“Omega-Trading” says that an increasing number of investors are taking up short positions on the world’s major stock exchanges.

Short positions are used by investors who want to profit out of negative movement on a particular exchange and have been used to considerable effect by subscribers to the “Omega-Trading” Trader’s Almanac service.

The most recent success involved a trade recommendation by the firm advising subscribers to take a short position on the FTSE 100 at 5,210 on 24 June. The trade was closed out at 5,050 the next day booking subscribers a healthy profit.

The popularity of this technique has surged as volatility continues to characterize equity markets as speculation mounts that the global economic recovery may be in the process of stalling.

“Omega-Trading” traders said that, in hindsight, they would have rather have held on to the position given that the FTSE plunged to a low of 4,871 two days later but subscribers appeared to be content.

“Omega-Trading” said that its traders were mindful of the fact that bearish sentiment was reaching levels where a turnaround in market direction could be imminent and told subscribers to expect recommendations to take a more positive bias in the coming days.

If a consumer has a loan that may go into default the finance company has no other option than to deal directly with the consumer. Before they could just easily foreclose on your home, come repo your vehicle or just sue you for your unpaid credit card debt. While this could still happen, many finance companies understand the process is much harder. The average home foreclosure takes 12 months to complete. The average vehicle repossession cost a finance, company according to bankrate.com,  $8,000.00. The credit card companies are not finding any equity to attach a judgement to when the do sue you  for unpaid credit card debt.

The good news for consumers is  there is some debt bail out opportunities. Taking control of the situation and dealing with the finance companies is an option now. Home loan modifications are on the rise, programs now exist to help modify your vehicle: ie car, truck, RV, motorcyle or boat. As well, you can work with your lender to reduce your credit card debt in half. Yes, meaning if you owe $10,000 on a credti card many companies will write off up to  50% of your debt.

DO not get pulled into companies that say they will do it for you. You can take control yourself. You do not need an attorney, 3rd party negotiator and you do not need to fie bankruptcy. www.StopReposNow.com has great information available to help you take control.

JC Walton

Debt Managment Trainer with the Department of Consumer Eduction

www.doced.net

WWW.StopReposNow.com has developed a proven system to help those in this situation. This system will guide you through the process of  dealing with your bank or finance company to help keep your toys. Many consumers feel that they should not try and contact their bank or finance company. While this may be a little scary it is a MUST. Financial institutions such as banks and finance companies are not in the business of repossessing vehicles only to resell them to someone else. They would much rather work with the original owner and try to keep the existing loan going as long as possible, even if it means compromising or renegotiating for a lower price and better terms. While it is unlikely to think that you can reduce the overall balance of  the loan, you can certainly hope to emerge from negotiations with more friendly terms and a reduced interest rate in many cases. WWW.StopReposNow.com will give you all the tools you need to come to the negotiating table along with what options may be available to you before you make that call. 

Basically, the procedure is rather simple. With the utilization of the Stop Repos Now system , you will have the information you need to contact your bank or finance company and keep your toys. You do not need to pay  Bank Fees,  Attorney Fees, 3rd party negotiation Fees or go into bankruptcy. You can deal directly with your bank. In almost all situations, you will have a better outcome and have paid less in Fees by taking control yourself. In many cases, the bank is more than happy to come to terms that are friendly enough to keep individuals in a vehicle that they might otherwise have to get rid of. Keep in mind, the bank wants you to keep the boat, RV or motorcycle that you have purchased with their help so that they do not have to enter it back into inventory and go through the entire resell process all over again. By making the effort to obtain a boat loan modification or recreational vehicle loan modification, you’re actually doing the bank a tremendous favor and ensuring that you do not backslide and wind up having your vehicle repossessed.

Programs that support m4v files:

Mac OS: Apple iTunes, QuickTime Player, iPod, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Miro

Windows: Apple iTunes, QuickTime Player, iPod, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Media Player, Classic, Miro

Linux: Miro

That’t to say, you can’t play M4V files on other iTunes uncompatible players. You have bought M4V videos, but you can’t play it on your PSP or Zune or share with your friends freely. However if you can convert M4V files to MOV format, everything will be OK.

M4V Converter Plus developed by M4V Converter Plus Inc. is designed to remove the DRM pretection for Mac users. It can also convert any video on your iTunes library. It converts DRM M4V files to be playable on iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune or other protable devices without any limit.

M4V Converter Plus can help users convert DRM m4v video files bought from iTunes store to common unprotected video formats, such as M4V, MOV and MP4.

