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Killing Stress

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Continuation from last week…….Is there a way to prevent this?

Absolutely. You can put a complete stop to all of your past and future thoughts and negative STRESS energies associated with them by…..

1.  Being aware of how your thoughts and your mind work
2.  Shifting your mind to the state of NOW.

If you are fully aware of how your mind constantly stirs up trouble in either the past or the future, by creating imaginary negative scenarios that have no place in the real world, you will be able to stop it with ease. Only your awareness is necessarily.

This awareness of your own negative thoughts and associations will allow you to shift to the state of NOW. The state of NOW is identical to being in the state of Universal Consciousness. When you begin to observe your own thoughts in the state of NOW, something curious happens.  All of your thoughts, positive or negative, come to a complete stop.  Leaving you thoughtless and emotionless.

While many people might dismiss this state as counterproductive, in reality this state of being represents the pinnacle of human existence.  Once this state of being is fully realized, it becomes a beautiful experience far beyond anything available in the physical world.  Allow me to put it this way. The fulfillment of the most desired sexual fantasy or a billion dollar winning lottery ticket in your hand will appear as specks of insignificant sand in comparison to this state of being.  That’s how out of this world it is. You must now try it for yourself….

EXERCISE #2:   As before, find a quiet and preferably dark place where you will not be bothered over the next 30 minutes. Leave your cell phone and all other devices behind. Once again, it is crucial that no one interrupts you over that 30 minute period of time.  Sit down or lie down and get comfortable.  Close your eyes and relax.

In Exercise #1 our primary objective was to observe your own thoughts. It was shown that a 3rd point of reference (outside of your mind and body) is needed in order to observe your own mind/thoughts.  As it would be impossible for the mind to be aware of or to observe itself. We call this 3rd point of reference the real YOU or being in the state of Universal Consciousness.

Now, we will push this one step further. Instead of simply observing your thoughts I want you to stop them entirely. It will not be easy. As a matter of fact, it is incredibly difficult to do. While you might be able to do it for a few minutes at a time you will find that your thoughts tend to come out of nowhere and pollute your state of higher consciousness continuously. In other words, you might be able to stop your thoughts for 45 seconds followed by a number of random thoughts appearing out of nowhere and occupying your mind for a few minutes before you become aware, once again, that you are not supposed to have any thoughts. Particularly, if you are new to the whole process.

Nevertheless, I want you to try the exercise. It will give you a glimpse of what it is like to live in the NOW and not to have any thoughts associated with either the past or the future. It is truly a state of pure bliss.

When it comes to controlling your STRESS or STRESS associated energies, the state of NOW offers the ultimate solution. STRESS is simply impossible in a fully conscious state on NOW.  Since your mind will not be able to generate STRESS related thoughts, past or future, STRESS will vanish into thin air.

To Be Continued Tomorrow…….(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)

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The Secret Behind Validating Your Business Ideas

idea validationContinuation From Monday…..How To Validate Your Business Ideas

Company Specific Research (Competitor Analysis):

In most cases your idea will not be 100% original. In other words, chances are, someone out there is already manufacturing or selling what you would like to offer.  Find the company in question and research it to the best of your ability. Try to determine if the product or service in question is as profitable for this company as you anticipate it to be. Plus, if would be able to compete with them successfully.

Example: If another company already offers electronic gadgets for pets, determine the size of the company and the size of the market.  Ascertain what kind of revenue the company is generating in this product category. What is the size of the company and what sort of a buying power they have within the industry. Do they anticipate expanding this business in the near future, etc…..

Product Specific Research:

Study competitor’s product and determine how your product will be different from what they are already offering. Ascertain if there are patents that would impact your potential product or service offering.  Attempt to determine the cost of your product and if it would be possible to put it together without a substantial investment. Think about possible distribution channels, how your product will be sold and how it will be perceived by the customers.

Example:  Determine how your pet gadget will be different from what is already on the market.  It has to be substantially different or the chances of success diminish rapidly. Determine if there are patents that would prevent you from manufacturing or offering your Pet Smart Phone. Try to figure out how much it would cost you to manufacture one unit and how much it would cost to manufacture 10,000 units. Plus, would it sell best through the store, online or through the various distributors.

Discuss Your Idea With Industry Insiders:

Try to find someone within your network who is somewhat familiar with the industry or the product in question. Do not be afraid to share your ideas with them in full. Ask for their honest opinion and feedback.  Determine what their initial reaction was and why.  Ask for what they would do next and how they would approach this business. Attempt to extract as much information out of them as you possibly can.

Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart was famous for his masterful execution of this skill. It was reported, by countless people, that Sam would ask 5 minutes of someone’s time and then proceed to extract decade’s worth of business related experience out of such unlucky souls in a matter of hours.  One food mart chain executive had reportedly said “Sam drained me of all of the information I had after barraging me with questions for over 2 hours”.

Example: Find someone who sells pet products or pet gadgets directly to stores and approach them. Ask them for 5 minutes of their time and introduce your idea. Ask for their feedback and what steps they would take next.  Worst case scenario, they might think that your idea is idiotic.  Best case? You might get a distributor or even an investor.

To Be Continued Tomorrow….(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)

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Rules For Finding Tenbaggers

Continuation from yesterday…..What You Ought To Know About Finding Tenbaggers

Rule #2: Operational Improvements:

Again, just because the stock is undervalued or just because it had lost 80% of its value over the last 24 months, doesn’t mean the stock will turn around and go higher. If anything, it is highly probable that the stock in question will remain at the bottom of its trading range for the foreseeable future. Worst, it might go on to lose another 80% before the bottom is reached. Some sort of a catalyst is needed before the position is taken. Typically, necessary changes come from the following areas…

  • Restructurings, Asset Divestitures, Mergers and Spin Offs
  • New Products or Services with a Huge Growth Potential
  • Management Changes

In essence, the company in question must have something that would allow it to grow faster over the next few years. Without such a clear catalyst, an investment in the company would not make sense as it underlying stock has no chance of appreciating. As was the case in our analysis above.

  • Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR):  Introduced a line of Keurig’s coffee system and K-Cups right before the stock price began to surge.
  • Apple, Inc (AAPL):  Introduced a line of extremely popular iPods before its stock price began to surge ever higher. Followed by  iTunes, iPhone, iPod, etc….
  • Best Buy Inc (BBY): Was working diligently on improving margins, restructuring its growth trajectory and trying out new store concepts that would outperform the competition.
  • Bally Technologies Inc (BYI):  Began a divestiture and restructuring process to simplify its balance sheet and to infuse capital into its otherwise dying business.
  • Chipotles Mexican Grill (CMG):  Was already firing on all cylinders and no change or catalyst was needed.

Clue #2: Some sort of a catalyst must be present. Otherwise the underlying business warrants no investments. The company’s management must be introducing new products, restructuring or doing something that has the potential to send the company’s growth trajectory higher.

Rule #3: Bet on Management:

While we paid very little attention to company’s management in our research throughout this book, it is not an accurate representation of how this issue should be approached.  Company’s management and its CEO in particular are incredibly important. A CEO with an excellent track record, a strong drive for success and a high ownership percentage will oftentimes work miracles for the underlying business. As was the case with Steve Jobs and Apple Inc.  Likewise, a management team with no previous successful track record and/or without a stake in the company is unlikely to do anything worthwhile.

Clue #3: Successful management team with a clearly defined and executable plan of action. A high ownership percentage in the company by the management team is always a big plus.

To Be Continued Tomorrow…..

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Daily Stock Market Update, August 26th, 2014

daily chart August 26 2014 8/26/2014 – An up day with the Dow Jones up 29 points (+0.17%) and the Nasdaq up 13 points (+0.29%). 

With another up gap today, in addition to a number of other gaps leading all the way down to August 7th low, the market is suggesting some sort of a correction.

Plus, while most investors continue to celebrate another “Buy The Dip” victory, a number of red flags appear on the horizon. For instance, did you know that while the S&P closed above 2000 level for the first time ever, it did so on the lowest volume of the year. Not a good sign when the market is sitting at an all time high.

And while that in itself is not an issue, when we combine the metric above with flattening yield curve, obscene overvaluation levels, FED tightening, rampant speculation, etc……you have got to have at least enough common sense to pause for a second and scratch the back of your head. If history teaches us anything, it is that such market setups tend to end in crocodile tears.

This conclusion is further supported by my mathematical and timing work. It clearly shows a severe bear market between 2014-2017. In fact, when it starts it will very quickly retrace most of the gains accrued over the last few years.  If you would be interested in learning when the bear market of 2014-2017 will start (to the day) and its internal composition, please CLICK HERE

(***Please Note: Due to my obligations to my Subscribers I am unable to provide you with more exact forecasts. In fact, I am being “Wishy Washy” at best with my FREE daily updates here. If you would be interested in exact forecasts, dates, times and precise daily coverage, please Click Here). Daily Stock Market Update. August 26th, 2014 InvestWithAlex.com

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What You Ought To Know About Finding Tenbaggers

Continuation from yesterday…..(How You Could Have Doubled Your Chipotle’s ROI)

Summary & Conclusion

Throughout the book we have looked at 5 different Multi-Baggers, ranging from 14 Bags to 264 Bags, in order to ascertain what they have had in common.  We have tried to understand what attributes have led to their success and if we would have been able to make an investment before their impressive run ups. Most importantly, we have tried to develop a system that would allow us to identify such “Tenbaggers” today.

