tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23209806557567441442024-03-13T10:23:27.428-07:00Wake Up ProfitsUser-generated articles about money made online and "baptism by fire" revelations of what works and what hasn't in regards to maximizing your online profit generating efforts.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-58688853956578980092011-01-27T19:34:00.000-08:002011-01-27T19:41:21.536-08:00Qualcomm, Meeting The Needs Of Next-Generation Mobile Devices<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlh-TyUCxN9hSnexUEQlWt7wgyPaB0tVW7TBNwoo9wqkMwy25aB0e8Zvewht1cKJ8kfN6NblIMRy91phfBy0HJOt5YwFPEoOrlhQMHcjf3FifCD1Z5xXqDYP0wGhr629s6e3OpKLWsqo/s1600/qualcomm.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlh-TyUCxN9hSnexUEQlWt7wgyPaB0tVW7TBNwoo9wqkMwy25aB0e8Zvewht1cKJ8kfN6NblIMRy91phfBy0HJOt5YwFPEoOrlhQMHcjf3FifCD1Z5xXqDYP0wGhr629s6e3OpKLWsqo/s320/qualcomm.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567075858789444770" /></a>
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<br /></span></p><p class="p1">Qualcomm (Public, NASDAQ: QCOM) is a leading chipset maker, located in San Diego, California. Qualcomm designs and produces wireless telecommunications products, such as its code division multiple access (CDMA) technologies.</p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Consumers worldwide demand more and more from their smartphones and tablet computers and Qualcomm is helping to fill that demand with dual-core chipsets that offer better video performance and higher screen resolutions, up to 1280 x 800 pixels.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Qualcomm produces the Snapdragon up to 1.2 GHz (MSM 8260 and MSM 8660) dual-core chipsets for smartphones and the QSD8672, 1.5 GHz chipset for smartbooks will compete with NVIDIA's, dual-core, Tegra 2 chipsets.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Qualcomm’s strengths lie in its ability to stay abreast and a bit ahead of its competitors, Texas Instruments Inc. (Public, NYSE: TXN), Infineon Tech. AG (ADR)(Public, PINK: IFNNY) purchased by Intel (Public, NASDAQ: INTC), Motorola Solutions Inc. (Public, NYSE: MSI), Broadcom Corporation (Public, NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nvidia Corp. (Public, NASDAQ: NVDA), by forging partnerships with popular consumer electronics companies, such as Apple (Public, NASDAQ: AAPL) and Dell (Public, NASDAQ: DELL) and a host of others (Samsung, LG and HTC).</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Qualcomm’s future is bright indeed with its more powerful, faster, energy efficient processors and its partnership with Apple to supply the cdma chipsets for Verizon’s iPhone and potentially for the iPad 2, iPhone 5 and a slew of new Android and Windows OS smartphones and tablets coming out this year. Analyst’s state that Verizon will sell between 19 to 23 million CDMA iPhones this year alone.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Qualcomm chipsets coming out later this year will have the LTE (long-term evolution), multi-mode, 3G/4G modems, which would allow users to take full advantage of 4G wi-fi technologies. Qualcomm does well with its chips sales and a good bit of its profits are derived from the licensing of its cdma. Qualcomm anticipates sales of 775 million cdma devices for 2011.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Qualcomm’s recent acquisition of Atheros Communications, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ: ATHR), a Santa Clara, California based wireless chip and wired chip solutions provider. The acquisition of Atheros Communications gives Qualcomm synergy in the mobile market. The migration of dumbphones to smartphones and the proliferation of tablet computers, will add to Qualcomm’s profits this year and for years to come.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1"></span>
<br /></p>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-80744885680786313502010-12-19T00:40:00.000-08:002010-12-19T00:50:36.613-08:00The Next Paradigm Shift In Mobile Telecommunications<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nHqCeim8H7ETOx_kxuPO8xRcEsVaNIJjrCVDA-Pt6IO2iCbME78qMctcZfHB5E-W906Q05glc5RWuJtO3nzgT7zUWOsTXs_pNhfef1MIEnItdB1GnlzqlYoheFaA3lieMVO9H-78sUM/s1600/dual-core-smartphone.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nHqCeim8H7ETOx_kxuPO8xRcEsVaNIJjrCVDA-Pt6IO2iCbME78qMctcZfHB5E-W906Q05glc5RWuJtO3nzgT7zUWOsTXs_pNhfef1MIEnItdB1GnlzqlYoheFaA3lieMVO9H-78sUM/s400/dual-core-smartphone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552311348888155442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nvidia is shaking up the smartphone market with its new processor the Tegra 2. The Tegra 2 is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that enhances the playback for games and video. It is an ARM-based Cortex A9 processor that renders faster web page loading times on a smartphone. The Tegra 2 smartphone processor has a clock speed of 1GHz and is a dual-core processor that will give gaming applications and videos higher playback qualities over the present single-core chips in smartphones.<br /><br />Graduating over time from single-core smartphone processors to that of dual-core smartphone processors is a logical progression for insightful chipset manufacturers.<br />More and more people want to take their desktop functionalities that they have come to rely on at home, on the road with them. Smartphone manufacturers and software developers are in a unique position to extend the range of home computing to the mobile marketplace by offering solutions to the consumer that satisfies their appetite for mobility and functionality.<br /><br />The dual-core, ARM-based Cortex A9 chipset, Tegra 2, fulfills this growing demand for more processing power, brought on by the increasing demands from consumers to run more complicated applications smoothly in a mobile environment. Nvidia is poised to become the company that can do that efficiently at a price point that is acceptable to the enduser. Nvidia, better associated with its GPUs (Graphic Processing Units) has taken the lead in bringing to market a dual-core chipset of influencing promise, that other chipset manufacturers will likely follow to compete in the highly-lucrative, mobile device market.<br /><br />Contenders in the dual-core smartphone processor sectors are rather limited at the time of this writing, but expected to increase as demand increases.<br /><br />Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)<br /><br />Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia, is a powerhouse in the Graphics Processing arena and it’s the inventor of the GPU.<br /><br />Texas Instrument, Inc. (NYSE: TXN)<br /><br />Texas Instrument (TI) has introduced the dual-core, 1.5 GHz OMAP 4440 Chipset that will give mobile devices between a 30-50% overall increase in performance over its 1 GHz OMAP 4430 Chipset.<br /><br />RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM)<br /><br />Research In Motion’s Blackberrys will continue to use the Blackberry OS, but its tablet called Playbook, will use its QNS OS. The QNS OS is in wide use by the military, government agencies and hospitals and is well-suited for multi-core chipset devices.<br /><br />Samsung Electronics (Korean Exchange: 005930)<br /><br />Samsung is the world’s largest electronics company and manufactures the Orion chipset which is a 1 GHz, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor. Samsung manufactures the A4 processor used in the Apple’s iPhone 4.<br /><br />Motorola (NYSE: MOT)<br /><br />Motorola’s Android 3.0 dual-core tablet will be using Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor.<br /><br />TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited) (NYSE: TSM)<br />(TSE: 2330)<br /><br />TSMC will have a market for its 40 nm, dual-core chipsets as too will Nufront, a Chinese Technology Company (Private) and it’s NuSmart 2815, 40 nm dual-core Arm-based Cortex A9 SoC chipset that is clocked at 2 GHz for laptops, tablets and all-in-one (AIO) computers.<br /><br /><br />Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM)<br /><br />Qualcomm’s 1.2 GHz, dual-core Snapdragon Chipset for the multi-core smartphone processor market. Snapdragon is manufactured by TSMC.<br /><br />Many chipset manufacturers let other companies design their chipsets, with the exception of say, Intel, and have them produced at their factories, such as the former manufacturing arm of AMD, Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Global Foundries, Inc. (Private), so it is important to note, that there exist investment opportunities in both the dual-core chipset manufacturer and the end-user, such as Motorola, Qualcomm and RIM, to offer a few examples.<br /><br />Keep in mind that all Dual-core smartphone processors are based on the ARM architecture, so they can be configured to operate in all sorts of mobile devices, such as netbooks, smartbooks, e-book readers, tablet computers and mobile Internet devices. The market for dual-core smartphone processors will only grow as more and more consumers demand the same video experience that they have at home with their mobile devices. Dual-core smartphones is the natural progression in solving the need to multi-task on the go and together with seamless video playback, will usher increased demand for the more efficient GPU processing inherently found within dual-core chipsets.<br /><br />There are enormous investment opportunities as the competing smartphone chipset manufacturers come on board, thanks to consumer demand for smartphones and other mobile devices. Ultimately, the smartphone chipset manufacturer who prevails among all the others will be the system-on-a-chip (SoC) provider that is associated with the mobile device or devices that have the best overall performance and respectable battery life, while maintaining a wonderfully-intuitive user interface and user experience. The dual-core chipset manufacturer who has achieved that would do exceptionally well in the smartphone and mobile device marketplace.<br /><br />PS, LG (Private) is introducing the LG Optimus 2x will feature the Tegra 2 chipset and it will be available at T-Mobile stores in the U.S in early spring of 2011. The LG Optimus 2x will be available in Europe and Asia as early as the beginning of 2011.