Main functions of M4V Converter Plus

1. Convert any iTunes video to MOV, MP4, or unprotected M4V formats
2. Convert DRM M4V files
3. Convert copy-protected M4V videos and movies to unprotected MOV, MP4, M4V
4. Support converting movies rent from iTunes
5. Convert HD Movies with great quality
6. Extract audio files from video
7. Customized output video format
8. Support to set various video and audio output parameters
9. Support batch conversion
10. Support large video file, even large then 2GB

For more info: http://www.m4vconverterplus.com

Pricing and System Requirement

M4V Converter Plus 1.1.3 is now priced at $49.95, it can be updated freely by registered users. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

About the latest version 1.1.3 of M4V Converter Plus

* Trial version converts 1 minute of each movie

* Fix a bug of movie selecting function.

* Update the online help

About M4V Converter Plus Inc.

M4V Converter Plus Inc. is a software development company with expertise and experience in iTunes video converter tools. It mainly products M4V converter software, this M4V Converter plus records m4v video you purchased or rent to QuickTime MOV, iPod, iPhone format in high speed and great quality.

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Name: M4V Market Team

Company: M4V Converter Plus Inc.

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Website: http://www.m4vconverterplus.com

eValid is designed to radically simplify the AJAX application testing, and is engineered so that it can be used by less experienced or less technically skilled professionals. Add in the availability of powerful cloud-based computing resources and the result is to make it possible to create very realistic, very high concurrency functional performance tests — easily, quickly, and at very economical prices.

“The market today is ready for an easy AJAX performance testing solution, one that does not require high-level training, and one which will get workable results, right out of the box, “said Edward Miller, President of Software Research and eValid’s Chief Architect.

This picture shows a typical eValid LoadTest Report

“Because eValid is built in a browser, when it runs a test on an AJAX application it appears completely real to the application servers. Running large numbers of eValid instances — we call them Browser Users (BUs) — using compute-cloud resources gives you the Holy Grail of AJAX Performance Testing. You get high loads and you don’t have to spend a fortune to do it,” Miller said.

The 19 May 2010 eValid Webinar will show how an eValid user can record tests from life, make a few key script modifications to assure that they are LoadTest safe, lift them in 100-wide scenario partitions, run these on very-large cloud-computers, collect data as the imposed load ramps up, and display scenario-wide performance results.

“Accurate, affordable, easy to make and easy to use AJAX tests, run from powerful cloud-based machines. This is our antidote for these hard economic times,” Miller concluded

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  The load that is imposed this way makes it a simple task to find all the bottlenecks and problem areas. You just wait and see what breaks first.

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“Kyodo Securities”, the Asia-based boutique broker, has advised clients against selling their holdings of gold despite the metal suffering its biggest one-day fall in well over a year.

The price of gold fell by more than $50 on Thursday following worse than expected economic data coming out of the United States. The fall came on the same day as the Dow Jones industrial average lost some 270 points off the investors became more concerned at sovereign debt default issues in the euro zone.

A source close to “Kyodo Securities” said that although many investors are fleeing to the perceived safety of the US dollar, ultimately gold will provide the most effective protection against government profligacy in the months ahead.

The source pointed to speculation that central banks in general will be forced to continue to provide support for their economies in light of the fact that they have already spent trillions of dollars in an effort to boost economic growth and that this would require a return to the quantitative easing that has proven so controversial in the investment community.

“Kyodo Securities” analysts believe that gold may return to retest $1000 per ounce during the course of the current selloff but they suggest that this provides investors with a perfect opportunity to protect their wealth against what it expects to be a concerted effort by central banks to inject more liquidity into the moribund economies.

“Kyodo Securities”: It would appear that global equity market volatility has returned with a vengeance. After a slew of global economic data that has highlighted the inherent weakness of the recovery underway in the developed world, investors are no longer able to ignore the fact that the absence of the consumer and the high level of in indebtedness of major developed economies means that sustainable recovery is still some time away.

Sources close to “Kyodo Securities” believe that markets have generally ignored relatively upbeat earnings reports from several economic bellwethers and have, instead, focused on the relative inability of companies to generate additional revenues.

The unwinding of the dollar carry trade appears to be in full swing with markets around the world looking sharp falls with alarming regularity.

“Kyodo Securities”, however, have advised clients to expect the current selloff in equities to provide excellent buying opportunities in the weeks ahead. The Asia-based boutique brokerage says it expects equity markets to retest the March 2009 lows by the second quarter of 2010.

The firm is apparently preparing a short list of suitable equities traded on various exchanges which it intends to add to its conviction buy list once the lows are retested.

“Kyodo Securities” believes that the current selloff will provide investors with the last opportunity to buy in to the stocks of some of the world’s most innovative companies at once in a generation prices.

