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The trend in globalization will lead to greater integration of large number of producers and consumers in the global economy according to M. K. Pralahad in his book ”Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’. IT continues to played an important role enabling democratized commerce.

Because of technological advances; information is getting more and more democratized. Today, on a global scale everyone has access to the same information and the potential to translate that information into intelligence. In the past, the profit was made mainly from ‘Information Arbitrage’. If you had access to privileged information, you could take advantage of that information to make a profit. Also, since information traveled slowly, the first movers had a huge advantage when it came to competition. But, with the coming democratization, the velocity of information has dramatically increased and thus decreasing the period when the organization can market product based on differentiation strategy.

The competition will be able to catch up quickly and offer the same product or service, thus pressurizing the company to reduce cost. This intense pressure from competition leads to ‘commoditization of product/service’ which in turn leads to what Economist call ‘Perfect Competition’. Economists have always loved ‘Prefect Competition’ model because from their perspective that it increases economic efficiency which is good for the society at large.

Thus, trend towards commoditization has accelerated and will continue to accelerate due to technological innovation. This accelerated commoditization which is at the heart of Nicholas Carr’s argument in his infamous HBR article ‘IT Doesn’t Matter’ where he makes an argument that in a ‘perfect competition’ model of future, your investment in IT cannot be leveraged for differentiation strategy.

So, can IT be used for differentiation strategy? The answer is unequivocally YES. First of all, there is always a lag in the availability of information. Even though, the technology continues to enable sharp increase in the velocity of information, the information cannot be made available instantaneously. A ‘business idea’ in an organization will not be known instantaneously to the competition. There is that lag time. But with the increased velocity of information, slow decision will be punished. Organizations need to set up agile business processes and streamline decision making ability if they want to take advantage of first mover strategy. IT can play a major role in this effort only if the core competencies of the organizations are identified and automated.

While the technology can be blamed for commoditizing of products faster, same technology can be leveraged to expedite creation of Network Externalities. Let’s take eBay as an example. While it is simple to copy eBay’s business model, it will be extremely difficult to create a value for the sellers because all the buyers have become eBay’s captive audience. So, in this example IT that enabled Network Externalities has created differentiation strategy for eBay.

IT can also enable seller identify the Long Tail aspect of the supply demand curve. Lets say the Company X is involved in selling music video downloads an specializes in ‘Fusion French Rap with Middle Eastern instruments with Hawaiian Hula dance’. Before large scale global IT adoption, it would have been difficult to identify the demand for that kind of specialized music video. Now, with the advances in IT infrastructure, the company X can reach the global customer base and find enough demand to be profitable. With the advent of social media, technology can be used to build community around that specialized product thus adding more ‘value’.

Thus, IT acts as a double edged sword. On one hand it has the power to force rapid commoditization of products. On the other hand IT can be leveraged as mentioned above to differentiate products and services for an organization. Even with democratized information availability, IT can help create first mover’s advantage. It all depends on how organizations use IT.

Raj Sheelvant is currently working as a Project Manager at a Large Multinational Computer Manufacturing Company. He holds MBA from W.P. Carey Business School of Arizona State University at Tempe, Arizona and MS in Engineering Science from University of Toledo, Toledo Ohio. He has a passion of leveraging IT to create and sustain competitive advantage for the Corporations. He strongly believes that IT can be used to ‘expand economic moat’ for the corporations but one need to make sure that the IT projects are always used to enable corporate and business strategy. He writes his blog on IT Strategy at http://itstrategyblog.com

He is also the author of several papers
“A Parallel Architecture for MUSIC Algorithm.”
International Conference on Signal Processing Application and Technology, Boston-92.
“Hypercube Architecture for Householder Algorithm.” 1992- Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh.

You can check his LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/rsheelv

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I’m going to share with you some of my real time currency trading advice that can really help you improve your trading experience and profitability. This market is quite unique because it has over three trillion dollars being traded each day and it’s open 24hrs a day. That makes it such a powerful market for a lot of people to trade in. If you have a full time job, you can easily come home in the evening and make some trades. It’s the easiest way for a person to make a second income for themselves. I’ve been trading in this market for a few years now and I’ve learned a lot in that time that I’m going to share with you.

Real time trading requires you to be aware of any volatile behavior in the market or that may come to the market while you’re in the middle of a trade. It isn’t the most enjoyable trading experience when you move into a trade right before the market goes chaotic. This is why I suggest you start watching the news. Just regular news. The reason is that they talk about the economy and you should be able to dig up what will cause the market to have issues. Pay attention to the central bank and the general economic indicators. The central bank changes its interest rates to change the supply of money. Obviously this changes the price. A raise in interest, will raise the price. A decline in interest, will decline the price. It’s very simple.

