Finding the Right Financial Job

Published on Feb 13th, 2007 in trading with No Comments »

By Karl Hopkins

  Finding a new finance job is one thing, finding the right one, is however a completely different matter. So what ‘really’ makes the difference? There are many things that make a difference, some of which we have no control. There are however a number of mind sets that will genuinely help you find your next job in London’s financial sector.

Whilst it is really important to not only post your CV onto a wide scope of job boards (some generalist, most specific) and also apply for a high volume of “relevant”, advertised jobs. Job seekers must also consider how a job board works and more importantly, how a recruiter uses a job board to find candidates for their advertised and non advertised roles.

That’s right, many jobs, particularly higher level positions never see the light of day on any job board as recruiters prefer to seek out the right candidate through a CV data base such as the one featured on Financial Jobs in London.

To some this may seem somewhat obvious but consider that when a recruiter searches a CV database they narrow down their search and target candidates by using key words relevant to the job they are trying to fill. For example:

Example of a job title: Senior Hedge Fund Accountant

Skill/qualification: CIMA, ACCA, Masters Degree for example

Key word: “trading”, “banking”, “FX”, “marketing” for example

Key phrase: “Hedge Fund”, “Accounting”, “Oxford University” for example

The above are just some quick examples of the types of entries recruiters might use to search for an appropriate candidate on a job boards CV database.

We advice that when writing your CV make sure the content is mainly key word rich for your area of expertise. Think of the most valuable descriptive words and phrases that best describe what you’ve done and what you can do. You might also want to include key words based on the area you are trying to enter.

However, do be careful of this, as over use will result in miss matched CVs and recruiters will not appreciate it! Only do this if your past expertise are, in some way linked. You might for example include key words and phrases describing your past work experience such as FX trading and then include keywords and phrases based on your new targeted sector such as FX analyst or Equity trading, included in your introduction for example.

Once you have uploaded your CV make the most of all the resources that job boards provide, you never know what you might learn! Even if you are the most seasoned professional in trading or investment banking, times might have changed so for as recruitment trends and techniques are concerned so log on and learn!

Never leave your account unchecked for too long as it is really important to keep your CV current, your applications fresh and precise. Keeping a keen eye on the financial job market will also help keep your mind fresh, ready for interview and ready to start your new job!

Financial Jobs in London, specialise in financial sector recruitment. Including; banking jobs London, Trading Jobs, and accounting jobs London.

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5 Steps in buying Used Japan cars Online

Published on Dec 16th, 2006 in trading with No Comments »

By Yoichiro Shiba

  With anything and everything available in the Internet, why should the used Japan cars be left behind? As the saying goes, National borders are not even speed bumps in the Internet super highway. With the advancements in technology and the introduction of many used car trading websites, anyone can buy used cars from any parts of the world. Though buying used cars from any parts of the planet is just a matter of few mouse clicks, there are certain restrictions too. The import duties and legal procedures are tiresome when it comes to importing a car from some other country. However, its just a breeze to import cars from Japan. They are not associated with any import tax or other legal issues. Buying a used Japan car online includes 5 very simple steps.

1. Select the Vehicle

As a first step, you have to select the used Japan car of your preference. The unique used Japan car traders like Woodstock-Cartrading have a pretty cool interface where you can select the car of your preference with ease. You can choose your used Japan car from their huge inventory. You can filter the used Japan car search to show the used cars available from a particular make or price range. You neednt be computer savvy to select your used car online. The very simple interface makes it very easily to select the vehicle online.

2. Get a Free Quote

The main advantage of buying used Japan cars online is that, you dont have to roam all around Japan to get a quote. You can get an instant quote through these used car-trading websites. Moreover, these car quotes are completely free of cost. Hence you can just ignore the quote if you are not satisfied with the pricing of the used Japan car. If you are satisfied with the quote, you can enter the shipping information onto the website.

3. Making the payment

There are lots of options that are available for making the payment online. Paypal is widely used to make online payments. You should be very careful at this point as there are many scammers online. Always look for used car dealers who accept more than one kind of payment method. The chances of the scammers getting your hard earned money and disappearing into the cyberspace is very common today. Hence it is always necessary to deal with reputable Japan car dealers.

4. The Pre-shipment inspection

This process is offered only by the best Japan car dealers like Woodstock-Cartrading. The pre-shipment inspection ensures that you get the same car you saw in the pictures displayed in the website. Moreover, the used car will be inspected for any damages and some pictures of the car will be photographed and send to you prior to the shipment.

