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Save Money On All Of Your Gift Giving Needs

When you think of using coupons you probably picture yourself clipping a few out of the Sunday paper and then taking them to the grocery store to help you save a little off of the cost of your food bill. While coupons do offer up substantial grocery savings, if the grocery store is the only place you ever use them, you are missing out on a lot of extra cash in your pocket.

Manufacturers make coupons for a wide array of products that have nothing to do with groceries. There are the obvious items like diapers and cleaning products, but coupons can be found for many other things as well. Through the newspaper and flyers, you can find coupons for clothing, toys, oil changes, maid services, restaurants, flower delivery, catering, photography sessions, recreational activities, and even home renovation. If you want to save some serious cash, you have to start thinking outside the norm when it comes to coupons, for example, have you ever thought about using coupons to buy a gift for someone?

At first it may seem weird to use a coupon to purchase something that you are going to give as a gift. When you set out to purchase a gift, you are trying to do something nice for someone to show them how much they mean to you and using a coupon can make you feel like you are undercutting their value. Nothing could be further from the truth. By using a coupon to save money on your purchase you could be optimizing the amount of money you will have to spend on them. Using a coupon could very well help you to purchase a gift you otherwise could not afford.

Perhaps you are under the misconception that manufactures don't make coupons for the types of things that you would want to give to someone as a gift. After all, you aren't interested in wrapping up a bottle of shampoo or a box of cereal. You are looking to give gifts that showcase your taste and sense of style. The reality is that there are coupons available for so many things that would make lovely and thoughtful gifts.

If you want an even bigger choice in gift selection, consider shopping online and taking advantage of coupon codes offered at sites such as http://www.latestcouponcodes.com. As you search through the different stores listed on this site, you will be amazed at the coupon codes you find. You will see ways to save on jewelry, watches, cosmetics, fragrances, music, books, magazines, wine, flowers, collectables, and even clothing. When you start to see all the money you can save, you might even become more generous with your giving. Who knows, you might even find a gift or two to give to yourself.

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The Great Stock Market Secret

When the stock market is going up and all your stocks and mutual funds are making money you feel like a genius. It is too bad that some folks don't remember what happened in 2000. Of course, right now we are in one of those genius phases. Your broker and financial planner are encouraging you to buy, buy, buy. And I can't fault that at this time. You remember back in 2000 how many times they told you to buy, buy, buy while the market was going down, down, down. Are we in another of those periods now that are leading up to a humongous crash? Hey, I don't predict, but I do listen to the voice of the market.

The great Wall Street mantra is "buy a good stock and put it away". Did you keep WorldCom and Global Crossing? Even if these were exceptions because of fraud a smart investor would not have lost any money. In fact he could have made a nice profit.But Al, they went under! Yes, I know, but the smart money still made out because they sold near the top.

As a former exchange member and floor trader I was not right every time I bought something and I especially did not like giving back nice profits that had accumulated. You don't have to be psychic to know when to sell and don't think you are going to be able to pick the top. A really smart trader waits for a stock or fund to start up and then jumps on it with both feet. When it starts down he jumps off looking for another equity that is going up. The wise trader knows he can't buy the bottom and sell the top. What he wants is a big bite out of the middle.

When you make a sandwich most of the meat is in the center and a professional trader does the same with his trading. He wants to take a bite out of the middle of the move. You can do this too by looking for stocks, mutual funds or Exchange Traded Funds that have a nice upward pattern. As I said before buying is not the secret. Then what is?

You must learn to sell - for two reasons. First to protect your equity after your initial purchase and second to keep from giving back profits you have made as the equity advances. The great Wall Street secret is an exit strategy: knowing when to sell. Unless you learn to sell you will not be successful in the market. Brokerage companies do not want you to sell and rarely issue sell signals. You must decide how much you are willing to risk before you buy.

The simplest way is with a percentage stop loss order of 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, whatever you can live with. Instruct your broker to place a trialing stop or you can change it yourself every week. Do not lower a stop.

Selling is the great secret you will never hear from your broker.