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The idea of trading in the Forex market can be very appealing. Without the proper education it is very risky. The appeal is obvious: leverage relative small sums for large profits. Who wouldn’t be interested in this. Before you begin it is essential to learn all that you can and to practice with fake money in order to prepare for the real thing.

Forex is the largest financial market in the world. This market operates 24 hours every single day and operates seven days per week. This makes the Forex market the single most liquid market in the world.

Because the Forex market is so very liquid it is quite different when compared to other financial markets, such as stocks. Because this market operates 24 hours every single day worldwide, trading is not centralize in just one location. This trading starts in Sydney, Australia and ends in New York, U.S. Because of this fact you can trade in the Forex market whenever you wish regardless of the time.

Previously, Forex trading was available to only large financial institutions. Also, is was only offer to large, multi-national corporations and established currency dealers.

This existed in part to the strict financial requirements imposed by the Forex market. Originally this meant that individuals and small companies were not able to participate.

In the late 90s all of this changed. For the first time the Forex market became available to both individuals and small businesses. This was due largely to advances in communications technology. It was high speed internet that made access possible into the Forex market. Because of this it has become one of the best ways to make money from home.

Partly because of the economy and partly because of access, Forex trading is becoming more popular every day. Stop and think about it. Who wouldn’t want to be involved in the largest and most liquid market in the world? It is very possible that trading in this market will provide you with the opportunity to earn a very comfortable living. Conversely, trading in this market obviously has its risks.

It is extremely important for you as a beginner to have the proper knowledge on how to trade in this market. For starters, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of websites devoted to this subject. Some of the websites provide dummy Forex accounts where you can practice before becoming involved with real money.

It is important to practice with a dummy account first. You will not have to risk your money. At the same time you can become familiar with the ins and outs of what is actually required to become successful.

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Global forex trading(forex, of course, meaning the foreign exchange market) has become more and more popular in the last few decades, mostly due to the advent of the global economy. Never before has our economy been so intertwined with every other country’s. It’s perfectly common now for people to convert large amounts of money into various foreign currencies, then back again. The forex market is the largest market in the world, and includes everything from banks to governments to independent speculators. The daily volume of the global forex trading market exceeded four trillion dollars on average last year, making it a very attractive market to get involved in.

Several things separate global forex trading from other markets. Its trading volumes, the large number and variety of traders, the global dispersion, the variety of factors affecting exchange rates, low profit margins (but profits are often very high because of large volume trading), all contribute to make the global forex trading market the closest thing to the “perfect competition.” Foreign exchange has more than doubled since 2001.

Another way that global forex trading is separated from other markets, for example the stock market, is that it is divided into different levels of access. In the stock market, all competitors and investors have access to the same prices. In the global forex market, however, the inter-bank market is at the top. As the access level drops, the spread (that’s the difference between the bid and ask price) widens, though it’s still possible for a low-access individual to make large amounts of money.

While there isn’t a central market for forex traders, there is next to no cross-border regulation. Global forex trading is often referred to as OTC (over-the-counter), which makes for a large number of intertwined marketplaces. Therefore there isn’t so much a single exchange as a number of separate rates or prices, depending on which bank is doing the trading, and where it is. Differences in exchange rates are usually caused by changes in GDP (gross domestic product), inflation, interest rates, budget and trade deficits or surpluses, and other large-scale economic transactions and events.

Global forex trading is something not many people consider for investment (who would think that so much money lies in money), but worldwide forex trading continues to flourish for a reason. Individuals all over the globe are investing in the forex market and making thousands of dollars every day.

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Firstable, What is the Forex Market

The Foreign Exchange Market (Forex) is a market where currencies are traded. Currencies such as the Euro, the US Dollar, the British Pound and many others are traded in the trillions every day.

Why?

People buy and sell these currencies because they fluctuate throughout the day making opportunities for the traders to make a quick profit. Because the movements are normally just cents the profits are small, but if you combine it with a big number of trades per day you’re looking at a hefty profit.

Forex History

Since 1874 to the First World War the gold standard ruled the world economy. Every money that was printed had to be backed by gold. Once a country’s economy started to climb, they needed to import heavily to keep up with the amounts of goods being sold. As this happened, since the only tradable currency a country had with a another was gold, their gold stock was depleted and it no longer represented the amount of money that was in circulation. This created inflation. The country’s economy soon came to a recession making the value of goods so cheap that other countries started to import from them having them fall in recession themselves while the other country recuperated.

