New York, NY (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

In an effort to help inform customers shopping for insurance, US Insurance Net has launched an unbiased Insurance Company Reviews section. With this addition to the online insurance website, consumers are given yet another tool to help them select an insurance company that provides them with what they are looking for including low prices, service and support.

The insurance review section currently lists over 450 insurance companies that can be reviewed and rated by users. The reviews take into consideration such aspects as policy cost, claim satisfaction, billing & payment options, customer service, likelihood of policy renewal and overall customer satisfaction. Once a review is submitted, a sophisticated algorithm is used to create a weighted average that best represents an overall view of the company based on the reviewers responses. Each reviewer is also given the opportunity to provide further details regarding their rating of the company to help visitors understand why a particular rating was given.

Until now, most insurance reviews resided on insurance company websites or didn’t provide much details into the reviews or reviewer’s opinions about the company. US Insurance Net looks to change that with unbiased reviews that provide details into the good and the bad for each company. To further increase the usefulness and accuracy of the reviews, visitors are able to rate the helpfulness of each review to assist others looking for a true and complete picture of an insurance company.

About US Insurance Net

US Insurance Net works hard to provide our users with a fast and simple way to get and compare insurance rates for multiple lines of insurance including car, renters, health, life and homeowners insurance. Consumers can visit USInsuranceNet.com to complete a free, personalized profile and have insurance companies and brokers partnered with US Insurance Net, contact them to help them find the best home insurance coverage at the lowest price.

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London (PRWEB UK) 21 February 2012

By late 2010, the global banking and finance industry had demonstrated its resilience, and by mid-2011, most of the numbers depicted an industry that had emerged from the 2008 financial crisis. By the second half of 2011, however, banks and financial institutions were impacted by the sovereign crisis in Europe and the depressed global economic outlook. The number of job opportunities for finance professionals in the UK, Continental Europe and APAC in 2011 mirrored the market, posting growth in the first half of the year, followed by a decline in the second half. In those regions, the number of job opportunities increased 4% year-on-year for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, from 7,254 average daily job postings in Q4 2010 to 7,515 in Q4 2011. Asia Pacific recorded the strongest growth (+6%) over the period, followed by Continental Europe (+4%) and the UK (+2%).

Chart : Average daily job postings in the UK, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific, Q4 2010 and Q4 2011 (please contact press office if you are unable to view the table)

Source: eFinancialCareers

Moderate growth in the UK

The number of job postings for finance professionals in the UK showed an overall year-on-year growth of 2% in the fourth quarter of 2011. The number of job opportunities declined by 8% from Q3 to Q4 2011. In a ‘normal’ market environment, recruitment activities in the Front office tend to slow down in the last quarter of the year as professionals wait for their bonus payouts before making a move. On the recruiter side, this is an expensive period to hire as they need to buy out a large proportion of their bonus to snap up top talent. This quarter’s slowdown, however, is more likely to be a reflection of the market uncertainty rather than costs or bonuses.

Top sectors advancers and decliners

When looking at Q4 2011 over the preceding quarter, positive growth in the number of job opportunities was recorded in private equity/venture capital (+6%), hedge funds (+ 6%), and compliance/legal (+5%).

Three sectors registered strong losses over the same period: operations (-28%), consultancy (-23%) and equities (-20%).

Table: Top sector Advancers and Decliners in the UK, % change in job postings by sector, Q4 2011/Q3 2011

Private Equity / Venture Capital    6%    Operations    -28%

Hedge funds    6%    Consultancy    -23%

Compliance/Legal    5%    Equities    -20%

Source: eFinancialCareers

The private equity sector has been more reluctant to make redundancies than other areas of finance, and has instead encouraged a proportion of partner level employees to retire to make cost-savings. This has prompted some internal promotions and therefore a need to recruit externally to replace those moving up. eFinancialCareers is also seeing pockets of hiring activity within certain sub-sectors, notably distressed-focused investors and for private equity professionals with mid-market experience.

Banks and financial services firms have been deluged with a number of new regulatory initiatives, which has increased the burden on their compliance teams. In the past, banks were reluctant to hire for non-revenue generating positions, but mandatory regulation has placed too great a strain on their compliance teams and they have been forced to bolster these divisions.