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-86605608909361456232010-12-08T19:58:00.000-08:002010-12-08T20:05:30.473-08:00iPad, Second Generation, The Future Unfolding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaNahZ48qOwkZqydmlJskLPacigmgbx2LvIOGJcuMZlmvuOWfMZb3s57pXhtxsJ6e64Ek7utdi4GlooY1IqNCvsPt30xwyuHTtB1gqLTMsLHiUEgZq-OA00kHi3T08Fs70Jmcs-R_gaM/s1600/iPad-Second-Generation.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaNahZ48qOwkZqydmlJskLPacigmgbx2LvIOGJcuMZlmvuOWfMZb3s57pXhtxsJ6e64Ek7utdi4GlooY1IqNCvsPt30xwyuHTtB1gqLTMsLHiUEgZq-OA00kHi3T08Fs70Jmcs-R_gaM/s400/iPad-Second-Generation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548528659881232034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Apple Daily the Hong Kong and Taiwan daily newspaper stated that Quanta Computer Inc., (TPE: 2382) based in Taiwan has been awarded a contract from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to manufacture Apple’s Second Generation iPad. Earlier we reported that Hon Hai Precision Industry (TPE: 2317) through their subsidiary, Foxconn (TPE: 2354). Quanta Computer will be the second manufacturer for the Second Generation of Apple’s iPad. Quanta Computer and Foxconn has extensive experience in manufacturing high-end electronics and manufacturing operations in Mainland China. To read more about the second generation Ipad, stop by <a href="http://mytouchtablet.com/ipad-philosophy/ipad-second-generation/">My Touch Tablet.</a>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-35620845543636421412010-11-24T14:44:00.000-08:002010-11-24T14:49:52.394-08:00China and Russia Dump The Dollar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rgTSCrgQughDFvmf-mWCzobu_AuPfeCd8l4FDU8GRZTJ0mvvDvy_mvk9eyf8itVKpyLp5ftC17r-NATXi3xFYVAPzO86r4PDSGfrytEPdP1dsJCq8eQY4_NyZ4VA5rCuqSam9kW3aII/s1600/Russia-China-Bilateral-Trade.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rgTSCrgQughDFvmf-mWCzobu_AuPfeCd8l4FDU8GRZTJ0mvvDvy_mvk9eyf8itVKpyLp5ftC17r-NATXi3xFYVAPzO86r4PDSGfrytEPdP1dsJCq8eQY4_NyZ4VA5rCuqSam9kW3aII/s400/Russia-China-Bilateral-Trade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543252137472483602" border="0" /></a><br />What happens to the dollar when China and Russia use their respective currencies for bilateral trade?<br /><br />China and Russia have announced that they will use their respective currencies to settle bilateral trade accounts between them. Previously, China and Russia settled their accounts using other currencies, specifically the dollar.<br /><br />Those in the know, state that the decision of China and Russia to use their own currency to settle their trade accounts with one another is largely based on their closer relations and a step towards protecting their domestic economies.<br /><br />The Chinese yuan trades against the Russian rouble in the interbank market. China and Russia is sure to solidify additional trade agreements beyond that of their currencies and together, they are a powerhouse with a sufficient economy to support their endeavors.<br /><br />Investments abound in the areas of energy, telecommunications and banking. For those who have the risk tolerance and the willingness to learn more, will profit greatly from their China-Russia interests.<br /><br />The dollar’s slide against other currencies has cause much debate within many countries to reconsider the dollar. If, enough countries chose to segregate themselves from the dollar, the consequences are unforeseen for them and uncertain for the dollar, but one thing is for sure, speculation breeds a lot of activity in the financial markets. Profit from your understanding!Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-16604296388484035362010-11-22T18:43:00.000-08:002010-11-22T18:48:21.181-08:00Tyson Foods Route To Profitability<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT3tIx_flcED1EOHZgMbKjdruUNLB8RCj60PGTRQXppZxhXpdmItLpUzwN8Gh9GtXSSznGo4spksYo2mYds2SXCq1Of8W_c3LcXA6MiO_BszFMg0hBoywZRvNoJecBC6oAgUwOeJ1FSs/s1600/Tyson-Foods.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeT3tIx_flcED1EOHZgMbKjdruUNLB8RCj60PGTRQXppZxhXpdmItLpUzwN8Gh9GtXSSznGo4spksYo2mYds2SXCq1Of8W_c3LcXA6MiO_BszFMg0hBoywZRvNoJecBC6oAgUwOeJ1FSs/s320/Tyson-Foods.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542571025075261330" border="0" /></a><br />Can a business raise their prices on a product that consumers are buying less of and declare an increase in profits? A rational individual with a sense of economics will probably tell you no, but Arkansas-based, Tyson Foods Inc. (Public, NYSE: TSN), United States no. 1 meat producer defies economics and raises its prices on chicken anyway. What do you think the consequences will be for Tyson in the short-term and also, in the long-term?<br /><br />Overwhelming since the demand for Tyson’s products are essentially a result of consumer spending and consumer spending is based on the needs and wants of the consumer and the availability of products that are substitutes, Tyson may be in for a future profit shock.<br /><br />During periods of economic uncertainty and immeasurable volatility in the markets, business that have pent up cash are holding on to it, since interest rates are at historical lows. Most businesses are skeptical of hiring or expanding their enterprises until they feel better about the economic outlook.<br /><br />Persistent unemployment, underemployment and chronic unemployment fuels the instability in the economy. The inability for many to sell their houses and move to an area where there is employment opportunities, continues to drag down the housing market as the number of foreclosures continue their tumultuous spiral.<br /><br />Who competes with Tyson?<br /><br />Cargill, Inc. (Private) based in Minnesota.<br /><br />Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. (Public, NYSE: PPC) based in Colorado.<br /><br /><br />Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Public, NYSE: SFD) based in Virginia.<br /><br /><br />What is Tyson’s market share?<br /><br />Tyson is the largest producer of meat products in America.<br /><br /><br />When will Tyson’s profits start declining?<br /><br />Tyson may experience declining profits if grain profits rise in the future and is unable to pass on the increase costs to its consumers. Tyson’s future profitability is also threaten by a plentiful supply of chicken at a time when demand for chicken is uncertain. An oversupply of chickens is also a possibility if other major poultry producers expand their operations.<br /><br /><br />Where will Tyson produce an increase in volume?<br /><br />Tyson had increases in pork sales. The question we have to ask is whether or not the increase in pork sales related to seasonal demand, that is the holidays? Americans generally indulge in traditional Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals of pork, beef, chicken and turkey.<br /><br /><br />How will Tyson sustain profitability?<br /><br />Tyson will counter the increase in grain costs in its chicken business by becoming more efficient in its operations and increasing prices.<br /><br />Tyson is noted to have a very efficient pork processing model that rivals the industry. Demand for its pork products are expected to rise domestically and overseas against an already tight supply. Beef, Chicken, Pork and Prepared Foods are some of Tyson’s pillar products.<br /><br />When a business seeks to remain profitable by raising its prices to counter the price increases of its inputs (commodities), if the public has no other alternatives or substitutes, then it is a business model that may be able to sustain itself. In a competitive industry such as Tyson’s, consumers have a choice and many will choose to exercise it, if they feel they can get better value somewhere else.<br /><br />Increasing operational efficiency while admirable, may not be enough to sustain profitability at the same time you’re raising prices. Americans may decide to consume less meat and export demand is largely depended on the health of the economy, both domestically and internationally.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-4234720380081203992010-11-09T15:41:00.000-08:002010-11-09T16:00:36.726-08:00National Security and Investment Security<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin24bL50ZxrbAxE63w_1uvCaJY_wb-cZ5UNZAaZ9ru_pkP81K3koE6uXlLwAl5tzxhPR3A11AtS9BR7uOIiKZlDVVF4LsfkN3Mwo8Uu9uAVd3s4Y_qVSNHzMCf94zOL6F31UB72iV2E88/s1600/National-Security-Investment-Security.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin24bL50ZxrbAxE63w_1uvCaJY_wb-cZ5UNZAaZ9ru_pkP81K3koE6uXlLwAl5tzxhPR3A11AtS9BR7uOIiKZlDVVF4LsfkN3Mwo8Uu9uAVd3s4Y_qVSNHzMCf94zOL6F31UB72iV2E88/s400/National-Security-Investment-Security.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537699808802446722" border="0" /></a><br />Who would have ever thought that the U.S. would use their National Security laws to prevent or restrict what component or components, that can or can not be used in a network or product. Well, that happened this week and it is reason of concern, not so much from a physical security standpoint, but from an investment security point of view.<br /><br />Anytime the U.S. government restricts a corporation from providing critical components for the infrastructure being built in the United States, it is like the government once again intervening in the free market and the free market becomes less free, but more and more affected by government intervention.<br /><br />Sprint Nextel Corp. is building out its 4G Network, both Wimax and LTE and will be excluding Huawei and ZTE from its contracts on the premise of in the interest of National Security. The United States Defense Department is asserting that they are concerned about the close ties between Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corporation’s and the Chinese government and military. The concern is that there are security issues when you allow Huawei’s and ZTE’s components into the U.S. infrastructure.<br /><br />On the surface this sound like a plausible argument, in that if the U.S. allows Huawei and ZTE components into U.S. infrastructure, the Chinese government and military could extract critical information by disruption or interception and use that information for their competitive advantage, commercially and militarily.<br /><br />The U.S. government gave ZTE it’s government security approval and certificate for its network infrastructure, making ZTE the first Chinese vendor to receive this coveted certification. The certification is handed down from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). You can read more about ZTE’s government certification <a href="http://www.rcrwireless.