As you can see this system offered a highly unstable economy. In 1944 nations got together to prevent currencies from fleeing across nations, and so the Bretton Woods Agreement was signed. The price of gold was set to $35 per oz and all other countries would do the same, setting their currencies to gold. If Britain set it’s oz of gold to 70, that means that to buy 1 US Dollar would cost them 0.50 Pounds. This prohibited speculation of currencies.

In 1971 the Gold Standard ended in 1971. The currencies of the world were no longer backed by gold which opened way to economic tools such as monetary policy. The value of the currency in each country was now what the market said it was. It’s value was represented by how well that countries economy was doing.

Forex History - A New Era

With the advances in technology, computers and the internet made Forex possible. Now people from around the world can speculate and trade currencies as they see fit. Along with computers came software that analyzed the market trends. Having almost unlimited analytical power, these softwares are able to examine huge amounts of historical data in order to make trade suggestions or even trade decisions for the user making profits without their focused attention making Forex history.

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The US stock markets have performed nicely since the lows in March. However, it looks like this was a short term event. While football season is still months away, it is time to bring the defense out.

The Federal Reserve has signaled that they are done lowering rates for the time being. Without additional liquidity provided by the Fed, the markets have to focus on the economy. Unfortunately, the focus will be high oil prices, high food prices, and the fear of inflation.

The financial media is turning their focus on inflation and second guessing the movement of the Fed.
Confirmation of a recession in the US economy has not been made. While the economy is near stalling, it has not stalled yet. Does this mean the Fed lowered rates too much and created inflation? Probably not. But with a slow summer season for the media, the financial presses may take on the opinion that the Fed did lower too much and has created an inflation monster.

Investors have been worried about higher food prices as a confirmation of inflation. The reality is, higher food prices have come from the increasing use of bio-fuels. I am guessing that the high oil and food prices will start to come down after the Summer Olympics. China’s economy is running on full speed right now. After the Olympics, I think we will see the Chinese government tighten their rates to slow down their economy to a normal growth level. This should lessen the demand for oil.

For now, investors should be in a defensive mode for the summer. The use of inverse mutual funds is a nice vehicle to add to a portfolio. This will allow an investor to participate on the current downtrend in the market - and enjoy their summer.

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Lisa and I walked 5 miles around Boston to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The Swan boats, Italian food in the Northend, a new “doo” for Lisa on Newbury Street, and new summer sweaters for me(”About time you got some sweaters with bright colors!”, Lisa said).

At Fanueil Hall Marketplace we watched “Formerly known as ‘Jim the Juggler,’ now known simply as “Jim, from The Jim Show.” Jim does daffy juggling as children giggle and parents laughed (we laughed and giggled). Jim balanced on a large beach ball while juggling.
I cannot stand on a beach ball nor can I juggle. Yet every morning my brain attempts the economic juggle, a dance registered investment advisors do in their office (privately). No need to mention the balls required, but here is an outline of what each ball lofted represents.

Each subject has current relevance, especially when the market movers sell more stock than they buy. I will define and explain the relevance in my opinion.

• Interest Rates
• Bond Rates
• Inflation

Other influences driving the stock market have aggregate affect, but individually lack market-moving clout. So, let’s look at what each subject means to the market.

Interest Rates: Lisa’s grandmother laments about the Bush administration while she longs for Jimmy Carter. “Those were the good ole days when the banks paid you for investing!” She remembers a call from a Florida stock broker offering her a 15% return on her $25,000 deposit. Of course, she and “Pa” never calculated their real rate of return (The inflation rate from June 1986 to June 1989 was 13.33% leaving 2.67% pre-tax real-rate of return)

Interest rates and inflation are the horse and cart of the economy. High Interest rates do not guarantee low inflation, nor that Lisa’s grandmother gets a “good-return” on her money. However, higher interest rates manage economies by affecting borrowing, corporate expansion, merger/acquisition activity (notice it slowed down on June 5, 2007), and currency values (U.S. dollar versus the Yen, as an example). Finally, the stock market dislikes high interest rates because there is less risk when buying bonds. You still with me?

News Flash! “Tracy Withers reports that “New Zealand’s central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate to a record 8 percent, saying housing demand and consumer spending are fanning inflation. The currency rose to a 22-year high”

“Skellerup Holdings Ltd., which exports rubber goods used in medicine and irrigation, this week said full-year profit will fall by 34 percent because of the currency’s gain. The company is planning to stop some local production and fire workers because it is cheaper to make goods overseas, it said.”

Interest rate increases control inflation and can instigate sector recessions.

2. OK. On to Bond values. The bond market is all about the “cost of money”. Cheap money means mortgages, corporate buyouts, and stock market opportunity.

