The Federal Reserve

Many anti-federalists oppose big Federal Government.  They want to return the power to the states and local governments, thinking in error, that will protect their constitutional rights somehow.

The real power of the Federal Government is the Federal Reserve System and it's Chairmen, yielding power to almost rival that of the President

Why don't these "New-Federalists" propose the abolishment of the Federal Reserve, an agency that has outlived it time.

Today for example the world economy was shaking in it's boots, awaiting a few lame crumbs from the Reserve Chairman...markets fell worldwide in anticipation of bad news!  Only now, prior to the close, have they marginaly rose higher.

I say it's time for the Dictatorship of the Federal Reserve to end!

Get Googled And Build Credibility

Copyright (c) 2003 by Angela Booth

Value your privacy? Get over it. The bad news is that thanks to the Web, privacy no longer exists. Get Googled, and within a few short seconds anyone who knows your name will be able to learn quite a bit about you.

Try it. Go to Google (http://www.google.com), and type in your name. I just did a search query for "Angela Booth" and Google returned a search of over 95, 000 pages. If you have a Web site, post a message on Usenet, sell on eBay, or do much of anything other than breathe, you're caught, like a butterfly in amber, in the sticky World Wide Web courtesy of Google.

Bad as this may be for privacy, this is good news if you're trying to build a business. It means that if you focus some of your marketing and promotion time on getting your name out on the Web, you're building your credibility.

Suddenly all those direct-mail letters that you've been sending out carry a bit more weight. You're more than a slip of paper, a stamp and an envelope. You're a Google-presence.

So how do you build credibility out of being Googled?

The fastest way is to write a couple of information-rich articles, and post them on your Web site. Sure, this is a little bit of work, but not much. You can write, can't you? Within a month or so, your name will appear on Google.com. Over time, your name will also pop up on the Web's other search engines.

You don't have a Web site? You need one, and if you can type and you've got an hour to spare you can get one. Many, many Web site hosting companies offer site hosting for next-to-nothing a month. These hosting companies are catering to non-technical people who want a hassle-free site, so they make it as easy as they can by offering site templates. All you do is pick a template, type in your information (or copy and paste), and in less than an hour you've got a pretty good site that works great as an online portfolio and information resource for your clients.

Continue writing articles. Write one a month, and post them on your Web site. You can also offer them to other Web sites to publish. You do this by joining a few article announcement lists and sending your articles to the lists. To find these lists, go to Yahoo groups (http://groups.yahoo.com) and search for "article announce". Ezine publishers and Web sites owners will pick up your articles. Suddenly, you're Google-cred goes up.

Note, that I said "information rich" articles. Some small business owners write puff pieces about themselves and their business, and guess how much credibility this builds? People search for information online, so your articles must contain useful information.

You won't suddenly get a dozen new clients directly from your online articles. You get them indirectly. For example, when someone I don't know sends me an e-mail message and I'm interested in what they say, the first thing I do is Google them. In five seconds, I know whether I want to pursue the relationship or not.

If you're sending out direct mail letters introducing yourself and your services, you can bet that those prospects who are interested in what you have to offer will Google you. If you're revealed as knowledgeable in your field, you're suddenly credible.

So go ahead, use Google.com to your promotional advantage. It's a powerful tool to build credibility for your business.

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Veteran multi-published author and copywriter Angela Booth crafts words for your business --- words to sell, educate or persuade. E-books and e-courses on Web site. FREE ezines for writers and small biz: http://www.digital-e.biz

Investing In Gold Bullion

by G Smith 
Today I am 100% invested in Gold.........in a practice investment account, my position is $998,000 in GOLD!  In a few hours I'll see how I did. (BentnWasted)
 
For thousands of years Gold has been used as currency and been
a highly prized precious metal. Gold has always been a favored
investment to hedge your portfolio against inflation. Gold
prices in the international gold market can remain fairly
stable through times of instability, recession and currency
fluctuations.

The ways of investing in gold can be via purchasing physical
gold bullion in the form of gold bars or gold rounds, minted
gold coins. Gold shares in gold mining companies are also
available and various types of gold funds or mutuals that are
managed by professional investors.

Holding at least a small percentage of your stock portfolio in
gold bullion is always a good idea. The relatively stable price
of gold can help insure your investment portfolio against
economic instability. Gold bullion prices may fluctuate over
the years but gold investments are highly unlikely to get
devalued and have performed well over recent years.

Gold coins have a legal tender face value in the countries
currency that they were minted, and can be easier to dispose of
if you need to liquidate your gold assets. Many types of gold
bullion rounds or gold coins are available, such as American
Eagles, Krugerrands, Sovereigns, Canadian Maples, Australian
Gold Nuggets, Chinese Gold Pandas and many more. Gold bullion
bars are available in many different sizes upto 400 ounce size.
The 400 oz bullion gold bar is the London Good Delivery bar
size. Good delivery bars must meet certain specifications, they
must weigh between 350oz - 430oz and be of a minimum purity of
99.5% pure Gold. These London Good Delivery bullion bars are
normally held by central banks and not usually held by smaller
private investors.

Mining shares can be lucrative but their performance depends on
the success of the mine and the general standing of the mining
company you are investing in. Therefore mining stocks may not
follow the general trend of the gold fix market, but can
outperform the market if the mining company is particularly
successful.

A precious metals gold managed fund can provide a more diverse
gold stocks portfolio. The funds manger may invest in various
precious metals and gold shares spreading any risk between a
selection of stocks. Precious metals mutuals are available that
also invest in other metals such as Silver, Platinum and
Palladium as well as gold stocks.

The most cost effective way to invest in physical gold is to
buy larger bullion bars. Gold bullion in bar form offers the
lowest gold dealers percentage over the gold market price,
depending on the bars size the dealers premium over fix can be
as low as 2% - 5%. Compared to the premium on various gold
coins of between 7% - 20% or more gold bullion bars appear much
more attractive financially. Although the fact that gold bullion
rounds or coins are much more liquid than bars may sway your
decision to purchase bars. Gold coins can be disposed of on the
open market fairly easily and quickly in comparison to large
gold bars. Coins are also much easier for the smaller investor
or private individual to obtain and to store. There is also the
collectable and historical value that gold coins have against
gold bullion bars.

About The Author: Gold bullion investment tips and live gold
fix market price charts visit http://www.gold-fix.co.uk For
silver,gold and platinum live price quotes and information
visit http://www.goldfix.net

Betting the Farm....Again

Today, in retrospect was supposed to be a huge "up" day, according to Asian markets late last night.  Was down $1200 in DDM, sold out at 8:00 AM PT and bought and equal amount ($80,000) woth of my favorite DXD.  Oh well, it's only fake money.

Obama speaks and hatches another bogus stimulus pan which spends more $Billions .....Market drops like an elevator.  He should stay off TV, but his ego is to big.