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101029/INFRASTRUCTURE/101029928/1098/&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=item&utm_campaign=rss">here</a>.<br /><br />If, the U.S. government blocks Huawei and ZTE from supplying the necessary equipment for America’s 4G, Next-Generation infrastructure,will Cisco and French-based Alcatel-Lucent, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks become the beneficiaries. What about Sycamore and Corning, what role will they play? In part it’s going to be interesting to see how the U.S. government directly imposes restrictions on Huawei and ZTE, because indirectly Huawei and ZTE will continue to supply its numerous subsidiaries, such as Futurewei Technologies in Plano and its vast network of vendors, such as NTCH Inc. in Los Angeles.<br /><br />There are so many companies and telecoms in America who depend on ZTE and Huawei products for their network and no amount of regulating is going to totally stop Huawei and ZTE from doing business in America, because Huawei and ZTE supplies everyone we do business with who don’t have Chinese names, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Verizon, T-Mobile, MetroPCS and a dozen or more regional wireless companies. You would have to shut down the entire Internet in America and also the wireless carriers to render any kind of restriction on Huawei and ZTE, because their equipment is already so embedded in our infrastructure that the Defense Department is just waking up to realize the potential threat.<br /><br />Don’t forget that many of the components that make up CDMA networks, WIMAX and LTE networks are sourced from China by Huawei and ZTE subsidiaries and other vested vendors. Here are some little known handsets supplied by Huawei and ZTE.<br /><br />MetroPCS sells several Huawei handset models, the Huawei M750, M328 and the Huawei Ascend.<br /><br />T-Mobile’s Tap smartphone is the Huawei U7519.<br /><br />Verizon’s Salute smartphone is from ZTE, as is many components that Verizon is using for its network infrastructure. MetroPCS offers several phones by ZTE, the ZTE Essenze, C78 and the ZTE Agent.<br /><br />More than a few components and critical equipment used to run the Internet now and in the future is supplied by Huawei and ZTE and there is little the U.S. government can really do about it unless it wants to shut down the Internet and the wireless telecommunications and landline infrastructure. The bottom line for the U.S. government is National Security and the bottom line for corporations are profits. Anything that hampers the free hand of trade and the free market corporations will oppose directly or indirectly and last time I checked, corporations pretty much fuel politics in America and the rest of the world, so it will be interesting to see what happens.<br /><br />P.S. Don’t forget that we sold the Hummer division that GM used to own to Sichuan-based, Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company. Tengzhong is a giant of a construction and equipment company in China. What do you think they’re going to do with our former Hummer division?Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-41106971862871742522010-09-06T18:39:00.000-07:002010-09-06T18:42:59.785-07:00The Arm-based Market Heats Up & Investment Opportunities Abound<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WAHVvIWovPA1_m2BoK0PwtSEoHzmsO2B2t0FStUk5KecyOhGK_ZwaFROEkYOz50Wz92vlHNhMr95BtfAx6OpKmj-gnLeVstUQ3VV2lja9-8EWem9tWPg4r8KT9B9K8CibC6FRe0iJTk/s1600/ARM-CPU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WAHVvIWovPA1_m2BoK0PwtSEoHzmsO2B2t0FStUk5KecyOhGK_ZwaFROEkYOz50Wz92vlHNhMr95BtfAx6OpKmj-gnLeVstUQ3VV2lja9-8EWem9tWPg4r8KT9B9K8CibC6FRe0iJTk/s320/ARM-CPU.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513980900405952466" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Two notable semiconductor technology companies to keep an eye on are Marvell Technology Group, LTD (NASDAQ: MRVL) based in California, Texas, and China and a leader in ARM-based CPU’s that are used in servers employed for cloud-computing. Smooth Stone is based in Austin, Texas and is focused on producing ARM CPU’s used also in servers for cloud-computing.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Marvell Technology Group, LTD and its semiconductor company, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. make ARM-based, low-powered chip for eReaders, Smartphones, Mobile Internet Devices (MID’s), Digital Photo Frames, Open RD (an open-source technology platform), Dual-Band Access Point (802.11n wi-fi with multiple antennas), and Plug Computers (low-powered computers that are always on, such as set-top Internet boxes).</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Smooth Stone has the industry support of ATIC (Advance Technology Investment Company. ATIC is the same company that came to the rescue of AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc) (NYSE: AMD) when they were in dire straits.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">What Smooth Stone and Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. hope to do is to bring greater energy efficiency and computing density to the data industry. In the data industry and most notable in the server sector, energy efficiency is the key to containing costs and improving the bottom line.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Technology advances has taken care of most of the hardware issues involving computing power, but the need to keep energy cost at bay has been a challenge for the data industry. Any technology that addresses the energy concerns will be sincerely welcomed.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">ARM processors are generally found embedded in smartphones, but the Next-Generation Internet demands an even more social Internet and that means Social Media will demand more interaction and video online and these demands from the Internet users will only put additional strains on energy efficiencies. The data centers that can provide for the needs of the Next-Generation Internet will do well and those data centers that struggle with energy concerns, may find there days numbered.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The adoption of the low-powered, ARM CPU’s are a certain game-changer for the data industry and the server sector in particular. Most data centers use Intel or AMD CPU’s that are high-powered, Xeon or Opteron (codename: Magny-Cours) processors to render server functions when they could be using a low-powered, ARM CPU to do simple page loading and reduce their electrical consumption and space requirements by up to 75%. Intel owns about 90% of the server chip market and has the Atom processor which are also low-powered and can be used also in servers.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Overwhelmingly, data centers compete with one another based on performance and few data centers are willing to give up performance even if it cost them more in energy costs. Most data centers would rather cut costs on something else than sacrifice performance. Some data centers have adopted instead of using hard drives, have opted for DRAM or Flash memory for their storage needs which help to boost performance, although are more expensive to implement. If, Marvell, Smooth Stone can do what they say, they can license their technology to Intel and AMD for full-scale production.</span></p>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-6829621779177877272010-08-20T14:54:00.000-07:002010-08-20T15:44:20.172-07:00The Top 5 Contract Notebook Manufacturers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia77Lou1JafS7JLrQbOxAyj7yrneyYc8BhMTfYR0SEgBBqmkJOVS1MS3mvk-AIXUwkkC1hhXtc3ke5IUCKHlSba_JtfHQjOfoALp1gTQqFQ1jyWUB8qBNKxofumR5Rfy9Jn9IFrjweqXM/s1600/technology+investments.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia77Lou1JafS7JLrQbOxAyj7yrneyYc8BhMTfYR0SEgBBqmkJOVS1MS3mvk-AIXUwkkC1hhXtc3ke5IUCKHlSba_JtfHQjOfoALp1gTQqFQ1jyWUB8qBNKxofumR5Rfy9Jn9IFrjweqXM/s400/technology+investments.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507618683932101218" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Being a notebook aficionado, I own several Apple products, a netbook, a pocket computer, a mobile Internet device (Archos 8), a touch tablet computer, a smartphone, a smartbook and a USB VOIP SIM card reader and softphone. Surprisingly, most of what I have were made by just a handful of electronics giants.</div><div><br /></div><div>An advocate of Infrastructure Investing, I firmly believe that your most consistent earnings will come from the suppliers of the materials that make up the gadgets that consumers want by expressing their insatiable appetite for whatever that trendy mobile device or technology item happens to be. If, you're fortunate to invest early in those industries or niches before the growth of that entity softens, you will be happy you did. Since it isn't always possible for whatever reasons to get in early, you can at least to strive to ride the wave of earnings from those companies that supply or contract manufacture the items the public desires.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are the Top 5 Contract Manufacturers in the Notebook Industry and you will note that many if not all of these companies, specialize in other mobile devices and entertainment products as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>#1)<span style=""> </span>Quanta Computer, Inc. (TPE:<span style=""> </span>2382) based in Taipei, Taiwan is the largest contract notebook manufacturer in the world.<span style=""> </span>Quanta Computer also makes GSM mobile phones, WLAN related products, PDA’s and LCD’s.</div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"> #2)<span style=""> </span>Compal Electronics, Inc. (TPE:<span style=""> </span>2324) is the 2<sup>nd</sup> largest notebook manufacturer in the world. Compal Electronics is based in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in the U.S., U.K., Mainland China and South Korea.<span style=""> </span>Compal’s leading manufacturer facility is located in Kunshan not far from Shanghai.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Compal Electronics manufactures select models from Acer, Dell, Toshiba, HP/Compaq, Fujistu and Siemens.<span style=""> </span>Compal also manufactures 3D televisions, IP-televisions and “all-in-one” computers.