Hedge funds performance was badly affected throughout 2011, but some smaller funds have held up relatively well and a raft of start-ups throughout the year has ensured a steady uplift in the number of roles. While the larger funds have cut back headcount in recent months, there are still opportunities within technology and operational functions.

Demand for operations professionals has suffered most over the period, recording a decrease of 28% in the fourth quarter of 2011. Banks have been looking for cost-efficiencies through streamlining their operational functions. Very often this means combining back office teams across multiple platforms, a shared services model, or offshoring (or near-shoring) these functions to cheaper locations.

“It is clear that business as usual is not an option for banks and financial institutions as they grapple with a changing operating environment,” comments James Bennett, Managing Director for EMEA and APAC. “Ongoing concern surrounding the Eurozone sovereign debt and the volatility of the stock markets have ‘darkened the moods’, and as a result, the City’s recruitment activities have been focused more on replacement and restructuring hiring rather than new hires. Looking forward into 2012, eFinancialCareers believes this pattern of recruitment activity will continue until there is more clarity on some of the issues impacting financial services.”

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The eFinancialCareers Quarterly Barometer tracks

UK positions advertised on eFinancialCareers in sectors where there is a minimum level of 300 advertised jobs a month for the quarter. Sectors qualifying for the UK Barometer for the three months ended 31 December 2011 were Private Equity / Venture Capital, Investment Banking / M & A, Sales & Marketing, Corporate Banking, Credit, Consultancy, Research, Trading, Debt / Fixed Income, Hedge Funds, Accounting & Finance, Commodities, Derivatives, Information Technology, Equities, FX & Money Markets, Asset Management, Capital Markets, Quantitative Analytics, Compliance / Legal, Risk Management, Private Banking / Wealth Management, Operations.

For media enquiries or to arrange an interview with eFinancialCareers, please contact:

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About eFinancialCareers

eFinancialCareers, a Dice Holdings, Inc. service, is the leading global career site network for professionals working in the investment banking, asset management and securities industries. The website provides financial services professionals with job opportunities, job market news and analysis, salary surveys and career advice. Recruiters and employers can post jobs targeting specific sectors within the financial services industry, both buy-side and sell-side, and can search the resume database for highly qualified and specialized professionals. eFinancialCareers has a network of co-branded career sites with industry-leading trade publications and offers local websites in 19 markets and five languages primarily across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. http://www.eFinancialCareers.co.uk

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

Ziegler Financing Corporation (ZFC), the FHA-insured mortgage lending arm of Ziegler, has posted one of its strongest years of the decade thanks, in large part, to a renewed focus on FHA business and the increased volume in HUD mortgage lending activity nationwide.

In 2011, ZFC closed over $ 93 million (par amount) of FHA-insured loans. ZFC refinanced existing skilled nursing facilities and assisted living properties in seven states: California, Delaware, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Washington, and Wisconsin. ZFC’s pipeline for 2012 continues to be very robust.

FHA-insured fixed-rate financing is available for licensed senior care facilities using HUD’s Multi-Family Lending Program. The program generally provides up to 80-85% loan-to-value and longer loan maturities, often 35 to 40 years. In the last few months, lenders have secured fixed rates, below 4%, with similar terms.

“FHA remains a critical source of mortgage financing and stability for the skilled nursing and senior housing sectors,” said Bill Mulligan, President of ZFC and Managing Director of Ziegler’s Corporate Finance team. “With fresh cuts in Medicare reimbursement and significant under-funding from Medicaid, nursing facilities already operating on ‘razor-thin’ operating margins have been fortunate to look to the financial markets for some relief.” For those borrowers that meet HUD’s guidelines, that relief comes in the form of historically low fix-rate, non-recourse FHA-insured debt.

ZFC tailors financial products for not-for-profit, for-profit and government clients across the country. ZFC offers a broad product mix, including mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration for the acquisition, refinancing and mortgage add-ons of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and apartments. FHA financing programs for healthcare and multifamily housing are attractive financing alternatives for corporate sponsors, as well as large and small not-for-profit operators.

For more information about Ziegler, please visit us at http://www.Ziegler.com.