“Kyodo Securities”: It would appear that global equity market volatility has returned with a vengeance. After a slew of global economic data that has highlighted the inherent weakness of the recovery underway in the developed world, investors are no longer able to ignore the fact that the absence of the consumer and the high level of in indebtedness of major developed economies means that sustainable recovery is still some time away.

Sources close to “Kyodo Securities” believe that markets have generally ignored relatively upbeat earnings reports from several economic bellwethers and have, instead, focused on the relative inability of companies to generate additional revenues.

The unwinding of the dollar carry trade appears to be in full swing with markets around the world looking sharp falls with alarming regularity.

“Kyodo Securities”, however, have advised clients to expect the current selloff in equities to provide excellent buying opportunities in the weeks ahead. The Asia-based boutique brokerage says it expects equity markets to retest the March 2009 lows by the second quarter of 2010.

The firm is apparently preparing a short list of suitable equities traded on various exchanges which it intends to add to its conviction buy list once the lows are retested.

“Kyodo Securities” believes that the current selloff will provide investors with the last opportunity to buy in to the stocks of some of the world’s most innovative companies at once in a generation prices.

Allianz Global, the Italy-based asset management firm, remains convinced that the specter of inflation poses the greatest risk to investor wealth in the next few years.

Analysts at the firm reiterated their advice to acquire and hold the precious metal as a way of countering the inflation that it says is inevitable given the likelihood that governments around the world will continue to pursue inflationary policies in an effort to reduce the real value of their debts.

A source close to “Allianz Global” said that the unprecedented levels of bond issuance by developed nations is placing extremely high pressures on their ability to service their debt payments in the years going forward as tax revenues fall. The firm believes that there are two choices: the first is for nations to default on their debt whilst the second is for them to inflate their way out of trouble by paying their debts off with a devalued currency.

This will seriously affect the purchasing power of investors’ and savers’ money.

“Allianz Global” have long been bullish on gold citing its credentials as a hedge against government profligacy rather than inflation per se. The firm points to the price of gold in pounds sterling which has increased from just £375 per ounce in the 3^rd quarter of 2007 to over £700 in the 3^rd quarter of 2009 as a real world example.

“Allianz Global” routinely advises clients to purchase gold through ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to avoid having to take actual delivery and organize storage of their gold.

Allianz Global, the Italy-based asset management firm, remains convinced that the specter of inflation poses the greatest risk to investor wealth in the next few years.

Analysts at the firm reiterated their advice to acquire and hold the precious metal as a way of countering the inflation that it says is inevitable given the likelihood that governments around the world will continue to pursue inflationary policies in an effort to reduce the real value of their debts.

A source close to “Allianz Global” said that the unprecedented levels of bond issuance by developed nations is placing extremely high pressures on their ability to service their debt payments in the years going forward as tax revenues fall. The firm believes that there are two choices: the first is for nations to default on their debt whilst the second is for them to inflate their way out of trouble by paying their debts off with a devalued currency.

This will seriously affect the purchasing power of investors’ and savers’ money.

“Allianz Global” have long been bullish on gold citing its credentials as a hedge against government profligacy rather than inflation per se. The firm points to the price of gold in pounds sterling which has increased from just £375 per ounce in the 3^rd quarter of 2007 to over £700 in the 3^rd quarter of 2009 as a real world example.

“Allianz Global” routinely advises clients to purchase gold through ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to avoid having to take actual delivery and organize storage of their gold.

Ovannis Capital analysts in Beijing report that McDonalds Corp. (MCD.N) the worlds biggest Hamburger Chain are aiming to increase their capital investment in China by about 25 percent this year. McDonalds hope to tap into the growth of the worlds third largest economy.

“We expect to increase our capital investment by 25 percent over last year,” said Kenneth Chan, McDonalds China CEO, told analysts for Ovannis Capital during the launch of a new marketing campaign on Friday. “We continue to be extremely bullish about our business in China and will continue to invest in opening new restaurants,” Chan said. However he declined to disclose the investment amount for 2009 or 2010.

One of McDonald’s main competitors in China is Yum Brand’s (YUM.N) who own KFC in both the US and Chinese markets, there is also Chinese Ajisen who own a chain of noodle restaurants. Mr Chan told Ovannis Capital that McDonald’s are planning to open 150 to 175 new restaurants in China. This will lead to the creation of 10,000 new jobs, he added.

Mr Chan went on to tell Ovannis Capital that McDonalds are planning to launch a new brand concept for China called ‘Make Room For Happiness.’ The concept is to mark the 20th annivesary of McDonalds opening their first resturant in Shenzhen.