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">#3)<span style=""> </span>Wistron Corporation (TSE: 3231) is the 3<sup>rd</sup> largest contract notebook manufacturer in the world.<span style=""> </span>Wistron Corporation is an electronics manufacturer based in Hsinchu, Taiwan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">#4)<span style=""> </span>Pegatron Corporation (TPE:<span style=""> </span>4938) is the 4<sup>th</sup> largest contract notebook manufacturer and also produces consumer electronics (game consoles) and communications devices (mobile phones).<span style=""> </span>Pegatron is based in Taipei, Taiwan.<span style=""> </span>Pegatron was formerly Asustek, the maker of the Eee netbook computer.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pegatron Corporation also makes smartbooks, MID’s (mobile Internet devices), motherboards, VGA (video graphics array), MP3 players, E-book readers and DPF (digital photo frames).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">#5)<span style=""> </span>Inventec Corporation (TPE:<span style=""> </span>2356) is the 5<sup>th</sup> largest contract notebook manufacturer and based in Taipei, Taiwan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your strategy should be to examine each computer manufacturer as well as the brand (Dell, Acer, Toshiba, etc.) to determine which shows the most promise for continued growth.<span style=""> </span>Keep in mind also that between the top 4 contract notebook manufacturers, the notebook brands that contract with them generally don’t show loyalty to any one-contract manufacturer when their bottom line is at stake.<span style=""> </span>Notebook brands generally go with whichever contract notebook manufacturer affords them the best margins, so choose wisely among them. Due your research and profit from your understanding.</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-68935186781032292902010-08-09T21:12:00.000-07:002010-08-09T23:26:27.695-07:00Infrastructure Investing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsfoBK6GugTg8A6XZ8_5WtQQsjb33e1ZYz-fKz6zVOXjBeedD5JWgC737g0_uHcUVju09UH7l02OdCJ6pwu38Mmmm8rmMPkUEJ_Gz2k7wTia1UF6Y_nc4CykAFe6OA7jpZwTRIgq2CUU/s1600/infrastructureinvesting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsfoBK6GugTg8A6XZ8_5WtQQsjb33e1ZYz-fKz6zVOXjBeedD5JWgC737g0_uHcUVju09UH7l02OdCJ6pwu38Mmmm8rmMPkUEJ_Gz2k7wTia1UF6Y_nc4CykAFe6OA7jpZwTRIgq2CUU/s400/infrastructureinvesting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503663127838971410" border="0" /></a>Infrastructure Investing is breaking down a leading technology company's product or service components and pinpointing who their suppliers are and then analyzing those suppliers and if those suppliers meet your investment risk tolerance, investing in those suppliers.<br /><br />Take as an example the wonderful smartphone product from Apple, Inc. who owns the very popular iPhone that is perhaps the most popular selling smartphone worldwide. What do we know about the suppliers of the iPhone? Well, we may or may not know that the iPhone is manufactured by Foxconn of Taiwan, but what makes the iPhone unique is its digital ecosystem, such as its operating system, iOS and the 200,000 plus applications (apps) available.<br /><br />A cadre of companies supply the iPhone:<br /><ul><li> Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), Supplies the iPhone's GPS chipset.</li><li> Balda AG (ETR:BAD), Manufactures the scratch-resistant, multi-touch sensitive control modules that give its touchscreen magical-like behavior when you interact with the screen.</li><li>Infineon Technologies AG (ADR) (Public, PINK: IFNNY), supplies the iPhone's baseband, which is the core chipset to handle voice and data.</li><li>Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), makes the Nor Flash Chips which makes the iPhone system software easy to update.</li><li>Samsung Semiconductor (Private), makes the integrated circuit for the video processors.</li><li>Sharp (ADR) (PINK: SHCAY) & Sanyo Epson (aka, Wolf Microelectronics PLC) (LON: WLF), supplies the display.</li><li>Skyworks (NASDAQ: SWKS), makes the mobile radio amplifier.</li><li>Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), makes the CMOS chip.</li><li>Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR PLC) (LON: CSR), makes the bluetooth Chip.</li><li>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) (ADR) (NYSE: TSM), the world's largest contract chip company by revenue makes the chip for the iPhone.</li><li>United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) (ADR) (NYSE: UMC) is the second largest contract chip company in the world also makes iPhone chips.</li><li>National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) & Novatek Microelectronics Corporation (TPE: 3034), make the iPhone's display driver chip.</li><li>Quanta Computer (TPE: 2382), assembles the iPhone & will be making RIM"s tablet computer, "BlackPad."</li><li>Foxconn (ADR) (PINK: FXCNY), also assembles the iPhone, Wii, Playstation & Apple's ipod Touch.<br /></li></ul> This is the key to investing in the infrastructures that make up the most highly-sought after products today and if you go with a balance of the dominant manufacturers in their industry or niche, you will be okay, but for the truly spectacular margins, have a look at the rising technology manufacturers. As always, do your due diligence and profit from your understanding!Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-68431667037617869652010-07-03T11:51:00.000-07:002010-07-03T12:44:25.317-07:00iPad & The Paradigm Shift<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbp_hygQT72wvgtHPrkldaq_0Enzo3j8dXJRxt6n-23QzojCzvehTjFdFvZeUHR5YqROYKyReeQ12YAlZAqHcE_agxB9dkH3mW99Sjp_gwNnR-GyfCG4hx8qU_0zFBkThy6zlqKHmFTo/s1600/iPad+3g.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbp_hygQT72wvgtHPrkldaq_0Enzo3j8dXJRxt6n-23QzojCzvehTjFdFvZeUHR5YqROYKyReeQ12YAlZAqHcE_agxB9dkH3mW99Sjp_gwNnR-GyfCG4hx8qU_0zFBkThy6zlqKHmFTo/s400/iPad+3g.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489763336630117938" border="0" /></a>The ipad is poised to cross the threshold of the next paradigm shift of personal mobile Internet consumption and e-book reading. Apple, Inc, created a paradigm shift in the way music was distributed worldwide with its iTunes platform and is poised to the same for the e-book market while at the same time, giving Internet surfers their very own mobile handheld device to communicate with their favorite social networks.<br /><br />Whenever an industry or niche pushes the envelope to the point that others in the same sector have to take notice and adopt quickly or lose considerable market share, is a good thing for consumers. Consumers benefit from the shakeup in the disruption in the market because there will be complimentary choices in the future and applications that will give them and even more personalized experience. <br /><br />The ipad wifi and the ipad 3g will solidify loyalties among Apple followers and improve Apple's dominance in bringing to market, fun and creatively-thought out mobile devices that consumers love and want. The ipad apps market will continue to swell as Apple has made it even more convienent for iPhone users to migrate to the iPad platform without any additional learning curve.<br /><br />The ipad is sure to bring Apple, Inc. new converts and with it, profits that make it an attractive company to follow and invest in. Anothr company to follow is <a href="http://www.foxconn.com/">Foxconn</a>, Taiwanese manufacturer of the iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and a host of other products. Foxconn's competing electronics giant is the Seoul, South Korea giant, <a href="http://www.samsung.com">Samsung</a>. Keep your eye on these two megagiants and follow their principal suppliers for their raw materials and as consumer demand swell for the iPad and iPhone and Samsung's Tegra 2, iPad-like table computer, very handsome margins are to be had. Until next time, profit from your understanding!Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-12405927559432031562010-05-04T13:45:00.000-07:002010-05-04T14:28:05.155-07:00Next Generation Internet Investments<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvmMBnXTgbx1y_9QKZCcYyrmVLZmfR0SVc1EwYig-dtoyCa9VO3FgMkKf2nzDOEGQEkOYk9xAJxtAnwp0wyW9QQW12mieKcTTmbv0vHpTZ1DfPEGkTcPANMKnS36r6n1fKepWYj4l-0M/s1600/Next+Generation+Internet.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvmMBnXTgbx1y_9QKZCcYyrmVLZmfR0SVc1EwYig-dtoyCa9VO3FgMkKf2nzDOEGQEkOYk9xAJxtAnwp0wyW9QQW12mieKcTTmbv0vHpTZ1DfPEGkTcPANMKnS36r6n1fKepWYj4l-0M/s400/Next+Generation+Internet.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467529268971066034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Next Generation Internet is ripe for introducing faster technologies and greater capacities that will make our lives more entertaining and the Internet more addictive than it is now. Imagine the whole entire population of China, Video calling their friends all at the same time and experiencing no degradation in the bandwidth or service.<br /><br />Imagine downloading all the movies ever made in the world, in just under four minutes. That's the future, when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cisco</span> fully implements its Carrier Routing System, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CRS</span>-3 Routers, which have immense more capacity than previous routers. This is the vision of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Cisco's</span> CEO, John T. Chambers and the unrealized dreams of billions of people who seek to make the Internet more accessible and more affordable, while at the same time, increasing its capacity for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Internet's</span> Next Generation and its world of all things video.<br /><br />It's just a matter of fully implementing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CRS</span>-3 Carrier Routing System worldwide and the benefits will be phenomenal. Internet users will demand it and gamers will <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">obssess</span> over it. Video Aficionados will demand the increase capacity and will ignite the demand for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">CRS</span>-3 Routers. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cisco</span> is in a prime <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">position</span> to take advantage of this explosive growth of video online and will carve out a nice niche for itself by dominating this aspect of the Next Generation <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Internet's</span> infrastructure.<br /><br />The question that has yet to be answered of course is, how does this affect what Google is doing and to what extent may Google compete with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Cisco</span> in this specialized hardware space? No matter how the competition heats up, there will be winners and there will be losers, and overall, there is an opportunity to make profits on all of them.<br /><br />Video will continue to influence the direction of the Internet and the online surfers will flock to what they consider to be the best applications the Internet has to offer. Remember people on the Internet tend to go where their friends go, to communicate, to collaborate and to share ideas and experiences and guess what? Where do the search engines robots go? <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Yep</span>, wherever folks are congregating and interacting online, the search engines follow.<br /><br />As more and more Internet users come online to take advantage of the many experiences that video offers, so too will the search engines be there to categorize, list, compile and archive all that is going on, hoping to influence the purchasing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">decisions</span> of those users with their ads and other items.<br /><br />So, where should you put your money? My money is on the suppliers of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">infrastructure</span> for the hardware, such as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Cisco</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Xilinx</span>, because <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Xilinx</span>, is a worldwide leader of programmable logic and programmable system solutions. My money is on the suppliers of the video technology and standard that is likely to prevail over the current standard which is Adobe's Flash. Remember the off-line video battle between "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Betamax</span>" and "VHS?" We all know who won and we all know that neither "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Betamax</span>" or "VHS," is as exciting as "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">BluRay</span>."<br /><br />Do your due diligence and look at the dominant players for each hardware and/or software standard and when you're comfortable, get with your investment advisor to choose which if, any you are comfortable with. A change is coming for the Internet and there will profits to be had, by those sharp enough, or interested enough to do their homework.<br /><br />P.S., In the interest of full disclosure, I am not an investment advisor, nor do I play one on television or online. I at the time of this writing, hold no shares in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Cisco</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Xilinx</span>.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-54319529829817769472009-03-09T12:34:00.000-07:002009-03-09T12:53:24.248-07:00Unemployment is a good thing and Unemployment is a bad thing.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy00SFaoLe4FkhMPgdJ8qP6HP4Yqiy1_pNaN5AGMJT9_h6DYkpS3i3ud22i4JEYXUdYBxCTsb1JZLTgNVmYc2aBAj9tQIim81zo5w-5wUortYzue9CNXNORXpJIyph1wucz2GECNfhSvE/s1600-h/BMW+Tire+Wear.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy00SFaoLe4FkhMPgdJ8qP6HP4Yqiy1_pNaN5AGMJT9_h6DYkpS3i3ud22i4JEYXUdYBxCTsb1JZLTgNVmYc2aBAj9tQIim81zo5w-5wUortYzue9CNXNORXpJIyph1wucz2GECNfhSvE/s320/BMW+Tire+Wear.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311274564086067106" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Unemployment is a good thing.<span style=""> </span>Unemployment is a bad thing.<span style=""> </span>By now everyone in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> knows at least two or three people who are out of work and filing for unemployment benefits, two or three people who are looking for work and at least one or two people who are wondering it they still have a job when tomorrow comes.<span style=""> </span>For those who are unemployed and have filed for unemployment insurance, now is the time to reevaluate what you really want to do and what you absolutely have to do in order to survive.<span style=""> </span>For those who are looking for work, in spite of your state's unemployment rate, what about creating work for yourself by pursuing that which interests you most?<span style=""> </span>For those of you still working, don't become an unemployment statistic, why not look at what you are doing and figure out a way to do it more efficiently that saves you time and energy, and who knows, someone at your workplace might even find you worthy of hanging around a little longer afterward.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">These are the best of times for those looking for work and have the benefit of unemployment extension, because the fear is just the beginning and the satisfying that fear is just what’s needed sometimes when you’re back is against the wall.<span style=""> </span>All those things you dreamed of doing while you still had employment, now you can go off and do them.<span style=""> </span>Why wait until you have poor health to do what you really want to do.<span style=""> </span>If, you wait until you have enough money to do what you always wanted to do, maybe you can do what you really want to on a less grandeur scale, but still get to do it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">These are the worst of times, if you are still looking for work and haven’t found it with someone else yet.<span style=""> </span>Don’t fret though, because you can still work for yourself.<span style=""> </span>At what you may ask?<span style=""> </span>Heck, we all understand the cause of unemployment, but surely there is something that you enjoy doing more than anything else, but until now, you really had no time to explore it.<span style=""> </span>Well, now is time to do what you’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ve</span> always wanted to do and while you’re doing it, make it personal.<span style=""> </span>You know, put your heart and soul into it.<span style=""> </span>Don’t worry about failing or anything like that, get started and before you know it, you’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ve</span> got some traction and things are going well for you, or Not!<span style=""> </span>You’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ve</span> got to try or you’ll spend the rest of life wondering what if scenarios.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">These are the worst of all times if you’re still working, because if you haven’t noticed anyone in your company who has been transferred, demoted or outright let go, then you are one of the lucky few.<span style=""> </span>It might be a good idea to know where your local unemployment office is, just in case you don't plan to file for unemployment online. Nonetheless, you are lucky because just as the air we breathe touches everyone who wishes to live, so too does the knowledge of recognizing that there is a problem in the economy and no matter what Washington and Congress does, after all the dust has settled, the folks who are in Washington and Congress don’t have to worry about their paychecks bouncing.<span style=""> </span>I suspect we will have about two more years of economic uncertainty and if we <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">aren</span>’t careful, we stand as Americans to lose a full ten years of little if any of economic growth, just like our buddies Japan did back in the late 1980’s and 1990’s.<span style=""> </span>If, you’re into economic stuff, just Google, “<st1:country-region st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>’s Lost Decade,” and you’ll notice that it is like “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">déjàvu</span>” with <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s current economic policy.<span style=""> </span>So, for those of you who are still employed, more than a few of you won’t be for long—not my wishes, just the economic reality of life here in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> now.<span style=""> </span>Never stop learning, never stop thinking about your future and that of your children’s, because after all, last time I check, I still work for my children and they are swell employers!<span style=""> </span>Until next time, stay sane.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p> Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-49586369333317159172009-02-14T12:57:00.000-08:002009-02-14T17:55:22.410-08:00Economic Stimulus Bill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDA38CdrSNPrfCnm0rRFEY6WMJpefJ6l3HLTBHOq-xH7bJbx1fWI3zlbQdN37biaQx3xBqzRvNhY0yoFuvWZPQNMLvpDpHsSoh6mBAd4Gg3QhWmTA_WgY93xBHoyOLPY66Dkbn-yVjfk/s1600-h/Imagination.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDA38CdrSNPrfCnm0rRFEY6WMJpefJ6l3HLTBHOq-xH7bJbx1fWI3zlbQdN37biaQx3xBqzRvNhY0yoFuvWZPQNMLvpDpHsSoh6mBAd4Gg3QhWmTA_WgY93xBHoyOLPY66Dkbn-yVjfk/s320/Imagination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302833826860821538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Who will benefit most from the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill? The Health Care Industry is the likely candidate to benefit from the Economic Stimulus Package. Here's why. As an investor, speculator and observer of trends, if you consider the major players within the Health Care Industry that will benefit directly from the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill, you'll note that the Health care Industry and specifically the Medicaid Program are scheduled to get $87 billion and The National Institute of Health receiving $10 billion.<br /><br />The Medicaid Program provides health insurance for the uninsured in the United States and The National Institute of Health does Biomedical Research. Keep in mind that the States administer the Medicaid Program that is funded by the Federal Government. Another consideration is, if you live in a state where the income per capita is considered high, the state is going to be contributing more to their Medicaid Program. If, you live in a state that has a low per capita income, then the Federal Government is going to be paying to that state more money to support the Medicaid Program. The higher per capita income a state has, the less money the Federal Government contributes to its Medicaid Program.