How come the bond market does not control interest rates? Perhaps because there is no immediate consensus, and bond traders might not consider inflation’s nasty economic slaps the way Federal Reserve Bankers do. Federal Reserve Bankers line their jackets and underwear with fabric imprints reading “Inflation”. Nothing matters more. At the Federal Reserve Bank water cooler, it’s all about inflation.

Bond traders are not numb to economic indicators. Sell-off’s in bonds push interest rates up and bond values/prices down. Bond traders don’t take risks with an greater courage than you or I. No one wants to lose money.

Joseph Keating, Chief Investment Officer for First American Asset Management thinks bond yields are now giving “competition” to stocks. Investors are observing bond yields, and consider bonds the “safer bet”. Stock buyers need a “premium” when buying stocks due to stock risk. This is known as “stock risk-premium”. When risk premiums are high, bonds fly.

Supply and demand drives pricing. So when bond buyers are attracted to higher yields, pricing gets tighter (bond prices go up and bond yields go down). This bond buying brings lower yields or lower interest rates in the bond market. Lower interest rates in the bond market decreases the risk premium making stocks attractive. When risk premiums are low, stocks grow. Fascinating, don’t you think?

Bond traders tend, in my opinion, to give weight to economic growth rather than to the value of the dollar. Dollar values may tell us more about inflation than any other indicator. Every commodity in America (and the dollar is no longer a commodity) is dollar-priced. If the dollar is down in value against other currencies, does it suggest that prices are inflated? Does this mean that someday, holders of the dollar will want more for what they can get with their lower-valued dollars? It seems so.

Inflation: No wonder the “Fed” worries about inflation. The insidious affect gets little attention from the public, but the result devastates buying power.

Tracking inflation started in 1914. Not much relevance tracking inflation from 1914 to now. However, we could try it from January 1997 to January 2007. From then to now, the inflation rate is 27.14%.
Now, let’s calculate what that means to your spending power. We can calculate the affect of inflation: $1+($1 x .2714)= $1.2714 or $1.27. This means your investment account per thousand must earn at least $270 more per thousand just to keep up with inflation.
The current Inflation Rate is 2.57%.

“Inflation causes reduced consumer spending, it squeezes profit margins,” said John Kornitzer, who manages $6 billion at Kornitzer Capital Management in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. (Bloomberg.com, U.S. Stocks Retreat on Inflation Concern…, Michael Patterson)

What do you prefer? High interest rates or low inflation? Juggle them if you can; for me, logic recommends asset allocation.

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Remittance is the transfer of money from one point to another; a transaction usually made by foreign workers and immigrants to send money to their home country. Money remittances serve as one of the largest types of financial transactions in the world, with remittances to developing countries reaching £83.9 billion in 2005, and close to £125.6 billion in 2006. This figure is more than twice the amount of international aid.

Remittances are considered a lifeline for people in developing countries. With the relative strength of currencies from developed countries, the money sent regularly to homes could be much more compared to the average salary in developing countries.

The increasing role of remittances in families’ incomes is starting to play a role in national development policies. Since one needs to open a bank account to receive remittances, governments can leverage remittances to promote economic development.

For example, the strength of the Philippine Peso and the Indian Rupee is based on the volume of foreign currency sent. The large amount of foreign currency that is transferred to these countries helps moderate local currencies. In South America, remittances account for almost 10% of the GDP in six Latin American and Caribbean countries.

An increase in money remittances is a symbol of a globalised economy, as more migrant workers from developing countries travel to the developed world to work in various jobs where domestic manpower is not available. Remittances are also valuable sources of domestic investment to aid economic goals.

Remittances can also be a crucial source for supplemental income during natural disasters and calamities. Money transfer services are also employed by non-government organizations and charitable institutions, so they can effectively mobilize their programs during a crisis.

Various remittance agents and money service providers facilitate money sent from one country to another. In India, cash2india.com or Xoom.com handles online-to-offline money remittance. With their online facility, you can transfer money from the UK to be picked up or delivered to the receiver in India. The global leader in money transfer services is W Union. With their long history in this industry, you can find a W Union branch almost anywhere on the globe.

Popular online facilities are also used for remittances. The easiest way to transfer money to india is Paypal, the largest and most widely used online money transfer in the world. A leading alternative to Paypal widely used in UK and the rest of Europe is Moneybookers. More and more international and local money transfer services facilitate remittances from UK to all parts of the world. The cost of money transfer varies depending on the type of service and the geographic cover of operations.

The top remittance countries in the world are mostly from Asia. In the period between 2006 and 2007, £13.5 billion worth of remittances were sent to India, followed by China with £11.3 billion. Third on the list is Mexico followed by France and the Philippines. Remittances will continue to come from UK, US, and the rest of the developed countries to these developing economies.

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