McDonald’s currently have 1,135 restaurants in mainland China, as of the end of 2009 and last week McDonald’s posted a profit for the fourth-quarter of 2009 of $1.22 billion. This was up from $985.3 million a year earlier.

Analysts for Ovannis Capital said McDonalds was helped by it’s strength in Europe and a small rise in December sales in the U.S. after two months of declines in the United States, where high unemployment affected results.

This week’s bump to world markets from China’s widely announced credit tightening has puzzled Ovannis Capital analysts, they say global investors are saying it has awakened some of their underlying fears for 2010.

As the world economy’s comes out from recession, which Ovannis Capital forecasts will show brisk growth of 3.9 percent this year from a contraction of 0.8 percent in 2009, analysts at Ovannis Capital say this has being achieved largely on the back of extraordinary monetary and fiscal policy by major governments around the World.

Analysts with Ovannis Capital say that the concern for investors is one of returning too quickly to normal money and fiscal policies. The question is, will governments step on the brakes too soon and push the world back into recession? Or will they delay so long in removing the stimulus that inflation takes root and requires an even harsher policy clampdown at a later date?

Analysts with Ovannis Capital have reported that investors are nervous regarding the speed and degree to which China has gone to to limit the growth of credit in 2010. On January 12 it was announced that China would be raising domestic bank reserve ratios by 0.5 percent. On Wednesday, ICBC, China’s largest bank, said “it had stopped rolling over some loans to slow credit growth after a surge at the start of the year”, Ovannis Capital analysts believe it was this surge that triggered alarms with Chinese authorities.

Ovannis Capital analysts say the suspension has caught foreign companies and importers by surprise. They say it may lead to delays or cancellations to China’s imports and could cause possible ripples beyond China’s borders.

Since January 12 Shanghai stocks have lost almost 9 percent; global emerging markets have lost 7 percent; and world stocks at large have lost 6 percent.

Beijing analyst for Ovannis Capital are reporting that Chinese real estate company IFM Investments Ltd. has priced it’s initial public offering at the bottom of it’s recently announce range of prices. Ovannis Capital analysts say China’s real estate market has benefited greatly from strong economic growth and improved access to credit. IFM has a franchise agreement in place to sell it’s properties under the brand Century 21 across China. IFM has sold 12.5 million shares at $7 each. This has raised $87.4 million for IFM.

Ovannis Capital analyst reported on Wednesday that IFM Investments Ltd. had cut it’s initial offering to 12.5 million shares and had hoped to sell them for $7 to $8 per share. IFM Investments Ltd. had initially planned to offer 16.65 million shares for between $8.75 and $10.75 a share.

Ovannis Capital analysts said that Chinese property prices grew strongly in 2009 and there were fears of a property bubble. Prices in December 2009 had risen 7.8 percent on last years prices. This is the fastest growth recorded in 2009. Government action are expected to lead to a slow down in the market, preventing a crash in property prices. Premier Wen Jiabao, the Cabinet and other top officials have voiced concerns over the red-hot property market of the past month, and the Central Bank in January raised reserve requirements for banks for the first time since a December 2008 cut to try and prevent any burst in asset bubbles.

IFM Investments Ltd was co-founded by brothers-in-law Donald Zhang and Harry Lu, has seen sharp increases in net revenue and income. IFM reported a net revenue of $65 million for the nine month ending in September 2009. Ovannis Capital analysts say this was up 112.4 percent on the same period in 2008.

IFM is expected to debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CTC” on Thursday.

Analysts with Ovannis Capital said the deal between Sino-Forest Corp and Guizhou Sen Li Industry Co. will result in Sino-Forest Corp gaining access to around 16.5 million cubic meters of plantation wood fibre. Over 150,000 hectares of forest with an average yield of 100 cubic meters per hectare.

Ovannis Capital analysts report that Canadian Sino-Forest Corp (TRE.TO) who own and manage plantation forests in China have recently raised C$815 million through equity offerings. Sino Forest has also completed the acquisition of two plantations. One of these acquisitions is Mandra Forestry which have plantations in Anhui province.

“They already have decent size presence in Guangxi, which is south of Guizhou. They have same sort of forestry team there, so you don’t need to double up management costs on Guizhou,” Ovannis Capital Capital Markets analyst reported.

The Ovannis Capital analyst said Sino-Forest has been seizing the opportunity in China’s policy to allow commercial management of it’s vast state owned tree farm resources. Sino-Forest says that it has new agreements with Chinese authorities to expand it’s base of wood fibre and plantation operations in and around Southern China, especially in Guizhou Province and the adjacent province of Sichuan and the Chongqing municipality.