During this process we have looked at the Tenbaggers in question from 3 different analytical view points. Fundamental, technical and mathematical/timing.  From the very early on it became evident that a singular analytical framework would not allow us to identify such Tenbaggers with any degree of certainty. Yet, when we proceed to combine them, our chances for success increase dramatically. Giving us the ability to pick out 3 out of 5 Tenbaggers with a high degree of certainty.

Finally, the analytical system above presents us with a number of benchmarks we can use today to pick out the Tenbaggers of tomorrow.

So, what are they?

General Undervaluation:

All but one of our Tenbaggers were severely undervalued at the time of their respective bottoms or prior to their massive run ups. Yet, perhaps “undervaluation” is not a correct term to use here since valuations can be interpreted or misinterpreted in many different ways. As you very well know, something undervalued can become even more undervalued if the business does not work.  Perhaps, “Oversold –or- Selling Below Potential Value” would be a much more appropriate term.

  • Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR):  Stock was selling at a 60% discount to its IPO price just a few years prior at the time its run up has initiated.
  • Apple, Inc (AAPL): Stock was trading at the same price it was trading 20 years earlier after the Nasdaq had collapsed in 2000-2002.
  • Best Buy Inc (BBY): Stock was selling at a 75% discount to its price just two years prior at the time its run up has initiated.
  • Bally Technologies Inc (BYI):  Stock fell so far that it was about to be delisted from the Nasdaq.
  • Chipotles Mexican Grill (CMG):  Stock was selling at over 60% discount to its price just 10 months prior.

In other words, all of our Tenbaggers were sitting at the bottoms of their respective trading ranges when our original investment in them should have occurred. And that is our clue number one.

Clue #1:  Seek out and research companies whose stock prices are selling at least 50% below their prior years or months values.  From our work above, discounts of 60-80% from prior years tops are optimal. It is highly probable that we will find most of our Tenbaggers there.

To Be Continued Tomorrow

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How Living In The NOW Can Destroy Stress

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Continuation from last week…..

LIVING IN THE NOW

As was suggested earlier in the book and as was shown in Exercise #1, it is entirely possible to separate your state of Universal Consciousness from the state of Mind and Ego.  When you do, something curious happens.  As you begin to watch your thoughts as an outsider looking in, you begin notice that most of your thoughts are associated with either the past or the future. Yet, if you are to shift your mind to the state of “NOW”, most of your thoughts come to a screeching halt.

While an entire book can be written about this incredibly important concept, we will concentrate on just a few things and their associations with STRESS.

The Past:

As you begin to watch your thoughts, you will immediately notice that about 50% of them are associated with the past. And not in a good way. Typically, the human mind ignores all of the positive past associations while concentrating almost entirely on the negative incidents. The mind tends to zero in on the most painful and the most negative experiences over the last few days, weeks, months and even years in order to create downward energy spirals associated with STRESS.

For example, let’s imagine for a second that you were in an amazing relationship over the last 5 years. It was an incredible experience, yet you ended up fighting over the last few months due to a major lie instigated by the other person. Eventually deciding to split up and go your separate ways.  If that is the case, you mind will go over all of the negative aspects of your breakup over the last few months while completely dismissing the previous 5 positive years.  That’s how cunning your mind is.

It will focus on how the other person has done you wrong and it will create numerous negative thought spirals associated with it. The range of thoughts you will come up with will vary from mildly entertaining to highly disturbing. Yet, they will all have one thing in common.  Even thought your relationship was 99% amazing and 1% negative, the thoughts of the past (in association with your relationship) will be 100% negative.

What’s more, these negative thoughts will bring massive amounts of STRESS into your realm of consciousness.  Through two channels. First, your past negative associations will boil your blood. Constantly triggering negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. Second, if you are unaware, you will constantly think about your ex, what they are doing, who they are with, how they could have done you so wrong and so forth.

The same process of negative PAST thought association applies to everything else in your life. Your job, your family, your friends, etc….. In reality, it’s all rubbish, created entirely by your mind.

The Future:

The future thoughts represent the other 50% of your thoughts and work in a very similar fashion.  With one primary difference. Your future thoughts are not related to any past events, relationships, friendships, jobs, etc….. They are based entirely on HOPE and WORRY/FEAR.

The human mind tends to take past experiences and project them well into the future. The problem is, the future never turns out exactly as we expect it to. And that brings a tremendous amount of stress into your present state of consciousness.