<br /><br />Within the Economic Stimulus Bill, there is a provision to give the states with high-unemployment; extra money based on their Medicaid benefits disbursements. That is, if the State has both high-unemployment and a large number of people on Medicaid, they will get extra money from the Federal Government for their Medicaid Program. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, <a href="http://www.bls.gov/lau/">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>, December 2008 Report. States that have high-unemployment are Michigan, Rhode Island, California, South Carolina and Nevada. Each State has unemployment above 9%. The key is to find States that have high -unemployment, and among those States, large Medicaid benefits disbursements too! Then you will have located the States who are likely to benefit most from the Economic Stimulus Bill.<br /><br />If, you are employed within the Health Care Industry, over the next few months you should see an uptick in patient enrollments, procedures and follow-up care. Among the numerous industries that are vying for a piece of the Economic Stimulus Package, the Health Care Industry has the most to gain. There will be something for to pacify more than a few people. For the individual tax payers, there is a $400 tax credit and will come out of the weekly paychecks, by way of less deductions. So count on about $8 extra in your paycheck. For the <a href="http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/2009/02/13/actual-refundable-first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit-in-stimulus-package/">first-time home buyer</a>, you can get a $8,000 tax credit, but only if you buy your house before the deadline, which is around December 2009. There is even a little something for the States, numerous infrastructure projects. All and all, it's a Economic Stimulus Package that may help the recently laid-off, by extending their unemployment benefits to 46 weeks and covers some of their Cobra medical insurance premiums, but for those who have been out of work for sometime and have exhausted or never qualified for unemployment benefits, it's a little too late. I have seen the disheveled looks of my neighbors whose property insurance have increased so high, that it seems like a second mortgage and like those who no longer have a home for various reasons, the Economic Stimulus Package is just a band aid on a hemorrhaging wound. It just another "pie in the sky" that is just outside the reach of our outstretched arms. Oh well, just another day in paradise and the living ain't easy!Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-52979535176768507122008-12-01T14:04:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:37:12.885-08:00American Justice, Citi Style<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQoCzCh5635lBVPftX7ELQwB6qsxQqBEvW65aTE2wWOZ3YYTb3l0oj5OJVzpJ8LHwnyTylUF0rEAs_TBFVS9qpFO4aBYflZkW9tjirbyfqqdw1yRoR6PVZbzUPPede0w75tpVDGGqSYU/s1600-h/Picture+042.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQoCzCh5635lBVPftX7ELQwB6qsxQqBEvW65aTE2wWOZ3YYTb3l0oj5OJVzpJ8LHwnyTylUF0rEAs_TBFVS9qpFO4aBYflZkW9tjirbyfqqdw1yRoR6PVZbzUPPede0w75tpVDGGqSYU/s320/Picture+042.jpg" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Citigroup</span></span> just got bailed out by the U.S. taxpayers to the tune of $300 billion and guess what, management retains their positions. Only in America, huh? If, the average American were to lose their company's money on the scale that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Citigroup</span></span> had, heads would roll. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Citi's</span></span> management remains intact because no admission of wrongdoing was apparently found. Reminds me of company's that get sued in Court and they pay a fine, but don't admit to any wrongdoing. That's why I'm glad to be born in America! I can make a mistake and get fired for it, but if, I attain a very high position in America, I don't have to admit to any wrongdoing. What a great Country! <div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Citigroup</span></span>, and it's management knows that better than anyone how great it is to be an American Corporation. They are a country unto themselves as far as the financial industry goes. No one fully knows how many politicians they have on their payroll lobbying Washington to favor their interests both here and abroad. If the financial sector were a jungle, they would be a hyena, that dog-looking four-legged animal that is noted for their ability to devour and digest the fallen as far as the financial industry goes. Why a hyena? A hyena is a gluttonous animal. It has enough, but always wants more. A hyena has a history of longevity as the basis to its survival and so does <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Citigroup</span></span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Citi</span></span> is both too big to fail and too whiny to be ignored. If, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Citi</span></span> failed, then there would be a run on deposits and even lower consumer confidence in the psyche of the American People.<br /><br />Now on the honeymoon of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Citi</span></span> bailout, their Infrastructure Unit, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Citi</span></span> Infrastructure Partners is buying a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">majority</span> stake in a Spanish Highway operating company for a little more than $10 billion according to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Marketwatch</span></span> and yes, I like most taxpayers, think some of that money is coming from the bailout money we gave them. You'd think that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Citi</span></span> would have the good sense to at least wait until, memories of their bailout is out of the average taxpayers mind.<br /><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/citi-fund-buying-spanish-highways/story.aspx?guid={C58D2714-519F-4995-98EA-3CFBA8BF1681}&dist=TNMostRead"><br /><br /></a><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/citi-fund-buying-spanish-highways/story.aspx?guid={C58D2714-519F-4995-98EA-3CFBA8BF1681}&dist=TNMostRead" target="_blank"><b>To read the article click here.</b></a><br /><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-19781743910338712292008-11-08T11:29:00.000-08:002008-11-08T12:06:53.965-08:00Work At Home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbFEJmHiHJOdGqQCpy6wsVzZGJM4ibwLbBNp6YUUf719PYzh3uBTunBFzUHMn20G8ObH39ZjByyZ27NmKlQmDkOdnRcRq0uqiir86mJQf_EqyIUjisB6M5vQBsiOjGybqH9mtqIhUP0U/s1600-h/HPIM2582.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbFEJmHiHJOdGqQCpy6wsVzZGJM4ibwLbBNp6YUUf719PYzh3uBTunBFzUHMn20G8ObH39ZjByyZ27NmKlQmDkOdnRcRq0uqiir86mJQf_EqyIUjisB6M5vQBsiOjGybqH9mtqIhUP0U/s320/HPIM2582.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266372299284213954" /></a>Work at home is what many of us would opt for if we knew we could keep the same salary or perhaps make a bit more than the salary we now make and leave all the stress associated with working at work. Imagine working at home and having the ability to change your scenery to suit each meal. If, you're having seafood tonight, why not enjoy it parked beside the beach, looking at the ocean. I know that may sound expensive, but imagine the possibilities.<div><br /></div><div>No more time-consuming commutes or ridiculous fuel prices to contend with. Just peace of mind and the comfort of knowing that we decide when we are going to go to eat and when to take our breaks. The best part is perhaps not having to leave your home, unless you want to, because for some of us, leaving the house to go to work may be the highlight of our lives. For me, being home is the best part of working at home. You certainly won't get rich working at home, but there are benefits greater than making an obscene amount of money and that is the satisfaction of making a living from home and if you just happen to get rich, well, I guess that's a beneficial side affect, if what you're doing is really what the public or market wants.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Plan should be to find a "work at home" opportunity that is credible, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">duplicateable</span> and offers some reliable income that is predictably based on performance. After all, a "work at home" opportunity has to provide a realistic and legitimate product or service that people want and this may mean, educating the public about your product or service. Sometimes folks don't even know they want something, until you educate them about the benefits your product or service can offer them. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some products and services that are introduced to the market have built-in demand, that is, people are lusting over them, because they see or recognize the immediate benefit the product or service gives them. One such product is a computer, and one such associated service is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">wi</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">fi</span> or Internet service. There are probably more than a few people who would argue that they don't need a computer and that they don't need <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">wi</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fi</span> or an Internet service provider and folks who think that way are like my mother, who still thinks that she can see the "white" of every person's eyes, that she communicates with. In contrast, my mother is not in the minority, as I meet many of her friends in the course of my travels in my home. </div><div><br /></div><div>We should become aware that as the global economy slows for some countries and overheats for other countries, that more and more people will come to accept "working at home," as a fact of life. There will be labor surpluses in the countries whose economies are stagnant and labor shortages in those countries where the economies are percolating and through it all, there will be immense opportunities for change and favorable conditions for "thinking outside the box." The question is, "where will you be in the whole grand scheme of things?" </div>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-42547068393956931072008-10-06T11:39:00.000-07:002008-10-06T14:21:01.814-07:00America Is Partying Like A Rock Star<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Have you ever heard the song, "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1223318153_0">Party Like A Rock Star</span>" by Shop <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Boyz</span></span>? I ask that question, because it has become the mantra of many of America's businesses. For years American Businesses including Bankers have been partying like a rock star. Many seemingly dancing to the rhythm of more is better. Mortgage companies offering not 100% financing, but mortgages up to 110%, following the lead of some British mortgage lenders. Like champagne bubbly over the glass that seeks to contain it. The only problem was, that the rhythm the businesses and bankers were dancing to slowed downed and when the dancing slowed, the partners weren't so comfortable with who they were doing business with.