Silver Eagle Coins USA

By George Lapidis

Coin collector aficionados consider the American Silver Eagle coins sets a valuable addition to their collection. Though many consider the Eagle coins a collector's item across the world, only the staunchest collectors know that it is made off the purest legal silver in the history of the United States.

Of the many aspects associated with these coins, one is the size. They are an easy convenient size which makes them very mobile and the owner can transport them with ease.

Since the Silver Eagle coin collection is recognized all over the world it has instant liquidity, and they are valuable on over the world. Another advantage of this collection is that they have government guaranteed status.

The Silver Eagle coin collection is not an antique collector's item, so one might wonder how to compare their uniqueness and appraise them in comparison with other collector coins.

On the contrary they are quite a young series as they have only been in circulation for twenty years.

When purchasing an American Silver Eagle coins set for your collection you must be aware of the location and date the coins were minted. Also you may be able to get a good comprehension of the worth of the coin if you know the mint marks and the finish of the production.

The Silver Eagle coin collection is available only for collectors and not meant for market circulation and trading. They can be purchased straight from the US mint.

In the early years of silver eagle coins the uncirculated coins were not available for sale from the mint. Rather they could only be purchased from certified coin dealers and precious metal firms.

This is perhaps one of the most sought after silver eagle coins by collectors. The 1955 silver eagle is part of the first limited edition set of coins. The set also had the 1995-W Proof American Silver Eagle which was not available by itself in the market.

This set contains the American gold coin in 1 ounce, half ounce, quarter ounce and the tenth of an ounce and the entire set was priced at less than $1000 and minted for only 125 collectors.

The government guarantee further enhances the value of these coins as the originality of the coins is guaranteed by the government certification. The minters manually filled the coin into the coin press and special blanks were burnished to create a unique mint mark for each of the coins.

With over one 130 million pieces circulating in the market since 1986 today the American Silver Eagle coin is a leading collectors item. It is globally recognized as the bestseller due to the fact that it is made of 100% pure silver guaranteed by the government. - 23159

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Why Trade The News? (Part II)

By Ahmad Hassam

There are a lot of news events in the forex world. These news releases often disrupt the short term forex markets. Quarterly reports carry more weight than the monthly and weekly news. There are many strategies for news trading.

The news may shock the currency markets for a while. Sometimes, the results of fundamental economic announcements are surprising. For example, the release of the NFP figures has been moving the EUR/USD currency pair on average 100 pips for the last two years. Just within two minutes of the release of the NFP figures on 8:30 AM EST Friday about half of these pips occur.

Consider this worst case scenario. You are a news trader and immediately sell the EUR/USD pair within 2-5 seconds after the release of the NFP figures. However, the EUR/USD has already dropped 30 pips because of the pre news guessers who are anticipating a bad news.

Your forex broker gets thousands of EUR/USD sell orders just like yours almost at the same moment and it will take your broker a few seconds to execute all these orders. While you wait for your order to be executed, the EUR/USD price falls another 15 pips.

As no traders are placing the buy orders, the volatility is extreme to the downside. The broker widens the pips from 3 to 12. The moment your order hits the market, you are already at a 12 pips loss. You are also 45 pips away from where you thought the market would be.

All of a sudden, the EUR/USD pair starts to pull back. But you have already pulled your trigger and entered the EUR/USD sell order. Now you are at a loss of 55 pips and you exit your trade to cut your losses. You are angry and you want to blame the broker. But you cant blame the broker.

You should read the agreement with the broker that you had to sign when you opened your trading account. There will be a clause in it that says that the broker does not guarantee order execution at times of high volatility.

Do news traders always end up like this? Not always. But most can and do end up behaving this way quite often. This usually depends on the importance or surprise results of the economic announcement.

Try not trade blindly under such circumstances. So you need to develop a survival strategy to preserve your capital and minimize your loss. This survival strategy calls for the preservation of your capital at all cost. At the same time you should make the maximum pips if you really want to trade the news.

The priority is not to make as much money as possible; it is to reduce your risk by patiently waiting for conservative repeatable setups. News trading puts a traders patience to test. Your objective should be to use the undue volatility to identify the important levels of support and resistance. - 23159

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Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in trading stocks and forex. Trade Forex News. Learn Forex Trading.

Your Forex Education

By Bart Icles

Some people associate forex education with going to a special school so that they can know more about forex tips and techniques. Little do they know that forex education does not require you to be in a forex school. There are indeed online forex schools where you can receive forex education but before you decide to enlist yourself one, it can be helpful learn some basic forex lessons by yourself and later compare what you know with what these forex schools teach.

To get you started in your forex education, it is important that you have key information on what the forex market is, as well as its nature. The forex market is where you can trade currencies. And unlike other trading markets, the forex market is virtually open 24 hours a day. It is therefore relatively convenient to participate in forex trading because you have the option to trade at practically any time of the day. If you are used to staying up late at night, you can do your trading while the rest of the town sleeps. Or if you are an early bird, you can start trading currencies just as everyone else's day starts.