About Ziegler:

The Ziegler Companies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ZGCO) together with its affiliates (Ziegler) is a specialty investment bank with unique expertise in complex credit structures and advisory services. Nationally, Ziegler is ranked as one of the leading investment banking firms in its specialty sectors of healthcare, senior living, religion and education finance, as well as corporate finance and FHA/HUD. Headquartered in Chicago, IL with regional and branch offices throughout the U.S., Ziegler creates tailored financial solutions including bond financing, advisory, private placement, seed capital, M&A, risk and asset management. Ziegler serves institutional and individual investors through its wealth management and capital markets distribution channels.

Certain comments in this news release represent forward-looking statements made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This client’s experience may not be representative of the experience of other clients, nor is it indicative of future performance or success. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, in particular, the overall financial health of the securities industry, the strength of the healthcare sector of the U.S. economy and the municipal securities marketplace, the ability of the Company to underwrite and distribute securities, the market value of mutual fund portfolios and separate account portfolios advised by the Company, the volume of sales by its retail brokers, the outcome of pending litigation, and the ability to attract and retain qualified employees.

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Ben Edelman, Assistant Professor, Harvard Businesss School

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 15, 2012

Affiliate Management Days is the professional forum for affiliate managers and marketing executives responsible for their company’s digital marketing strategy, affiliate program management and related operations who come together to share case studies, insight and the latest tools and techniques to effectively and successfully manage their affiliate programs. Top online players such as eBay, Best Buy, Google, JCPenney, TheFind, and Jenson USA share their experience and best practices at the 2 day conference along with attendees from companies such as Zappos, Kohl’s, LifeLock, InterContinental Hotels Group, Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com and more.

“There’s real money at stake here” says Ben Edelman, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School. Given the breadth of possible affiliate abuses, “there are typically large savings in catching and ejecting rule-breakers – making more commission available for legitimate affiliates who do their best and follow the rules. Merchants and good affiliates should both be pushing to put an end to this kind of fraud.”

View the full Affiliate Management Days speaker line up and array of topics.

Featured Keynotes include Jason Spievak, CEO of RingRevenue, Inc., Tim Ash, CEO of SiteTuners, and John Greathouse, Partner at Rincon Venture Partners.

AM Days will have nearly 30 speakers offering two days of rich topics such as affiliate recruitment, affiliate marketing analytics, affiliate motivation, combating fraud, conversion optimization, compliance policing & enforcement, solutions to present-day challenges and threats, legislative questions/issues, leveraging emerging trends, mobile affiliate marketing, offline performance marketing and more.

It is a must attend event for digital marketing managers, consultants, affiliate program managers (both those who work in-house and those from outsourced agencies), researchers, affiliate network reps, and affiliate-management software providers. AM Days provides a forum in which affiliate marketing professionals and executives come together to share case studies, insight and the latest tools and techniques to effectively and successfully manage their affiliate programs. Don’t miss out, register today!

About Rising Media

Rising Media is a global events producer excelling in Internet and technology-related conferences and exhibitions. Rising Media produced events include Data Driven Business Week, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, Conversion Conference, DemandCon, GAUGE, Predictive Analytics World, Text Analytics World, Affiliate Management Days, Building Business Capability, Social Media Economy Days, Web Effectiveness Conference, Search Marketing Expo, SemTech and Social Gaming Summit in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Australia.

Rising Media events provide cutting-edge, practical knowledge for business professionals to improve their day-to-day effectiveness, driving higher returns for their organizations. Attendees learn from leading experts and share knowledge with each other, as well as interacting with innovative vendors in the space. Each event brings together the best, the brightest and the visionary, creating a forum for insight, energetic exchange and informed purchasing.

About The Conference Chair

Affiliate Management Days is organized and chaired by Geno Prussakov, an award-winning affiliate marketing expert, who over the years has contributed to the online marketing success of such top brands as Forbes, Nokia, Hallmark, Warner Music, Skype, Forex Club, and hundreds of small businesses.

Prussakov has authored two affiliate marketing bestsellers: A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing (2007) and Affiliate Program Management: An Hour a Day (2011) which have trained thousands of Internet marketing professionals. For influencing “change within the industry” Prussakov was recently named one of Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocates, making the 2011 list of LinkShare’s Golden Link Awards Finalists. He is a regular contributor to several publications including Website Magazine, FeedFront, Visibility Magazine, Search Engine Marketing Journal, Revenue Performance, Search Marketing Standard, and multiple industry blogs, including his own affiliate marketing blog (named Best Affiliate Blog in 2010 & 2011). He also regularly speaks at key industry trade shows, including Affiliate Summit, a4uexpo, eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, PubCon, Internet Marketing Conference, and others.

