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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Forex Market
The foreign exchange market (forex, FX, or currency market) is a worldwide decentralized over-the-counter financial market for the trading of currencies. Financial centers around the world function as anchors of trading between a wide range of different types of buyers and sellers around the clock, with the exception of weekends.
The purpose of the foreign exchange market is to assist international trade and investment. The foreign exchange market allows businesses to convert one currency to another. For example, it permits a U.S. business to import European goods and pay Euros, even though the business's income is in U.S. dollars. Some experts, however, believe that the unchecked speculative movement of currencies by large financial institutions such as hedge funds impedes the markets from correcting global current account imbalances. This carry trade may also lead to loss of competitiveness in some countries. [1]
In a typical foreign exchange transaction a party purchases a quantity of one currency by paying a quantity of another currency. The modern foreign exchange market started forming during the 1970s when countries gradually switched to floating exchange rates from the previous exchange rate regime, which remained fixed as per the Bretton Woods system.
The foreign exchange market is unique because of
Main foreign exchange market turnover, 1988–2007, measured in billions of USD.The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. Traders include large banks, central banks, currency speculators, corporations, governments, and other financial institutions. The average daily volume in the global foreign exchange and related markets is continuously growing. Daily turnover was reported to be over US$3.2 trillion in April 2007 by the Bank for International Settlements. [2] Since then, the market has continued to grow. According to Euromoney's annual FX Poll, volumes grew a further 41% between 2007 and 2008.[3]
Of the $3.98 trillion daily global turnover, trading in London accounted for around $1.36 trillion, or 34.1% of the total, making London by far the global center for foreign exchange. In second and third places respectively, trading in New York accounted for 16.6%, and Tokyo accounted for 6.0%.[4] In addition to "traditional" turnover, $2.1 trillion was traded in derivatives.
Exchange-traded FX futures contracts were introduced in 1972 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and are actively traded relative to most other futures contracts.
Several other developed countries also permit the trading of FX derivative products (like currency futures and options on currency futures) on their exchanges. All these developed countries already have fully convertible capital accounts. Most emerging countries do not permit FX derivative products on their exchanges in view of prevalent controls on the capital accounts. However, a few select emerging countries (e.g., Korea, South Africa, India—[1]; [2]) have already successfully experimented with the currency futures exchanges, despite having some controls on the capital account.
FX futures volume has grown rapidly in recent years, and accounts for about 7% of the total foreign exchange market volume, according to The Wall Street Journal Europe (5/5/06, p. 20).
Foreign exchange trading increased by 38% between April 2005 and April 2006 and has more than doubled since 2001. This is largely due to the growing importance of foreign exchange as an asset class and an increase in fund management assets, particularly of hedge funds and pension funds. The diverse selection of execution venues have made it easier for retail traders to trade in the foreign exchange market. In 2006, retail traders constituted over 2% of the whole FX market volumes with an average daily trade volume of over US$50-60 billion (see retail trading platforms).[6] Because foreign exchange is an OTC market where brokers/dealers negotiate directly with one another, there is no central exchange or clearing house. The biggest geographic trading centre is the UK, primarily London, which according to IFSL estimates has increased its share of global turnover in traditional transactions from 31.3% in April 2004 to 34.1% in April 2007. The ten most active traders account for almost 80% of trading volume, according to the 2008 Euromoney FX survey.[3] These large international banks continually provide the market with both bid (buy) and ask (sell) prices. The bid/ask spread is the difference between the price at which a bank or market maker will sell ("ask", or "offer") and the price at which a market taker will buy ("bid") from a wholesale or retail customer. The customer will buy from the market-maker at the higher "ask" price, and will sell at the lower "bid" price, thus giving up the "spread" as the cost of completing the trade. This spread is minimal for actively traded pairs of currencies, usually 0–3 pips. For example, the bid/ask quote of EURUSD might be 1.2200/1.2203 on a retail broker. Minimum trading size for most deals is usually 100,000 units of base currency, which is a standard "lot".
These spreads might not apply to retail customers at banks, which will routinely mark up the difference to say 1.2100/1.2300 for transfers, or say 1.2000/1.2400 for banknotes or travelers' checks. Spot prices at market makers vary, but on EURUSD are usually no more than 3 pips wide (i.e., 0.0003). Competition is greatly increased with larger transactions, and pip spreads shrink on the major pairs to as little as 1 to 2 pips.