It is also helpful to know that the different kinds of forex market environment. The over the counter forex market is known to be most popular, and by far the biggest, market in the world today. It can be valuable to spend part of your forex education on the over the counter market as this can become your major trading field. One of the things you need to learn about this kind of forex market is the varying conditions of the trading environment. These conditions, along with the attractiveness of the rates and prices and reputation of the different traders, you will be able to determine the kind of people that traders would prefer having deals with.

Another important factor that you should consider in your forex education is the kind of people involved in different transactions. It helps to play close attention to other traders because you will need to develop some degree of trust when trading with them. You also need to remember that no one rushes your progress in your pursuit of learning more about the forex market. Rushing yourself can only bring in problems in the long run.

In thinking about your forex education, always bring quality and quantity to a balance. There is no point in knowing a lot about the technicalities of forex trading when you do not understand their significance in the actual trading arena. In the same manner, knowing so much about so little things will only slow you down. - 23159

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Succeeding with forex trading strategies starts with a desire to learn and a drive to become a great trader. Learning forex trading strategy takes dedication and a good teacher. But once you learn how to trade and do so successfully your life will change and you have options and financial resources you never had before.

Invest in the BRIC Countries

By Michael Swanson

First of all, before we start this article on bric nations, we need to classify just what countries are listed on brick nations. As you may or may not already know, the bric nations consist of four countries. Those four countries are Russia, Brazil, China and India. For many years, there has been a shift that aid political analysts, workers and anyone else that has a financial interest towards these nations. For many years, the populations and growing powers of these nations have not been clear. However, in this day and age of emissions reduction and climate change, the implications of populations and growing powers are starting to become clear. As we continue forward with this article, we are going to tell you a bit more about these nations.

At the expense of the United States of America, those bric nation supplies have taken a lot of the energy supply market.

As you may already know, the aspects of the populations and growing powers of these four places have not exactly been fully clarified as we all would like for them to be. During this crisis we are going through, there has been a lot of light shed on the growing powers and populations.

Those supplies that these places have are mostly all at the expense of the United States of America. You may not realize this, but individuals who live in these nations are starting to demand more and more stuff, which is causing some call for action.

We are not sure if you know this or not, but within the next forty years, those bric nations are expected to dictate the economy of the world.

They are also starting to demand more types of transportation, which can really cost a lot. Do you need how much power is needed just to cool and heat these buildings, let alone supply light for the factories and offices?

When it comes to the global energy industry, the bric nations has already taken over the United States. When we take a look at the last fifteen years, we find that the dominance of the energy supply by European and US countries have started to weaken. The top companies in these countries include Petroleo Brasileiro, PetroChina, Gasprom and don't forget about India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Now, we hope you have a full understanding of the bric nations so that you can move forward with your knowledge. - 23159

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For more on investing in emerging markets go to the Bric economies report.

Home Ownership In Costa Rica

By Randy Berg

There are few people who can decide to move-down to the Costa Rica picture perfect house as exotic bungalow that is surrounded by the lush palm trees as well as facing beautiful beach. Some others can also see themselves having home ownership in Costa Rica in cattle ranch hacienda. Others will prefer more and more "civilized" choice, and will settle for the home ownership in Costa Rica near major city. No matter whatever your want is, whether it sounds very familiar to mention, and whether it is totally different, you will find for sure at Costa Rica area.

Costa Rica has seven provinces - Heredia, San Jose, Alaiuela, Cartago, Puntarenas, Limon and Guanacaste. Out of these, first four are densely populated. Alaiuela has a warmer and pleasant climate. As in comparison to San Jose, Cartago is cooler and provides rural surrounding. Heredia caters for many old-fashioned towns along with mountains, making it favorite locations for homes. The last three provinces Puntarenas, Limon and Guanacaste have the beach, a biggest asset in them. However, they differ from each other. Guanacaste is having cattle ranches. Puntarenas, the longest province contains one of the main ports of the country. Limon has a different setup very identical to Caribbean African type. The housing in these areas varies a lot as beachfront properties are more expensive than others.

If you are a citizen of Costa Rica or not, it doesn't matter as far as house ownership in Costa Rica is concerned. Here the ownership of house is the right of a person and there are constitution and several laws in place to enforce it. You can take help of Costa Rican Chamber of Realtors, an institute with great reputation in your venture house ownership in Costa Rica. To go through all the legal formalities when you purchase a house in Costa Rica, you need to have a trusted lawyer to help you all through the various steps that you will have passed through to own a house in Costa Rica.

For high-end villas, home ownership in Costa Rica rent can be $ 7,000 every week or thousand dollars every night it's so cheap. All these villas are very well equipped as well as are designed to suit most exquisite flavors.

When buying a home in Costa Rica, there are few simple but important tips to be followed to have a fair deal. It is recommended to move around in the neighborhood of the area that interests you to find if there is any house on sale as at times the best buys are not advertised in newspapers or other means. Another very important point is to send local (called Tico) to inquire with the house owner; the reason being owner may ask for more price if he knows that he has to deal with a foreigner. For that matter, Ticos are good and experienced bargainers.

People are attracted to Costa Rica due to its economic stability and picturesque natural beauty. To buy a house in Costa Rica is very simple and easy if you approach the concerned persons mentioned above to help you out. - 23159

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