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Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) February 18, 2012

IC Markets (International Capital Markets Pty Ltd), leading Australian forex broker is seeking long term global partners. IC Markets is well known for having one of the most attractive rebate schemes in the forex industry. The company’s innovative online marketing and reporting tools alongside and unrivalled partner support network make IC Markets a leader in this field.

IC Markets fully customisable ECN Metatrader offering is one of the few true ECN broker platforms in the world. Traders are allowed to copy each other’s trades in addition to trading themselves. IC Markets offers a variety of partner solutions including platform white labels and introducing broker partnerships alongside its affiliate marketing program. The platform can be downloaded from the following link: Metatrader demo.

The advantage of partnering with a market leading ECN Metatrader forex broker is that your clients will trade more actively, they will also be able to use a larger variety of automated trading tools on an ECN platform that are typically not available when using a market maker or STP broker. IC Markets Metatader platform has unique easy to use features such as one-click trading, this will mean that you will be able to target a different demographic giving you an advantage over other brokers. Today IC Markets are one of the fastest growing forex brokers in the world.

The terms of the partnership itself are flexible. However, the basic premise is that the partner uses their regional market know-how, such as language and culture to market the platform whilst receiving a percentage of revenue generated. Potential partners include both existing regulated forex brokers and non-broking businesses who are interested in developing a partnership.

Managing Director, Andrew Budzinski, said: “Partnering with IC Markets is an opportunity for firms with all levels of maturity, partner rebate packages can be tailored to any type of business with the terms decided depending on the level of contribution. It’s our flexibly that makes us so successful”.

To find out more about IC Markets you can visit our website http://www.icmarkets.com.au, email us on partners(at)icmarkets(dot)com(dot)au or telephone: +612 8014 4280.

We look forward to hearing from potential partners from all over the world.

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About IC Markets (International Capital Markets Pty Ltd).

Headquartered in Sydney IC Markets is a provider of online forex and CFD trading services, offering individual traders, money managers and institutional customer’s proprietary technology, tools and education to trade online. IC Markets has distinguished itself among industry leaders with its unique ECN forex technology, proprietary tools and services, and remarkable focus on customer service. With turnover well exceeding tens of billions each month the company is one of the leading brokers in Australia. IC Markets is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Australia.

Forex trading may not be suitable for everyone so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. Please consider IC Markets PDS available from IC Markets before entering into any transactions.

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Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

TechCXO®, a leading provider of C-Suite-level strategic and functional consulting services for technology companies, has announced the opening of a new office to serve the Denver/Boulder market.

“We’ve had Denver circled on our map of most desired markets for the last two years,” said Kent Elmer, TechCXO’s Managing Partner. “Denver has a great mix of concept and early-stage companies and more established technology companies. We believe there is a very healthy ecosystem of entrepreneurs and we plan on assisting the community with everything we bring to the table, including finding capital, reaching new markets and creating more efficient operations.

“Our clients want a scope of services and counsel that extends across functional disciplines,” Mr. Elmer added. “TechCXO helps firms accelerate their ability to meet their goals through partners with a track record of executive-level success.”

TechCXO offers consulting, contract and functional services for technology companies which range from start-ups to mature, $ 100 million-plus entities. In 2011, TechCFO, TechCSO and TechCMO combined to form TechCXO. In 2009 and in 2010, TechCFO was named to the Inc. Magazine List of America’s 500 and 5000 Fastest-Growing companies, respectively.    

“The Denver/Boulder market continues to grow into a vibrant and unique entrepreneurial place with the confluence of medical technology, communications, aerospace, energy, and software development,” said Jeff Waggoner, TechCXO’s newest partner in Denver. “Venture capital passed the half-billion mark last year, and as a longtime growth practitioner in this market, I am very excited to be part of bringing the growth accelerating capabilities of TechCXO into the area.”

TechCXO provides services under its Finance, Sales, Strategy, Marketing, Technology and Operations Practice Groups. To contact TechCXO in Denver/Boulder, contact Jeff Waggoner by going to http://www/techcxo.com/jeff-waggoner/.