The purpose of the foreign exchange market is to assist international trade and investment. The foreign exchange market allows businesses to convert one currency to another. For example, it permits a U.S. business to import European goods and pay Euros, even though the business's income is in U.S. dollars. Some experts, however, believe that the unchecked speculative movement of currencies by large financial institutions such as hedge funds impedes the markets from correcting global current account imbalances. This carry trade may also lead to loss of competitiveness in some countries. [1]
In a typical foreign exchange transaction a party purchases a quantity of one currency by paying a quantity of another currency. The modern foreign exchange market started forming during the 1970s when countries gradually switched to floating exchange rates from the previous exchange rate regime, which remained fixed as per the Bretton Woods system.
The foreign exchange market is unique because of
- trading volume resulting in market liquidity
- geographical dispersion
- continuous operation: 24 hours a day except weekends, i.e. trading from 20:15 UTC on Sunday until 22:00 UTC Friday
- the variety of factors that affect exchange rates
- the low margins of relative profit compared with other markets of fixed income
- the use of leverage to enhance profit margins with respect to account size
- $1.005 trillion in spot transactions
- $362 billion in outright forwards
- $1.714 trillion in foreign exchange swaps
- $129 billion estimated gaps in reporting
Market size and liquidity
Of the $3.98 trillion daily global turnover, trading in London accounted for around $1.36 trillion, or 34.1% of the total, making London by far the global center for foreign exchange. In second and third places respectively, trading in New York accounted for 16.6%, and Tokyo accounted for 6.0%.[4] In addition to "traditional" turnover, $2.1 trillion was traded in derivatives.
Exchange-traded FX futures contracts were introduced in 1972 at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and are actively traded relative to most other futures contracts.
Several other developed countries also permit the trading of FX derivative products (like currency futures and options on currency futures) on their exchanges. All these developed countries already have fully convertible capital accounts. Most emerging countries do not permit FX derivative products on their exchanges in view of prevalent controls on the capital accounts. However, a few select emerging countries (e.g., Korea, South Africa, India—[1]; [2]) have already successfully experimented with the currency futures exchanges, despite having some controls on the capital account.
FX futures volume has grown rapidly in recent years, and accounts for about 7% of the total foreign exchange market volume, according to The Wall Street Journal Europe (5/5/06, p. 20).
| Rank | Name | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Deutsche Bank | 20.96% |
| 2 |  UBS AG | 14.58% |
| 3 |  Barclays Capital | 10.45% |
| 4 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 8.19% |
| 5 |  Citi | 7.32% |
| 6 | JPMorgan | 5.43% |
| 7 | HSBC | 4.09% |
| 8 | Goldman Sachs | 3.35% |
| 9 | Credit Suisse | 3.05% |
| 10 |  BNP Paribas | 2.26% |
These spreads might not apply to retail customers at banks, which will routinely mark up the difference to say 1.2100/1.2300 for transfers, or say 1.2000/1.2400 for banknotes or travelers' checks. Spot prices at market makers vary, but on EURUSD are usually no more than 3 pips wide (i.e., 0.0003). Competition is greatly increased with larger transactions, and pip spreads shrink on the major pairs to as little as 1 to 2 pips.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
CBL Spam Block For Email Hosting Server And Spamihilator For Microsoft Outlook
CBL Spam Block
CBL is known as Composite Blocking List, is a well known and reliable way of filtering out spam mails. The CBL also lists certain portions of SpamBot infrastructure, such as Spam BOT/virus infector download web sites, and other web sites or name servers exclusively dedicated to the use of Spam BOTs.
This technique is known as “prevention is better than cure”. Why waste resource deleting and scanning emails for spam when we have the liberty to prevent them from entering the email inbox? How do you install CBL? No software to install, all you have to do is download the CBL list of IPs that are blocked or blacklisted.
Spamihilator For Microsoft Outlook
Unlike other email filter service and software, Spamihilator is a self learning filter which uses the Bayesian Filter technology, calculates a certain Spam-Probability for every E-Mail. You can train this filter! So it will know your messages even better than you. Hence the recognition rate will continuously increase.
