Hot Penny Stocks, Stock Market Getting You Down?

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Posted on 16th January 2012 by socialchange in Business

penny stockSometimes it seems like you just can’t get a grip on those hot penny stocks and the stock market is getting you down. There are so many of them and so many companies out there, that it’s often difficult to figure out exactly what you would like to invest in. Investors always face a very simple dilemma — do you invest according to what you are interested in and what your passion is, or do you invest for profit?

Hot penny stocks and the dilemma of investing

Regulators and the corporate lobbyists demanding the regulations are most likely so anti hot penny stocks because they challenge their business model directly and threaten to remove their market dominance. For instance, pretend there is a little-known company that sells some peripheral to a computer that nobody has ever heard of. It really doesn’t do much, it’s a combination of a mouse and a number pad and most people didn’t even know they really needed one until the massive viral marketing campaign that came about after a penny stock investor bought up 1 million shares. And then the profits of the company increased and the investor sold everything off.

Sometimes you get lucky when you invest in hot penny stocks such as these on the stock market. You are successful in raising the company’s profits and making a profit too when you sell the stocks.

What separates this example from the rest

But there are bad examples too. What if the product is something that is illegal? Are the investors responsible? Is the sudden increase in customers and clients who may not have known it was illegal an issue? In this case, perhaps consumers could be protected from penny stock questions and regulation might make sense. The stock market, as with many other things, grows and develops. It can evolve quickly overnight and respond to various situations. Economists are often faced with the question of whether they are merely observers (descriptivists) or given a calling to modify the market in some way (prescriptivists). If they remain neutral and just describe penny stocks they are accused of being libertarian, Randian and fascist. The irony is that those who support the eradication of penny stocks and regard them as illegal are often representatives of large corporations, as in lobbyist lawyers with an agenda.

Free market divisions and hot penny stocks

Hot penny stocks therefore are another frontline battlefront in the stock market division. As with political and sociological ideas, they can be put on a spectrum that goes from far left to far right. Economic ideas are the same, and it has been said that those supporting penny stocks belong on the far left (completely libertarian) and those against on the far right (fascist corporations). On the other hand, viewed from the other side, they would describe supporters of the free market as fascist and far right while supporters of the regulated market consider themselves of the left. So hot penny stocks and stock market woes are not a new thing.

 

The Benefits of the Weight watchers Program

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Posted on 16th January 2012 by socialchange in Health

weight watchersThere are over a dozens different weight loss diets in the world today but few that are as successful as the Weight Watchers Point diet. The secret behind the success of Weight Watchers diet can be traced to its approach. Instead of excluding certain food groups—as is the case with other diet types—the weight watchers dietary program is designed to promote healthier eating habits. Some of the benefits associated with the weight watchers program include;

  • You can Use it anywhere: Weight Watcher’s point system is not dependent on any specific type of food. You can therefore use it in any location. The Weight watchers Germany (Weight Watchers Deutschland) program is just as efficient as the weight loss program in America, China or Australia. A person using weight watchers Germany who decides to migrate to another country would have little difficulty adjusting his diet plan to suit his new location.
  • It’s well balanced: The weight watchers program does not exclude any major food group. In fact, it doesn’t exclude any particular food at all. Instead of focusing on the types of meals that you eat, the Weight Watchers Points diet merely emphasizes the importance of keeping healthy eating habits.  Members of the Weight Watchers Germany program are therefore able to include fats, protein and carbohydrates in their daily meals. The only difference is you’ll be more cautious about the types of food that you eat in order to stay within your point limit.
  • You can Eat Out: The weight watchers point diet is flexible. Because the diet is not meal specific, there’s no restriction as to what and where you can eat. The weight watchers diet does not prevent you from enjoying a meal at your favorite restaurant or nibbling on your favorite snack.  Understandably, dieters are not encouraged to consume large quantities of saturated fat but the program does allow you to save up points from one day and use it the next. This unique feature makes it a suitable option for people with bust lifestyles.
  • You Get a Lot of Support: Weight loss can be quite challenging but the Weight Watchers Point Diet is designed to make this easier. Dieters are provided with a wide range of products and resources that allow them to easily transition into a healthier lifestyle. You’ll find online tools that allow you to monitor the progress of your weight loss as the weeks go by. Weight Watchers provides different meal ideas, recipes, and cookbooks that you can use in finding the right meal as well as readily available guidance from skilled leaders who have been able to lose weight using the program.

It is important to note that, unlike other popular diet, the resources and support available with the weight watchers program are not limited to only one country. Over the decades, Weight Watchers has accumulated an amazing arsenal of resources that can be used by people all over the world. By adapting its weight loss (called Abnehmen in Germany) principles to your diet, you’ll be able to stay slimmer—and healthier too.

Great Funny T-Shirts And Celebrity Trends

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Posted on 11th January 2012 by socialchange in Fashion

celebrity tshirtsOne of the biggest celebrity fashion trends is to put a picture of a celebrity on a tshirt. Just have a look at Beyonce (left). Perhaps the best way to sell clothing is to put it on a celebrity’s back. Failing that, put a celebrity image on the back of the t-shirt; either way it’s trendy, it’s funny and it’s celebrity…

Celebrities on t-shirts

Of course there’s always the official merchandise: images of squeaky clean Justin Bieber sporting his shinny white-toothed grin on the back of a teenaged-girl (or boy, I guess…) And then there are the unofficial ones. This is where the fun starts.

The question is: who owns the celebrity image, and in what way? In many countries mainly outside the US, the visual image belongs to the person who took the picture, and it may be used in any way that’s not damaging to the person portrayed. This is particularly good if you’re producing a product that parody’s a celebrity: very useful during presidential election campaigns!

In North America, it’s all rather vague. As long as a funny t-shirt doesn’t try to pretend to be official merchandise, it should be safe. As for the celebrity: tough luck! A life in the media spotlight works both ways, and a few funny t-shirts with celebrity trends is all part of being famous.

Celebrity t-shirts and charities

The other completely different market for celebrity funny t-shirts is for raising funds and awareness for charity. In the UK, the BBC runs an annual fund-raiser for children’s charities known as ‘Comic Relief’. Each year notable comedians, celebrities, the rich, the famous, the great and the good, all come together to raise $1,000,000’s for charity. As part of this campaign, funny t-shirts with a celebrity theme are available throughout the country.

Celebrity trends to support good causes through the marketing of clothing and other merchandise is now starting to take hold in North America. One of the easiest items to merchandise is the good old funny t-shirt: easy to produce and quick to distribute.

The big celebrity t-shirt market

By far the biggest market for funny t-shirts sporting images of the rich and famous is online. Funny celeb T’s are big business for an increasing number of companies. Catch phrases, cartoon-sketches, photo-shopped images, parodies, the clean, the rude and the outrageous, have all found their way onto the online shelves. There are literally hundreds to choose from and can make great presents for yourself or your friends and family (best not get your mother a rude one…)

The only limit to the humor is in the imagination of the t-shirt designer. It seems the trend in funny t-shirts, poking fun at celebrity, is set to stay. That’s great news for everyone, even for the celebrities. Who was it that said, “Any publicity is good publicity”? With funny t-shirts having a jest at the rich and famous, celebrities should be pleased with the growing trends!