About TechCXO

TechCXO is a professional services firm that provides experienced, C-Suite professionals to deliver strategic and functional consulting services for technology companies. TechCXO helps tech companies at every stage of their growth, development and transition, including: concept and early-stage companies to late-stage and mature technology companies.

With offices in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver/Boulder, Northern Virginia/D.C. Metro, Research Triangle Park and San Francisco, TechCXO creates value for our clients by leveraging knowledge and experience to create options to: Invest, Reposition, Obtain Capital, Build Market Visibility, Increase Revenue, Make Acquisitions, Build Sales Channels, Enter New Markets, Develop New Products, Improve Operating Margins and Exit.

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Muna Salih

Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) February 15, 2012

CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce that Muna Salih has been hired as the Branch Manager of their Humphreys Engineer Center branch in Alexandria, VA. Prior to her move to the new branch, Ms. Salih managed the Providence Hospital Branch for the past year and 5 months.

As Branch Manager, Ms. Salih provides essential banking services for members at the Humphreys Engineer Center Branch, such as mortgages, home equity loans, car loans, CD’s, checking and savings accounts and more. Muna enjoys her job and states that her favorite part of her job is helping people in all aspects of finance; retirement planning, saving for a child’s education, basic checking and savings services and more.

Ms. Salih studied at a private university in the Republic of the Sudan and moved here in 1993. She started out in sales with Snyder Communications in 2003 before moving into the banking industry. She worked at Wachovia as a customer service representative and later worked to SunTrust Bank as an Assistant Branch Manager. In 2006, she took a promotion at the Fairfax County Credit Union as a credit union Branch Manager and Loan Officer.

CommonWealth One has a long history in the Washington, D.C. area and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA. CommonWealth One is a full-service, member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative committed to being the lifetime financial institution of its members. They have three branches in downtown Washington, D.C., three branches in Alexandria, VA, two branches in Harrisonburg, VA (one is located on the James Madison University campus). Members can access their accounts through Online Banking, Mobile and Text Banking, plus a network of over 4,000 shared branches and 40,000+ transaction-fee-free ATMs across the country.

CommonWealth One holds true to the core credit union philosophy of “people helping people” – providing members with lower fees and loan rates, plus higher savings rates. Excess earnings are returned to members in the form of higher dividend rates, lower interest rates on loans and low or no fees. They are committed to helping their members to achieve their long-term financial goals and help them enjoy a better way of life. For more information, please visit http://www.cofcu.org.

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(PRWEB) February 08, 2012

What makes a good trader and how can one succeed as one? According to Mike Bellafiore, renown proprietary trader, co-founder of proprietary trading firm SMB Capital in New York and author of “One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading”, one can be perfectly confident with sufficient preparation and understanding.

Mr Bellafiore, who has been trading professionally for over 15 years, appeared in various financial publications and programmes, will be in Singapore to share some of his techniques and market insights on 18th February. In this interview with him, Phillip CFD and ShareInvestor Singapore got in touch with ‘Bella’ to find out more about this trading techniques and get a preview into the seminar.

What are the top three things you’ve learnt in your 15-year trading career?

Prepare. The legendary John Wooden, former UCLA basketball coach, said, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” The market will eliminate those who do not properly prepare.

On 2 February, the stock PPO went from US$ 54 to US$ 37 intraday. I heard an anecdote from a risk manager about a trader who was down US$ 3,000 but added to his position at $ 47. As a result, the risk manager closed out this trader’s position. The trader responded with a nasty email. PPO traded down another 10 points and would have blown up this trader’s account. Interestingly enough that trader did not send a follow up thank you email.

Defense. Live to play another day. The British economist, John Maynard Keynes, said, “The markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” With every trade your downside should be 1 with an upside of 5. You should determine your exit if a stock trades against you before you enter every trade. If you are sitting on my trading desk, an exercise I like to practice is to tap you on your shoulder and ask where you plan to exit. If you cannot respond instantly, then you are kicked off the desk for a period of time. Defense first.

Adapt. I have changed my trading style over six times in my trading career. There is nothing to get as a trader. There is never going to be a time when you have mastered the markets. Trading is like golf in that you always strive to improve a facet of your trading game. There is just the opportunity to improve and adapt so you can thrive in the next new market that rewards new patterns.

How can new traders work towards these three things?