Spamihilator works between your E-Mail client and the Internet and examines every incoming E-Mail. Useless spam mails (Junk) will be filtered out. This process runs completely in the background. Just like all email filter, there bound to be some errors. Here are the features:
- Spam Recognition via learning mode
- Support of POP3 and IMAP accounts
- secure connections over SSL/TLS
- Add lists of senders and block list
- Separate Spam and Non-Spam
Worker's Compensation Fee
Workers' Compensation Fee Schedule by RegionKeywords: Workers_Compensation | ||
| Do you know what you are supposed to be paid for non-network workers’ compensation services according to the updated 2010 Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Guideline? The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers' Compensation announced in early November the annual changes to conversion factors for workers' compensation medical fee guidelines for professional services, charges, and payments using the Medicare Economic Index (MEI). "The MEI, reported as a 1.2-percent increase for 2010, is a weighted average of price changes for goods and services used to deliver physician services," according to a TDI bulletin. For services provided in calendar year 2010, the new medical fee guideline conversion factors are $54.32 and $68.19. The conversion factor of $54.32 applies to evaluation and management services, general medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, pathology, anesthesia, and surgery when performed in an office. The conversion factor of $68.19 applies to surgery performed in a health care facility. Note: Please use Excel to open all sheets. The 2010 Workers' Compensation fee schedule by geographic region.The 2009 Workers' Compensation fee schedule by geographic region.TMA has provided the Workers' Compensation fee schedule by geographic region. The fees for non-network and out of network payments were effective Jan. 1, 2009.The 2008 Workers' Compensation fee schedule by geographic region.TMA has provided the Workers' Compensation fee schedule by geographic region. The fees for non-network and out of network payments were effective March 1, 2008. |
How To Record With DBox Winserver
How to Record with DBox Winserver
On the PC:1) Create a directory to your PC for your recordings.
2) Install Dbox Winserver (known as Winserver from here on)
3) Add a shortcut to dboxwinsvr.exe (wherever you installed it) to your Startup directory in the Start menu
4) Run Winserver (dboxwinsvr.exe)
5) Click the Settings tab and enter your Dbox IP, the port should already be 4000. Set the output directory to the directory you created above (Also change the language into English)
6) Click the Generally tab and remove the tick from Windows after recording unless you want it to perform the action in the dropdown box once it’s finished
7) Select Use UDRec (I Prefer GGrab)
8 ) Click the UDRec tab and select Record only 1 Stream under Audio and Record as MPEG-Streams under Stream File
9) Select Multiplex MPEG Streams after recording. (Keep an eye on your hard drive space though, as you effectively have 2 copies, the muxed and the demuxed. If you can get GGrab to work for you, you can have it only create the mpg file)
10) Click Save.
Here is an example :
On Dbox
1) Press the Dbox button on your remote
2) Go to Settings, then Recording
3) Set the Recording Device to Server
4) Enter the IP address of your PC (it has to be a static IP)
5) The port should be 4000
6) Set Switch to SPTS mode to Off
7) Select Activate Changes, then Back, then Save Settings Now
8 ) Press Home to go back to watching TV
You’re ready to record. Press the Blue button to get the Features menu, then Red to start recording. You can press Home to watch the channel as normal. To end recording, press Blue again for Features, then Red. You can also set timed recordings, as long as your PC is left on and running Winserver
While recording, the icon on the PC systray should show a flashing red circle (Also on some Images the Time on the LCDof the Box flashes) Recordings should appear in the directory you created. You’ll have a directory with the date, time, and channel name. Inside that you’ll have files with the program name. The mpg can be watched directly. The mpv & mp2 are ready to be burned to DVD or deleted if you don’t need them. The txt contains the program description. The log is selfexplanatory.
Pedestrian Accident Lawyer and How Pedestrians are Common Victims Of Accidents
Pedestrian Accident Lawyer presents the following recap of the different types of pedestrian accidents. Pedestrian accidents can range from the serious with motor vehicles involved to trips and falls due to debris or unsafe road/sidewalk conditions. If you, or a loved one, has been involved and injured due to a pedestrian accident, contact a lawyer to understand your rights.
Pedestrians: Common Victims Of Accidents
Though walking is healthy, it can still cause a person to be involved in accidents even if they are just on the streets. Pedestrians are one of the most common victims of accidents. There are those who have fallen victims of vehicular accidents and there are those who get into slip-and-fall accidents.