5. Final Shipment

Used Japan cars can be shipped to any parts of the Globe with ease. There are no import taxes associated with used Japanese car imports. You dream car will reach your doorsteps by 5-10 weeks of the order date.

The author writes articles on Japanese automotive industry. He has also helped many people across the Globe to find the best Japanese car exporters. The helps them with ease because he knows the fact that finding used Japan cars is easy through woodstock-cartrading.com. He is one of the chief used Japanese cars consultants in Japan.

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Trade FOREX successfully with a minimum knowledge

Published on Nov 26th, 2006 in trading with No Comments »

By moneytec

  Its said that 85% of Forex traders are losing their money in the first three months of their trading, I think in some market cases it exceeds this ratio and may hits 95%, most of people say this loss is a result of trading while having no strong knowledge about Forex market, I dont agree this all the way.

For me I think the most important reason is trading style including strategy, money management and risk management, another important reason is crowding up your mind with a lot of technical and fundamental tools and trying to apply all of them at once.

Theoretically all analysis methods wither its technical or fundamental are correct ways because they are only measuring tools, they differs in the accuracy of their results and this varies from time to time, they just give you inputs and you are responsible of applying these inputs thats why I dont mind which indicator you are using, just try not to crowd your mind with a lot of them.

To move yourself into the successful 15% you dont need to know a lot in analysis field, you dont need to have a big capital too. I wouldnt encourage you to be calm, concentrate, look at your charts and go the way they tell you and such advices. Well be instead discussing the actual steps that you can take in order to get yourself out of loss and list your name in the 15% successful traders list. The best resource for ForEX trading is MoneyTec MoneyTec, - Active Traders Community Forum, Chat. MoneyTec is an online trading community that promotes mature, intelligent & respectful discussion in a positive & safe environment for everyone.

My strategy depends on simplicity as it just includes 2 indicators for the technical part of it. Lets see how would it work:

a) Money Management:

1. First of all count your capital well and I mean by this the money you can afford to lose this is rule no. 1 in investment as this will remove stress from you.

2. Decide your monthly return average expectation from this money : This will make you able to count the average weekly and daily return Weekly and Daily Target.

3. Decide what will you do with your profits in case you achieve your targets, how much will you get out from it and how much will you re-invest : This will be enough to have a steady and stable trading strategy.

4. Most important point, limit your trade size, this shouldnt exceed 5% of your balance if you want to survive in this market.

These are all what we need from money management right now, its a huge subject to be involved in.

b) Risk Management :

1. Limit your loss : The whole money you can afford to loss from your investment budget.

2. According to your daily and weekly target, you could limit your daily and weekly loss, so if it touch that limit you stop trading till the other period of time, risking of $1 per $3 expected profit is good while 1: 2 still accepted.

3. Keep in mind that If you lost a day, it means you lost that days profit of the total months profit dont try and squeeze yourself the day after to get a double profit, otherwise you will be spoiling your trading system.

c) Technical Trading System :

This trading system is a common old system traders were used to use it randomly, we will be using it in a more modern way, it contains of :

1. 2 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) of values 7 15 .

2. Relative Strength Index (RSI) as a confirmation tool.

Well, now as we have everything setup, it isnt so hard to understand that system, the usual way was used by traders is : once EMA-7 cross EMA-15 you go with it, so if it cross to up, you buy, otherwise you are selling, this is completely true but you need to confirm this signal by another tool like RSI, once you get Moving Averages signal you check your RSI line direction and value, if its positive you can start trading, if not you should ignore till you get a positive signal that everything is fine, your stop loss would be if the EMA-15 returns to cross EMA-7 and your stop loss would be 20% of your daily affordable loss that you decided before, so you have a chance to trade for 5 times per day if you lost all trades.

Keep in mind that you shouldnt put all trade size limit which you decide before while setting up your money management section in just one trade, you may need to support your trade later or add more fund to it.

Last thing to be said is the classical advice Dont be greedy and dont feel panic, this is the best feature we have in Forex, take profit and stop loss points.

Osama Hosokawa is an active trader at MoneyTec MoneyTec, - Active Traders Community Forum, Chat. MoneyTec is an online trading community that promotes mature, intelligent & respectful discussion in a positive & safe environment for everyone.