Trading is not about making money. It is about learning to be your best. Trading is a game of elite performance and shines a bright light on your personal weaknesses. And to succeed you must improve as an individual.

I sat in my NYC office talking to an ambitious, bright and passionate new trader who was underperforming simply because he was not patient with his trading. When he was in a big position, he was so amped that he would actually stand and bob his head up and down with the movement of the stock. Once, he stood up so quickly that he choked himself on his headset. So, I asked this trader how he might improve his impatience and he responded, “Go for long walks in Central Park.” It seems strange but yes, this was a great step for him as a trader.

Becoming an elite trader requires you to embrace the principles of elite performance and there is a code to becoming a successful trader:

a)    Domain Knowledge

Read everything you can about this game called trading.

b)    Mindset

Work at your craft each day with an emphasis on learning and improvement.

c)    Coaching

There are few examples of anyone becoming great at anything without great coaching.

d)    Purposeful Practice

Turn one trading day into ten so that you develop the trading skill of a professional trader.

For traders in Asia, what’s a good way of capitalising on the US market?

Technology offers the ability to trade the US markets even from Asia. For example, we have trained numerous traders from Singapore to trade the markets. The best worldwide traders in the future will develop a Play Book (my next book is ‘The PlayBook’ with FT Press) and then look to trade these patterns across all markets.

There are several opportunities for traders in Asia to participate in the US markets. Firstly, options trading, which has become increasingly opportunistic. Spread options traders can sleep through the night and still control their risk. There are also developing trading systems, which is the hottest growth area in US trading.

At SMB Capital, we focus on what we call ‘Stocks In Play’ which are stocks that have fresh news. Each morning, we hold a meeting to discuss the stocks most ‘In Play’ and trading these stocks allow us:

1) more intraday opportunities

2) to be most efficient with our capital

3) to find stocks that are more liquid

4) to size up responsibly

The event is titled “Trade with Confidence” – how can traders build confidence, and avoid the pitfalls that might come with it?

SMB’s trading psychologist, Steven Spencer, defines confidence as resilience in the face of disappointment. We have a trader education company, SMB Training, which teaches new and developing traders how to trade US equities, Options, Forex and Futures. And we teach traders how to develop trading models/systems. We mentor our students to make One Good Trade and then One Good Trade and then One Good Trade.

For too many new traders, trading is about making money while for an experienced trader, trading is about controlling one’s risk. Trading is not about being right. So we teach our students that as long as 7 fundamentals are present in each trade then that is One Good Trade and the trader has done his or her job. Those 7 fundamentals are:

1) Proper Preparation

2) Hard Work

3) Patience

4) A detailed plan

5) Discipline or executing your plan

6) Communication

7) Review

So if you are focused on the process as a trader, this helps avoid the disappointment that can come with results. You cannot control what a stock will do. Your job is to place good risk/reward trades. Your job is to make One Good Trade.

If you are interested to attend this seminar, please proceed to goto.phillipcfd.com/bellafiore or call +65 6227 2683 to register.

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Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup, Dansko, complete ESOP transaction

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 10, 2012

Dansko announced the sale of the company to a 100 percent Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) owned S-Corp. Verit Advisors, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, was engaged by Dansko to evaluate strategic alternatives, including various ESOP alternatives, for the selling shareholders. Verit provided expertise in ESOP valuation and structuring, M&A, and Debt Placement alternatives, allowing Dansko to evaluate and optimize their objectives.

Dansko was founded in 1990 and is nationally recognized as a market leader in designing and distributing comfort footwear to over 2,500 U.S. and international retail locations.

Verit Advisors worked diligently with Dansko, alongside management and a team of professionals including Legacy Advisors and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. The objective for primary shareholders, wife and husband Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup, was to find an ownership and liquidity succession plan that did not disrupt Dansko, its culture, its people, or its future opportunities, all key assets of this top performing family business. The sale of the company to a 100 percent ESOP owned S-Corp provides Dansko with just that, as well as tax savings, extraordinary employee benefits, financial flexibility and the opportunity to continue as a B-Corp.

“Employee ownership allows us to continue our vision and preserve our culture, while engaging our employees, which has always been an underlying objective of our succession plans,” said Mandy Cabot, Co-Founder, CEO and President of Dansko. “We are excited for this next chapter under the 100% ESOP as we continue to live our values, expand our business, serve our community and bring new strategic opportunities to fruition.”