Innocent pedestrians who have been subjected to these types of accident can call Pedestrian Accident Lawyers who should be able to advice them of their options and next step in attaining justice.
Common Accidents
Pedestrians are more prone to be involved in accidents as they have no immediate protection from any dangers lurking around the streets and establishments. To better protect yourself from accidents while walking on streets, you must be aware of the possible dangers that you might encounter.
Car Accidents
There are pedestrians who are struck by motorists who are not paying attention on their driving and traffic signs.
Falling Debris
These accidents commonly occur in construction sites where walls and foundations are not steady.
Slip-and-Fall Accidents
Slip-and-Fall accidents commonly occur in department stores or groceries where liquids can easily be spilled on floors.
Struck-by Accidents
There are instances where a pedestrian is hit by things that are unnecessarily lying on streets and establishments.
Common Results
The above accidents can produce many injuries to a person. Some of them are minor injuries but most are major injuries that need immediate medical treatment. Here are some of the injuries that result from these accidents.
Broken Bones
Bones are sometimes broken by the impact of a foreign object to a person’s body.
Paralysis
Paralysis is a common outcome of spinal injuries that are severe enough to cut a person’s control over his body.
Brain Injuries
If the head is struck hard enough, it may cause brain bleeding which could also lead to death or paralysis.
Limb Amputation
Broken bones can be re-structured and repaired. However, crushed bones that could not be repaired would have to be cut off. This would result to a person’s possible permanent disability.
Preventing Pedestrian Accidents
Being involved in an accident would greatly affect a person’s way of living and his financial stability. To avoid the hassles of getting in court proceedings and the tremendous effects of disability of a person, he can observe the following precautions:
Observe traffic lights and signs so you would know when to cross the street.
Watch your step for any uneven or wet flooring.
Avoid walking near a construction site.
Watch out for any loose objects that might hit you.
If you find yourself victimized by the negligence of other people, you may contact a Pedestrian Accident Lawyer who can help you in gathering evidence and proving your case.
Pedestrians: Common Victims Of Accidents
Though walking is healthy, it can still cause a person to be involved in accidents even if they are just on the streets. Pedestrians are one of the most common victims of accidents. There are those who have fallen victims of vehicular accidents and there are those who get into slip-and-fall accidents.
Innocent pedestrians who have been subjected to these types of accident can call Pedestrian Accident Lawyers who should be able to advice them of their options and next step in attaining justice.
Common Accidents
Pedestrians are more prone to be involved in accidents as they have no immediate protection from any dangers lurking around the streets and establishments. To better protect yourself from accidents while walking on streets, you must be aware of the possible dangers that you might encounter.
Car Accidents
There are pedestrians who are struck by motorists who are not paying attention on their driving and traffic signs.
Falling Debris
These accidents commonly occur in construction sites where walls and foundations are not steady.
Slip-and-Fall Accidents
Slip-and-Fall accidents commonly occur in department stores or groceries where liquids can easily be spilled on floors.
Struck-by Accidents
There are instances where a pedestrian is hit by things that are unnecessarily lying on streets and establishments.
Common Results
The above accidents can produce many injuries to a person. Some of them are minor injuries but most are major injuries that need immediate medical treatment. Here are some of the injuries that result from these accidents.
Broken Bones
Bones are sometimes broken by the impact of a foreign object to a person’s body.
Paralysis
Paralysis is a common outcome of spinal injuries that are severe enough to cut a person’s control over his body.
Brain Injuries
If the head is struck hard enough, it may cause brain bleeding which could also lead to death or paralysis.
Limb Amputation
Broken bones can be re-structured and repaired. However, crushed bones that could not be repaired would have to be cut off. This would result to a person’s possible permanent disability.
Preventing Pedestrian Accidents
Being involved in an accident would greatly affect a person’s way of living and his financial stability. To avoid the hassles of getting in court proceedings and the tremendous effects of disability of a person, he can observe the following precautions:
Observe traffic lights and signs so you would know when to cross the street.
Watch your step for any uneven or wet flooring.
Avoid walking near a construction site.
Watch out for any loose objects that might hit you.
If you find yourself victimized by the negligence of other people, you may contact a Pedestrian Accident Lawyer who can help you in gathering evidence and proving your case.
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