A “Spokesman for Sino-Forest Corp. told Ovannis Capital “Chongqing is a vibrant and economically developing area, and infrastructure in Sichuan is under redevelopment after a massive earthquake.” The company said “accordingly, we believe that wood fiber will be a commodity in great demand in these provinces.”

Sino-Forest shares, which have gained about 40 percent in the last six months, were up 31 cents, or about 2 percent, at C$18.46 in late morning trade Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Beijing analyst for Ovannis Capital are reporting that Chinese real estate company IFM Investments Ltd. has priced it’s initial public offering at the bottom of it’s recently announce range of prices. Ovannis Capital analysts say China’s real estate market has benefited greatly from strong economic growth and improved access to credit. IFM has a franchise agreement in place to sell it’s properties under the brand Century 21 across China. IFM has sold 12.5 million shares at $7 each. This has raised $87.4 million for IFM.

Ovannis Capital analyst reported on Wednesday that IFM Investments Ltd. had cut it’s initial offering to 12.5 million shares and had hoped to sell them for $7 to $8 per share. IFM Investments Ltd. had initially planned to offer 16.65 million shares for between $8.75 and $10.75 a share.

Ovannis Capital analysts said that Chinese property prices grew strongly in 2009 and there were fears of a property bubble. Prices in December 2009 had risen 7.8 percent on last years prices. This is the fastest growth recorded in 2009. Government action are expected to lead to a slow down in the market, preventing a crash in property prices. Premier Wen Jiabao, the Cabinet and other top officials have voiced concerns over the red-hot property market of the past month, and the Central Bank in January raised reserve requirements for banks for the first time since a December 2008 cut to try and prevent any burst in asset bubbles.

IFM Investments Ltd was co-founded by brothers-in-law Donald Zhang and Harry Lu, has seen sharp increases in net revenue and income. IFM reported a net revenue of $65 million for the nine month ending in September 2009. Ovannis Capital analysts say this was up 112.4 percent on the same period in 2008.

IFM is expected to debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CTC” on Thursday.

Analysts with Ovannis Capital said the deal between Sino-Forest Corp and Guizhou Sen Li Industry Co. will result in Sino-Forest Corp gaining access to around 16.5 million cubic meters of plantation wood fibre. Over 150,000 hectares of forest with an average yield of 100 cubic meters per hectare.

Ovannis Capital analysts report that Canadian Sino-Forest Corp (TRE.TO) who own and manage plantation forests in China have recently raised C$815 million through equity offerings. Sino Forest has also completed the acquisition of two plantations. One of these acquisitions is Mandra Forestry which have plantations in Anhui province.

“They already have decent size presence in Guangxi, which is south of Guizhou. They have same sort of forestry team there, so you don’t need to double up management costs on Guizhou,” Ovannis Capital Capital Markets analyst reported.

The Ovannis Capital analyst said Sino-Forest has been seizing the opportunity in China’s policy to allow commercial management of it’s vast state owned tree farm resources. Sino-Forest says that it has new agreements with Chinese authorities to expand it’s base of wood fibre and plantation operations in and around Southern China, especially in Guizhou Province and the adjacent province of Sichuan and the Chongqing municipality.

A “Spokesman for Sino-Forest Corp. told Ovannis Capital “Chongqing is a vibrant and economically developing area, and infrastructure in Sichuan is under redevelopment after a massive earthquake.” The company said “accordingly, we believe that wood fiber will be a commodity in great demand in these provinces.”

Sino-Forest shares, which have gained about 40 percent in the last six months, were up 31 cents, or about 2 percent, at C$18.46 in late morning trade Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Mr. Kononowitz has worked for over 12 years specializing in the technology sector of the investment banking and brokerage industries overseas, in South Florida, Southern California and NYC.  Prior to joining CarryQuote, he was the Managing Director of Institutional Funds Ltd; a global firm engaged in private equity projects and PIPEs in excess of $50MM. He was responsible for managing sales executives and consultants, as well as acting as chief negotiator for the firm. Before running Institutional Funds, Kyle was the Director of Licensing at Diligent Board Member Services, Inc, where he was the top sales producer. Diligent is a corporate governance and SEC compliance SaaS solutions provider for Directors and Trustees of Corporate Boards, as well as corporate executives of publicly traded companies. Kyle has previously also held the title of Senior Vice President at two Hedge Funds firms. He began his career at Morgan Stanley and during his career raised over $500 Million for a multitude of projects. Kyle is a graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in International Finance and Law. He also studied abroad at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

“I feel our mobile application is the future of global market data distributed via a real time platform to your mobile device.  Our software as a service is affordable to institutional portfolio managers as well as individual investors that need constant up-to-date information”  Kononowitz added.