VERIT ADVISORS CREATE ESOP FOR DANSKO SHOE COMPANY

“This exciting transaction presented the opportunity for Verit to leverage and implement our core strengths in ESOPs, M&A and Debt Capital Markets,” said John Solimine, founding member and Principal of Verit Advisors. “Partnering with Dansko’s primary shareholders and management team to evaluate a full suite of strategic alternatives allowed us to structure an optimal transaction that achieved our client’s long-term objectives. It was an honor for us to be part of the Dansko legacy and to assist in their transition to a 100% ESOP.”

About Dansko

When wife and husband team, Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup discovered their perfect barn shoe in a tiny shop in Denmark, they just had to share the shoes with their friends. When their friends tried them on, they told their friends. And just like that, a shoe company was born. The company generates approximately $ 140 million in annual revenue and has 175 employees. Located in West Chester, Pennsylvania the company prides itself on its 80,000 square feet LEED certified headquarters and its status as a B-Corp. The company has been named one of the best places to work in Philadelphia.

About Verit Advisors

Verit Advisors unites sophisticated middle market investment banking capabilities with a client centric boutique, fluent in ESOPs, debt and equity capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Integrity, teamwork, service and innovation are at the heart of the organization, as the Verit Team strives to provide unparalleled advice and custom solutions to its clients. Mary Josephs founded Verit Advisors in 2009 and has nearly three decades of experience in the world of corporate finance. Josephs and her team are considered to be the foremost experts in ESOP transactions and middle market strategic alternatives.

For more information on Verit Advisors, visit http://www.verit.com. For media inquiries, contact Pat Eichten at 414-427-7985 or marketing(at)verit(dot)com.

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Chris Winters Renagade Recession Made Millionaire

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 11, 2012

Renegade Recession Made Millionaire by Dan Kennedy will be released March 5, 2011 and registration closes March 10, 2011. Recession made millionaires through out history have launch successful businesses during times of economic turmoil far worst than today’s economic situation. Dan Kennedy and many other successful entrepreneurs created successful businesses when people where waiting in line for gasoline and during wars. Renegade Recession Made Millionaire speaks directly to the needs of the marketplace that is searching for an opportunity to succeed in today’s economy. Renegade Recession Made Millionaire is going to equipment those entrepreneurs to do just that.

Dan Kennedy is a multi millionaire that has opened several successful businesses over the past 35 years all in economical times far worse than our current situation. In fact he is not alone. The wealthiest business people have started business during recessions. There are core business practices that never change regardless of wars, great depression, gas shortage, and terrorism. That is the influence of communication remains the same. No matter how bad things get globally these core business principles taught in Renegade Recession Made Millionaire remain unshakable.

Secondly, your prospects and eventual customers purchase stories not products or services from you. If you want to change the world and stay in business then you need to change your business story. When you are trying to influence and/or convince others to believe in your story then you must work on your story. In today’s social media we are more connected than ever before yet at the same time we are more distrustful. How do we create trust? Tying your story to what you stand for and in the process you show your vulnerabilities that creates trust and invisible lines of connected between your company and the consumer.

Lastly, realize what many huge companies ignore and that is the greatest assets of any business is the list of customers. To be more specific the true wealth is in the relationship with your customer list. As online marketer I know first hand how powerful this can be. Not to long ago I had no list yet always heard others talk about how the money is in the list. I heard that so many times it started to become meaningless. Over time I built up a list and sure enough a small list of two to four thousand can feed you for life. As long as you nurture the relationship. The relationships last regardless of economic times. As part of my Renegade recession made millionaire bonus package I will go into greater detail on how to build and form a relationship with your list.

 

Renegade recession made millionaires bonus is the perfect product for today’s entrepreneur Dan Kennedy it responsible for making more millionaires than anyone on the planet. He has the most comprehensive recession wealth plan with in-depth training that will change your life. After having the honor to spend a day and half with Dan Kennedy and six other top marketers I realize that Dan Kennedy is really in the business of changing lives. Yes he know for being the highest paid copywriter in the world and a genius marketer but really the guy changes lives Not just of the business owner but of the sometimes thousands of people tied directly to the success of that business. Check out my Renegade Recession Made Millionaire Bonus.

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