<br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The rhythm was the economy, and the beat that sustained it, was consumer spending. The beat was no longer the melodic percussion that had the American consumer spending lockstep with the the once easiness of getting more credit from their lenders. The home that many Americans lived in was nothing more than a giant ATM, and anytime the homeowner wanted or needed money, they simply refinanced. Soon, more than a few homeowners found themselves overextended trying to keep up with the American dream. The American Dream, the gainful employment with the frequent raises, the affordable home and extension of credit that came with it, the automobile that was within reach of any family with reasonable credit the good schools and affordable <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">healthcare</span></span> and the expectation of peace and security where you lived, traveled and vacation, all came to make for the American Dream.<br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">It had always been manageable before, but this time was different and many Americans felt uncomfortable dancing to such a slow pace. As the American economy slowed even more, businesses and banks began cutting back, first with layoffs and tougher requirements for new loans and credit. Many could no longer afford their homes and many more still owed more on their homes than it was worth. The party continued for those who had access to cash and credit, and they continued to prosper in spite of what was going on around them. As more and more grew weary of the stress of just trying to keep up, many simply stopped dancing, that is, many Americans simply stopped participating in the American Economy. <br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">There is nothing wrong with the rhythm of the music, it's just that some businesses have had a difficult time finding there pulse. Your pulse is that "something," that differentiates you from your competitor. If you have lost your pulse, then you are out of step with the beat. More specifically, you are out of touch with the consumers. Businesses have to let the consumers know, what is it that makes me want to do business with you? Why should I shop with you? What are you offering, that I can't purchase elsewhere? Essentially, the businesses have to not only tell the consumer why they should be doing business with them, but take them by the hand, so to speak, and show the consumer, the benefits of doing business of doing business with you. The beat which is consumer spending, is the pulse of the U.S. economy. It's not hard to dance to, but it helps if you can stay within the rhythm of the beat. Businesses that can change their marketing course quickly, have no problem keeping up with the beat, and those that have difficulty adjusting to the beat, struggle until they learn to adapt, or soon perish. American Conglomerates can learn a great deal from small businesses.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Many small businesses start with nothing and when you come from nothing, that is, start with nothing and control your direction and marketing of your enterprise, a change in rhythm, beat or pulse within the economy, doesn't shock you, because you are lean and nimble and able to adjust quickly to the rhythm of the economy. Your <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1223318153_2">fixed costs</span> are within your financial abilities or prepaid business quarters in advance. The key to business is to seek profitability early on, so that when the times are good, you can prepay your fix costs, and better still, try to avoid excessive fix costs, as much as possible. If you have very little fix costs, you can continue to grow your business and more importantly, you can continue to invest in yourself, your staff over the both the prosperous times and the lean periods.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you don't know what your pulse is, ask. Ask your customers what they like about doing business with you. You might even have to give them some incentive just to take your short survey or a discount coupon on a future purchase for taking the time to take your short survey. If, you don't know what your customer wants or needs, or why they do business with you, you may not have them as a customer too long, because some business out there, will find out what the customer wants or needs, and make the necessary incentives and marketing to fill that customer's need or want. Customers can be demanding as their means become <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">threaten</span> by their perception of the economy. Customers take their time to do their research now and compare what their getting for their hard earned dollars and loyalty becomes a casualty of "what's in it for me!"</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Those businesses and lending institutions who can meet the needs and wants of ever so demanding consumers will have found their pulses, no matter what the rhythm of the economy is. The beat goes on for those who know how to fulfill the demands of those who know what they want, and where to go to get what they need. You have to position your business to be that "go to" service or product, that the consumer doesn't think twice about purchasing from. You want your service or product to become as infectious as the song, "Party Like A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Rockstar</span>." You may not like the song, the lyrics, the rhythm or the pulse of the beat, but enough people did and it made millions for the group, Shop <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Boyz</span>.</div></span>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-42068809985870571002008-08-19T12:42:00.000-07:002008-08-19T14:26:17.675-07:00Has The American Economy Failed Us?Just back from a whirlwind examination of the cracks and crevices of the national economy and here are some of the observations that stuck in my mind. Has the American Economy failed us?Their seems to be an obsession by a good many of us with the prices of fuel at the pump. It seems that many of us have gotten use to paying several dollars a gallon, as if, $3 and $4 a gallon of gasoline is as natural as the air we breathe. Is it? Shucks, I walk many places that I go to and while it takes me longer to get places, I plan ahead by starting out early and give my self adequate time to cool down or recover from the walk. Oil prices will continue to taunt the psyche of Americans, even though our fuel prices are still cheaper than many whom we share this planet with.<br /><br /><br />SUV and truck manufacturers continue to deceive the public with their inflated miles per gallon claims. Its no wonder that if you wanted to buy one of those really big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">suvs</span> or trucks, you could get them at terrific price. The car and truck dealerships are overstocked with poor fuel mileage vehicles and their "floor plans (payments to the manufacturer of the vehicle, until the vehicle is sold)" are coming due. There is going to be some panic in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">suv</span> and truck industry for sure. I can't tell you how many gas guzzling vehicles pass me each day, driving, bicycling, jogging, walking, just to find myself right next to them sometimes at the same <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">intersection</span> waiting for the traffic light to change. So much fuel expenditure just to have a few minutes of an early arrival at the next traffic signal.<br /><br /><br />I had to stop at the bank the other day, and before I could even sit down, the bank rep was trying to sell me on the idea of applying for yet another account, when he hadn't even heard my concerns about my first account and why I was even there in the first place. I haven't opened a new account in quite sometime, primarily because I like to keep things manageable. This bank by the way, is one of the most conservative banks around and surprisingly, a few years ago, they gave me a hard time when I wanted to open an account with them, because of their high regard in the financial community, and now, I could have them eating out of my hand. That's not who I am or what I'm about, so I'll pass on their offer to open a new account with them.<br /><br /><br />At present time the banks for the most part are back to their "button-down shirt" ways again. They are starting to act like bankers again, especially with consumers. Try getting a loan lately? Well, they are stinger than they have to be and unforgiving if you are late on any payments or accounts now. We all know that the banks have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">tighten</span> their criteria for many accounts, loans and services, as if, they can afford to be more choosier now, after the whole mortgage debacle. Have you tried to get your Congressman or Congresswoman to bail you out of any mess you've gotten into lately? Shucks, I'd be surprised at the number of Americans who even know who their Congressman or Congresswoman is. Most of us are focused on today and if we have the energy, we'll pay attention to tomorrow, when it gets here.