Futures Trading Explained

Daughter #4 is in her final year of college. She is taking up a double degree course in BS Economics and BS Management of Financial Institutions. She is the only one in the family whose degree gears towards business and finance. I asked her what futures trading is as I came across that term in one of my readings. Here's her explanation for a dummy like me.

The farmer is the seller while the dealer is the buyer. The farmer agrees to deliver 50 bushels of grain to the dealer at a certain date at a certain price. The two parties agreed on the terms and signed a contract. The dealer might have made a deposit to the farmer for "guarantee" sealing contract. That is futures trading in a nutshell.

The Decathlon

Athletics - the heart of the Olympic Games. One of my favorite events in this category is the Decathlon. As the name implies, an athlete has 10 events to compete in. The events are 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 meters for day 1. For day 2 the events are 110 meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and the final 1500 meters. For me, the marathon and the decathlon are the two most grueling events in the Olympics. The youngest decathlete ever to win the Olympics was 17 year old Bob Mathias of USA in the 1948 London Olympics. The myth that decathlon was a game for the old and the experienced vanished when Mathias won the event in 1948 and 1952 Olympics.

Free Greeting Cards

The Ancient Chinese and Egyptians might have been the ones who started out the custom of sending out greeting cards. The Chinese sent out messages of goodwill at New Year's time and the Egyptians sent out messages and greeting in papyrus. By 1400, handmade greeting cards were the vogue in Europe. These cards were expensive since they were handmade and hand delivered. By the 1850's the advances in printing transformed greeting cards to a relatively affordable commodity. New trends like Birthday cards, Christmas cards appeared. Today, there is a card for every occasion, sentiment or relation.

The card business has come a real long way since then. You no longer have to buy your card from a store for the advent of internet made it possible for you to order online. One such online store is Greetingcardscafe.com. It offers a variety of personalized cards and invitations that you can order online. Name the occasion and they have the right card or invitation for it. Since Christmas is just around the corner you might want to consider ordering personalised Corporate Christmas Cards, Company Christmas Greeting Cards and business Christmas Cards. The company currently has an ongoing promotion of free personalized cards. All you pay for is the postage. All cards are made and sent from Ireland. Check it out now.

Athletics at the Olympics

Day 7 of the Olympics is when Athletics come in. As in any Olympics the Athletics take center stage. The arena for the events will be at the National Stadium, or The Bird's Nest. There will be more than 40 events to be contested starting today. First in the list of qualifying heats will be in the hurdles, shot put, and high jump of the women's heptathlon and men's 100m dash. Two finals will commence today that of the Men's shot out and the Women's 10000 meters.

PMS What?!

Girl, have you ever felt so rotten due to PMS as in Premenstrual Syndrome? PMS is actually a bundle of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms related to a woman's menstrual cycle. Women have been known to hit maximum intolerable persona once in PMS mode. Some even joke that most crimes committed by women coincide with PMS! I used to wonder what the big fuzz is as I have never experienced a severe PMS. The condition is caused by an increase level of estrogen translating to low progesterone level. The drop in progesterone causes the start of early peri-menopause, low libido, heavy periods, weight-gain, headaches and cramps. Progesterone actually aids in increasing vigor and stress reduction. Women, take note that keeping our progesterone and estrogen at ideal levels are important for our general well-being.