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3 Things to know to make used Car purchase Profitable

Published on Oct 27th, 2006 in trading with No Comments »

By Yoichiro Shiba

  Used Japan cars have gained huge popularity worldwide. Some of the Japan car exporters are taking advantage of the demand and are hiking the prices of used Japan cars. There are some used Japan car exporters who remove the accessories that come bundled with the car before the vehicle gets shipped to you. Buying used Japan cars from such crooked Japan car exporters is a complete waste of money. Moreover, if you do not know how to check the condition of the used car, the chances to get cheated by the used Japan car exporters is very high. However, there are a few things that have to be noted to make your used Japan car purchase profitable and easy. Just keep reading on the article to make a profitable used car purchase.

1. Little Technology

Once you decide to buy a used Japan car, you must know certain parameters that have to be noted to ensure the condition of the car. You neednt be an automobile engineer to check the condition of a used car. Great looks of the exterior of the car doesnt mean that the car has outstanding performance. It may be some thing like rotten eggs covered with a beautiful wrapper. So you need to check some technical stuff before you choose your used Japan car. The easiest way to check the usage of the car is to note the odometer readings. It is a well known fact that an person with moderate driving will cover around 10,000 miles per annum. If the odometer reading of the used Japan car shows some figure around 10,000 miles per annum, then the vehicles engine and other crucial parts will be in good condition.

Though the odometer reading lets you to judge the condition of the used car, there are some cases where the odometer will be tampered and reset. Hence you wont be able to calculate the distance covered by the used car. However, this problem is rare in the case of used Japan cars. As the Japanese automobile rules and regulations have very strict policies, the odometer reading of the Japanese used cars will be accurate.

2. The service history

The Japanese Government insists the car owners to maintain the service history records. This record is periodically checked by the authorities to ensure road safety. Hence you can check the service history of the used Japan car before you finalize the deal. A very large service history with repeated problems means that the used car is likely o hit with more troubles in the near futures.

3. Look for Trusted sources

Getting information about the used Japan car that you plan to purchase depends on the Japanese car exporter you are dealing with. Not all the Japan car exporters will show you the service history and allow you to check the odometer readings. Moreover, it will be tiresome to head all the way to Japan to check the condition of the used car. This is where the online car trading portals come in handy. You can even check the service history and other particulars of the used car by relaxing in your homes.

These three things must be known to those who need to buy used Japan cars.

The author writes articles on Japanese automotive industry. He has also helped many people across the Globe to find the best Japanese car exporters. The helps them with ease because he knows the fact that finding used Japan cars is easy through woodstock-cartrading.com. He is one of the chief used Japanese cars consultants in Japan.

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Algorithmic Trading Systems

Published on Aug 25th, 2006 in trading with No Comments »

By Mira Williams

  Algorithmic trading essentially involves breaking up of different trading orders, and these are processed by software robots. The processing of the trade orders by the software can vary as per requirement of the user, or according to the complexity of the process. This could be as simple as allocating pre-determined order status to certain trade orders, or even taking a decision on a particular situation, as per preset sequential data. For instance, a trading decision of selling or buying may be recommended by a software robot after processing acquired data regarding rising or falling stock rates. According to the situation, the software can initiate recommended course of action or even act upon it, as is desirable.

Although the presence of algorithmic trading systems is not very new to the industry, its use in various stock exchanges throughout the world is rapidly rising. The reasons for this popularity are obvious. Such software can work without human intervention and error, and decisions can be taken instantaneously, with minimal loss of time. This makes the whole process much more effective and productive.

Popularly known as algo trading, black box trading, or robo trading, it is most commonly employed in institutional trader settings. For example, stock exchanges, foreign currency exchanges, hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, etc. In these settings a large number of trading orders need to be processed and algorithmic trading systems make the job quite simple and efficient.

Currently, the New York Exchange has approximately eighty percent of its trading conducted through algorithmic trading systems, and that was last year in 2008. Algorithmic systems will significantly dominate the market in the coming future.

If one looks at the current scenario of the algorithmic trading systems research and development, we can even conclude that these systems are still in their infancy. This statement can be easily substantiated with the way industry leaders are spending millions of dollars on making these systems more reliable and intuitive.

Currently, infrastructure and set-up costs are limiting factors that are posing some hurdles for implementing algorithmic trading systems on a much wider scale. For instance, both ends (the buyer and the seller) have to have a compatible network and systems so that the exchange of data between the buyer and the seller can be productively translated in to meaningful data. The other flipside is that these systems are still only machines. They act according to the algorithm they are programmed with. The forex market requires more than this; importantly, human intuition.

To improve versatility in this regard, modern algorithmic systems have the provision of news feedings that help them to understand the sensitivity of a concerned economic region. Irrespective of the currently debated shortcomings of algorithmic systems, we can safely conclude that these systems have positively transformed forex business trends making the whole process more efficient and fruitful.

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