<br /><br /><br />It's hard to accept the fact that maybe, just maybe, that's how our elected officials want it for the citizenry. To be so caught up in whatever it is that we do, that we don't have time to pay attention to the issues. What are the issues? The issues vary according to individual concerns, needs and wants, and they can be different for each one of us, depending on how we feel about life and our place in America. So, because their has to be a public conversation on whatever we collectively as a Nation, decide on what's "common" to us all, the bickering and complaining will continue and it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">will</span> be business as usual in Washington.<br /><br /><br />The banking sector is just one of many sectors effected by credit losses and but one symptom of an ailing economy. Home values has gone South for more than a few and many mortgage holders find themselves owing more on their home than its worth. Getting through today occupies the consciousness of a large segment of the American population, as worries of their jobs being there for them tomorrow, or this time next year, only adds to their uncertainty. Realizing that the tensions in the workplace has been palpable for the majority, knowing we aren't alone in our struggle just to get by, is our bit of "employed nationalism." They are serving America, simply by the act that they are still employed, unlike so many who are unemployed and unemployed for so long, that not even the government census takers are interested in them.<br /><br /><br />For those who have been downsized, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">laid off</span> or worked themselves right out of a job, there is hope. Surviving long enough for hope to take hold is not only work, but hard work sometimes, when every effort you try only leads to failure. Failure is the best teacher and humility, a good instructor, but life is the greatest trainer. Have you ever failed so many times that your friends and family start thinking that you're obsessed with failure, not understanding that success exist because of failure? Without failure, how can we know success, and without success, how could we have known that we failed!<br /><br />The cost of energy is surely on most of our minds, be it gas or diesel for our vehicles, electricity to keep us cool in the summer or heating oil to keep us warm in the winter. The price we pay today, may be cheaper than tomorrow, but it's sometimes hard to accept the harsh reality that we do have some control over what we spend on our energy costs. I'm out of the house when it is hottest during the summer and I am out of the house when it is the coldest during the winter months. Where exactly am I? Well, there is always market research. You know to see what folks are spending their hard earned monies on.<br /><br /><br />It's important to know what people are spending their money on, because it helps us to understand consumer demand. Generally, whatever is in demand, is also probably going to go up in price, or at least their is going to be some competition for the item, at least in the short term. If, you knew what people were buying, don't you think that there would be an opportunity to sell them some of what they are buying, or at least, align yourself with an affiliate program of the company, selling that very item?<br /><br /><br />If, you could know in advance what people wanted, wouldn't there be a window of opportunity for those wise enough to try to fulfill the want of those willing to depart some of their hard earned money for? Well, I'm always looking to fulfill the needs of those willing to spend to get what they want and you should be willing too! The first challenge, which is really not a challenge once its executed and that is to ask people what they want. If you did this one person at a time, it might take awhile to find out and understand what people want Thank goodness the Internet makes this process easier. Its important to know what people want if you intend to sell or provide your services to others.<br /><br /><br />Once you've established what people want, your next step is to find a way to give them what they want, leaving a fair margin for your time and services. Try to stay within the confines of things that you are personally interested in, otherwise you may find yourself making a living doing something in which you have no passion for, but it pays the bills. Think of it like this, if I may? If, money were no object, list five things that you would spend your time on throughout the course of the week, even if, you weren't getting paid for it. You're doing those five things, simply because you have an interest in them and you would do it, if , time allowed, money allowed, family allowed, you can fill in the blanks here.<br /><br /><br />Now, take one, two or three of those five things and find people who are looking for those one, two or three things and find a way to fulfill their needs. It may take some research and time on your part, but in the long run, it will be research and time, well spent. There is no greater feeling than satisfying your innermost dream, and that is to stand on your own ambitions while giving the people what they want. We may not have total control over our destiny, but we are still the captains of our lives. Energy prices will be whatever demand, supply and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">externalities</span> (things that we can only faintly predict) state them to be. So, I restate the question and feel free to leave your comments. Has the American economy failed us? Our best defense against the rising cost of living is simply to do things that add to our bottom line or add value to our lives, and that of our family. Without family, none of this makes any sense, so for those of you with a family, thank them for their support each day, because any day above ground, is a great day! Until next time, savour life.<br /><br /><br />"Some say too broke to pay attention, well I say, the reason I'm broke is because I wasn't paying attention."<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Curthom</span>Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-125540467241963952008-08-01T12:15:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:13:55.826-07:00America & Its Leaning PedestalAmerica, held on a pedestal by many in the world as the one place, whereby, if you are starting fresh with absolutely nothing, in time with some hard work and persistence, you can get what you need and if your are willing to work even harder than the next person, over time still, you'll get what you want.<br /><br />What happens when you take this premise of America and you apply it to the Internet? Will you get what you need ? Will you get what you want. What would happen if we replaced working harder with working smarter? Well, it's questions like these that would have you thinking like a Entrepreneur and that's the first step in making a living online and that is to change<span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span>your thinking, and in time you will note that your actions towards things change also. If, you invest in yourself everyday, be it learning how to add value to that which you cherish, in time you will harvest the abundance of your net worth. Try to learn something new, if not everyday, at least once a week and share it with others. They will appreciate it and you will feel good about having to share, because there is enough abundance for everyone. Let the journey begin with each post and with each comment and with each question.<br /><br />America, love or hate it, you have to respect the fact that it has one of the most robust markets of all markets in the world. While there are many countries whose growth rates in manufacturing is greater, than the U.S., few of them have a seamless transaction market where goods and services are exchanged with few problems arising. After all, America is an economic model that pride itself on Capitalism, where things are provided for the benefit of the consumer, which begs the question, what is the lifeblood of a capitalist society? If, you answered that the lifeblood of a capitalist society is consumption, you "hit the nail right on the head." If it weren't for those willing to provide the goods and services, they would be little to consume and America, would be what it is to so many. So, if the Internet makes it easy for everyone anywhere in the world to participate in this consumption, or in this providing of goods and services. The question comes to mind, Is the Internet a capitalist medium? Feel free to lend your comments.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2320980655756744144.post-70179997625131582842008-07-31T16:17:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:16:17.351-07:00What Is A Million Dollars?Welcome to The Wake Up Profits Blog!<br /><br />Like so many of us who set out to make our fortune, but are delayed in attaining it because of things like life going on, here is the end all destination where I and others will share what has worked for us in our quest for prosperity। What is a million dollars, but one dollar earned one million times, or one thousand dollars earned one thousand times, whichever one is easier for you to wrap your head around it.<br /><br />A fact that many of us fail to realize is that over a span of 40 or so years of working, averaging $25,000 a year, we all have earned a million dollars. The challenge for most of us is how much of that million have we managed to save, invest and appreciate, so that when we are ready to stop working, hopefully by whatever age we chose to retire, there is enough there to have a comfortable retirement. It would be easy if we are clueless about this one essential fact, but it is doable if we take the time to learn what most of the wealthy have know all alone. You either have to earn more from your personal efforts, from your leverage efforts with others or get pretty darn lucky and win the lottery or inherit it, otherwise, welcome to the reality that your money is going to have to work as hard or harder than you do. Believe me, you won't be alone in trying to live smart and invest smart, so that you can wake up profits beyond your daily needs. here is a good place to start and we welcome your comments and questions as we walk this path together.Money Made Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13815102046786128476noreply@blogger.com0