Archive for February, 2010
Financial Awareness for Women
How many times have your heard: Money is Power? Plenty, I bet.
But, Power is not always about money; bearing children is more powerful than money, more powerful than knowledge. Frankly, procreation of a species is the most powerful position in any society, any living organism.
Here’s the irony…the most powerful gender has in fact historically had the least amount of control, entitlements and freedom. Clearly women were viewed as threatening. And, the dominator rather than the partnership model for the most part has driven societies. The partnership model requires collaboration, cooperation, and is supported by inclusiveness rather than focusing on the differences between entities. The dominator model is very self focused and thrives on competition creating a singular winner verses team victory.
Is it any surprise then that some of the most famous women in history, who had power, had an untimely death.
All of our societies have been shaped by men evoking spiritual powers emanating from ritual knowledge that then crossed political means, creating and fostering male bias. That male bias has marginalized women throughout history.
So, it’s not so much that women have financial concerns as much as the root of disproportionate power that then gets displayed into the arena of money. How do women manage their shame about money when the underlying issue is about ultimate control, a lack of entitlements and the fear of loosing their current freedoms? Reducing the financial shame is the benefit of building self-awareness. Gaining actual tools for financial concerns is a step in the right direction.
Financial workshops for women are few and far between. Having debt elimination tips only deals with the surface. To achieve true financial stress relief, one must dig under the surface.
Sometimes financial management workshops will include a section on how to pick a financial advisor for women. These suggestions often make me wary because of the inherent gain a financial planner might garnish. Whereas hiring someone who is remunerated not by commission, but by retainer I think makes better sense.
But, a financial advisor for women really needs to understand what is going on under the surface. Long term financial management women will very often understand the issues faster than their male counterparts….but, as I call it: “Bankspeak”, is not a relegated to men only.
Understanding the premise that one’s self-esteem can be directly connected to one’s handling of money, the only way to gain financial stress relief is to heal the underlying damage. That takes courage, honesty and accountability. This is the best financial problem solution for women.
Guide to world markets
It has been centauries since the countries of the world understood the interdependence of each on the other. The phenomena of globalization are one of the reasons of this interdependence. The countries are trading among each other through economic zones. Also the business in the stock market has gone Trans national. All the stock markets of the world make an impact on each other’s trading patterns. Thus stock exchanges are strong indicators of the international business. Another advantage, as it may be called to the business, is the difference in the labor costs in the different countries. The booming business of outsourcing is an offshoot of this concept. The outsourcing business is now moving from the business processes to the manufacturing too. The practices like interdependence of the stock exchanges and the phenomena of outsourcing are causing great concerns to the domestic companies. The impact of outsourcing on the domestic labor is drastic.
The stock exchange index is generally confined to one country. However there are some indices, which are found in many other countries of the world too. America’s Dow Jones and S&P 500 are some of the indices. Industry specific index can also be found. The Moran Stanley Biotech index is one such. They are referred to as specialty exchanges.
The NASDAQ in New York is the world’s first electronic exchange. Set up in 1971, it has approximately 3200 companies listed with it. There are several indexes in the NASDAQ with separate base numbers and for different companies listed in them. For example there is a NASDAQ 100 index. It has base number 125 and has been traded on since 1994. Then there is NASDAQ Composite where most of the companies do business.
London too is one of the business hubs of the world. The stock exchange is one of the most influential ones. The kings of international businesses have their home ground sin London and they operate their world business from there. Being one of the biggest human settlements in the United Kingdom, London has a business of over 117,000 million pounds. The London stock exchange has been in existence since 1698 when commodity trade was rampant in the country.
Nikkei 225 is the index of the Tokyo’s Stock Exchange. The markets can boast of being the technologically most advanced in Asia if not the world. Japan after the wrath of the war of 1945 has emerged out to become one of the controllers of world trade. The work culture in the country is unmatched by any country of the world. Probably this is the reason why it is has been the world business leader for a long time. Most blue-chip companies are listed on this market.
The hazards of speculative businesses are all around. The companies have created the tricks to trade out the non-productive scrip. Insider trading, for example, means floating false information in the market by those who are at the helm of affairs. The same misguides the traders. This has to be curbed by adding a deterrent to such practices.
Marc Accetta
Marc Accetta, is a famous names in the business world trainers. Marc is a trainer and founder of “Marc Accetta Seminars” and “Leading Edge Seminar”. Together with his wife Kelly, Marc has run the wheels of business in the field of coaching for nearly 15 years. Instead active in “Marc Accetta Seminars” and “Leading Edge Seminars”, Marc also served as director of training for the “World Ventures Int”, “Liquidity International” and “Unstoppable Foundation”.
As a coach and public speaker, Marc has experienced for almost 20 years. Marc is now got a great two little girl aged 9 and 13 years old. Marc also played in the movie “The Power of Menthorship”. Marc have a lot relation celebrity such as Eva Longoria and it’s make Marc to famous trainer at celebrity to. At his web, you can find a lot of photo of Marc and his celebrity’s friend.
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