme volatility. (not for the faint hearted and not for those without racing TV).
* At the end of each days racing a trader can examine the profit and loss account to see precisely the fruits of his days labour.
* You can forget about the global economy, forget about events out of your control, forget about the 8.30 am opening time on the markets and forget about boring economics and accounting.
The fundamentals which are part of your armoury are all online at:
1. http://www.racingpost.co.uk
2. http://www.oddschecker.com
3. http://www.attheraces.com
4. http://www.sportinglife.com
Technical Analysis platforms allow you to take your trading to the next level and they are a steal compared to the expensive financial packages that day traders will have been used to.
Bet Angel Professional is the flagship trading platform for Betfair, the real time Supercharting facility is recognised as second to none.
Ladder trading allows you whole market views of liquidity, and one click trading with offset allows you to fire trades into the market in microseconds stealing a big advantage over users stuck with the standard Betfair interface.
Simple chart setups using Quick Moving Average Back Price, Price Envelope’s, and Long Weight of Money Moving Average highlight simple scalp, swing and momentum trades in the pre race markets.
Most importantly you need to decide on your opening pot, you need a willingness to learn your new trade or platform and the confidence that your mindset is strong enough to cope with this type of career.
So just for the record what has since become of the poor online casino operator.
By Oct 2 2006 from a peak of 176p PartyGaming was down at 47p, following one of the biggest one day losses (56%) in FTSE 100 history.
Today it totters happily around 25p, a realistic price/earnings ratio, using a realistic and sustainable business model without flouting any established legislation.
Who knows, with the recent change of leadership in the US, the gambling legislation may be reversed and the reverse fortune could occur for this particular operator.
What can we take from this cautionary tale as we sail off to the betting exchanges; Quite simply, make volatility and liquidity your best friends as the alternative situation could truly represent Armageddon for your finances.
What can we learn?
1 Learn to spot trends early on
2 Identify and analyse potential risks using fundamentals
3 Use technical analysis software to take the heat out of timing your trades.
4 Get in early before the herd stampedes onto a likely winner.
5 Get out early before the herd flies over the edge of the cliff.
Remember if volatility scared you in stocks it will terrify you in horse racing.
Mike Davies
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/horse-race-trading-formula-strategies-systems-and-success-for-betfair-part-2-672061.html