For instance, a typical negative FUTURE thought spiral can develop in the following fashion.  “If I don’t pass this test tomorrow I will fail the class, if I fail the class I won’t get into Harvard, if I won’t get into Harvard my parents will disown me, if my parents disown me they will take away all of my money and they will kick me out, if they kick me out I will be homeless, etc…..”. While an extreme example, it shows, once again, how cunning the mind can be.

In reality, you passing or failing any given test is likely to have very little impact on your overall life. Yet, your mind will create a delusion that it will. Bringing enormous amounts of negative STRESS energies associated with it along for the ride.

To Be Continued Tomorrow……. (Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)

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Stocks Surge As The Earth Spirals Towards The Sun

daily chart August 25 2014

8/25/2017 – An up day with the Dow Jones up 76 points (+0.44%) and the Nasdaq up 19 points (+0.41%). 

What is the latest BS that the Wall Street is trying to sell to easily gullible public?

I am so glad you have asked. Here are just a few things.

  • Early Fed rate hike good for stocks:  Hey, don’t take my word for it. Cut or hike, it’s a buy/buy scenario. The sooner the FED begins to hike….. the higher the stocks will go. Hey, you know what else would be great for stocks? If the Earth somehow gets detached from its orbit and begins to spiral towards the sun. Surely, if that happens the Dow will surge to 40,000 in a matter of days.
  • We’re 5 years into a 20-year bull stock market: Again, show a person who claims that a secular bear market lasts 9 years and will show you a fool who doesn’t know his market history.  
  •  Deutsche Bank Economist “Buy Equities”:  AKA…Germans are trying to unload their equities before its too late. Laughable. Again, recessions do not cause market declines, market declines cause recessions.

All in all, it is an exact psychological setup one would and should expect before a major bear market begins.

This conclusion is further supported by my mathematical and timing work. It clearly shows a severe bear market between 2014-2017. In fact, when it starts it will very quickly retrace most of the gains accrued over the last few years.  If you would be interested in learning when the bear market of 2014-2017 will start (to the day) and its internal composition, please CLICK HERE

(***Please Note: Due to my obligations to my Subscribers I am unable to provide you with more exact forecasts. In fact, I am being “Wishy Washy” at best with my FREE daily updates here. If you would be interested in exact forecasts, dates, times and precise daily coverage, please Click Here). Daily Stock Market Update. August 22nd, 2014 InvestWithAlex.com

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How To Validate Your Business Ideas

idea validationContinuation From Friday….(How To Develop Business Ideas).

Are these the best 10 ideas I could come up with in 30 minutes?

Again, the point is not to come up with 10 ideal Billion dollar ideas, but to train your mind to connect the dots and to be original. While it is possible that you will be able to come up with a few multimillion dollar ideas per session, it is highly unlikely.  From my own experience, typically you will come up with unoriginal, unattainable and otherwise not very good ideas 99% of the time. Followed by a 1% “Flash of Genius” that will set you for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, we cannot get to that 1% without first going through the 99%.

As I finish the daily session, I typically go back to think about each idea for 1-2 minutes. That allows me to do a couple of things. First, it allows me to download each idea into my memory bank for future reference. Second, it allows me to determine if the idea is a good idea that requires further research or if it is a terrible idea that should be immediately disregarded.  Finally, this process gives me just enough time to cross reference today’s ideas with previous ideas that I have already stored in my idea database. Leading to some interesting and original combinations that could be worth billions.

That’s all there is to it.

IDEA VALIDATION

The next step is to validate your idea(s).  If your original ideas are not dismissed outright during the idea generation process and you believe that they might turn into something more, you MUST validate your ideas before moving forward.   You can do so on two levels.  Through an initial in-depth idea scan and through a minimal level idea implementation.

Level #1: An In-Depth Idea Scan

The idea here is to push your original business idea(s) to the furthest possible extent without first spending a single penny of capital.  In fact, time and research should be your only currency.  You can start the process by implementing the following steps.

Industry Specific Research:

As was suggested earlier in the book, you should know the industry you are about to get involved in inside and out. Assuming you are not familiar with it already.  If you are serious about a business idea you are working on, do not move beyond this step until you are very well versed in the subject matter.  Quick Warning: Disregard this step and be prepared to lose a significant amount of time and money.

Example:  Let’s assume that you believe that a smart phone market for dogs/cats is at least a multi-million dollar idea.  In this case, you would have to study two industries.  1. Electronics (smart phones and devices) and 2. Gadgets for pet. Turning each industry inside and out as you study them. This step could be easily done through doing online research and reading through industry reports.

To Be Continued Tomorrow…..(Why Am I Seeing This On A Financial Website?)

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