Di Amerika Syarikat, terdapat pertubuhan yang diasaskan di Baltimore pada tahun 2011 hasil kerjasama antara Baltimore Fashion Alliance dengan Living Classrooms Foundation iaitu Chrisopher Schafer bersama anak lelakinya, Seth. Matlamat utama kumpulan itu adalah untuk membantu bekas banduan atau individu yang baru sahaja keluar daripada pusat pemulihan untuk memasuki satu fasa baru kehidupan, di mana projeknya dikenali sebagai ‘Sharp Dressed Man’.
Schafer juga mempunyai sebuah kedai jahitan di Baltimore di mana sut yang dijualnya bermula dengan harga $3,000 (RM12,282). Idea projek ini muncul ekoran masalah pelupusan pakaian mahalnya yang tidak lagi diperlukan. Beliau turut menjalankan kutipan derma daripada pelanggannya dan orang ramai kemudian pada setiap Rabu, akan ada individu yang akan datang dan menerima sut, khidmat potong rambut dan makanan secara percuma.
Bagi mereka yang sedang berjuang dengan ketagihan, mereka tahu akan kepentingan peluang kedua bagi membina semula tanggapan yang lebih positif. “Saya rasa apa yang mengujakan adalah apabila seseorang itu dihormati”, kata Schafer. Selama bertahun-tahun Sharp Dressed Man telah membentuk hubungan dengan berpuluh-puluh agensi pekerjaan, memulakan proses rujukan dan kini dalam proses pembangunan. Malangnya, bangunan mereka terbakar pada tahun 2016 namun ia tidak menghalang syarikat itu berjaya dalam perniagaan.
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Good Morning, Your Stock Account Is Near Zero! Forex Trading Is A Better Way
Do you have friends or family members that suffered major losses from bankruptcies such as GM, Wachovia, or the tech bubble crash? Are they still trading stocks or using full service stock broker? It may be time to reconsider and look into the foreign exchange market (forex) also called FX or the currency market. Forex is the most liquid market available, almost $4 trillion dollars daily volume and open practically any time. It is the preferred market for most Europeans as well as the Pacific region traders. Why forex?
With traditional stocks, you are giving your money to a company for a share, a small piece of the company. You do this so that eventually you sell that share for more than you paid. Pretty simple concept and sometimes it works out in your favor, but occasionally that share becomes nothing more than a tax write-off when overnight, the company goes bankrupt. In forex trading, in simple terms, you are exchanging your currency for the equivalent of another countries currency. And like stock trading, when you exchange that currency back to your country's currency you are expecting more than you paid. Unlike stock trading, major currencies do not suddenly become worthless paper overnight.
For example, Sept 11, 2001 shocked the U.S. in more ways than one, but Americans never lost the ability to buy food with dollars. Japan was torn apart by a tsunami, but yen continued to buy meals, etc. Both tragedies were horrible, instantaneous, and unforeseen events that resulted in a reactionary significant drop in currency value, however; most forex traders minimized the loss. Forex trades 24/7, except for scalping, most traders place a stop loss whenever they are in a trade. With forex markets trading day and night, the stop loss initiates as the news happens. No overnight losses you get with stocks opening down and hopscotching over the stop loss. Forex trades with the 24 hour news cycles while stocks trade on bankers' hours.
Forex trading is a worldwide interconnected market open 24/7. It is not centered on a single country's trading hours. Forex trading accounts are virtually connected electronically from their broker to all the world's markets. With exception of weekends, there is always one major country market open. This is an awesome concept that forex traders love. Not only can they check the status of their trade any time, they can also actively trade forex whenever an internet connected computer is available. Here's why. When the U.S. forex market closes at 5pm EST, Australia's market opens followed by Japan's market two hours later. During Japan's last trading hour, Great Britain's market opens, then the rest of Europe. During Great Britain's lunch, the U.S. forex market opens. That's the circle of life making forex a 24 hour a day market that pauses only on weekends. Just because you can does not mean you should trade 24/7. As you will learn when you take a forex trading course, the best trading is when two markets are open at the same time. This occurs three times a day no matter where you live. Confusing? It will make sense when you look deeper into forex or find a complete forex course online. Like anything new, a little education is needed to understand the forex market workings.
Wondering why forex isn't more popular. There are a couple of reasons, first access to the currency market was limited prior to the last decade or so and secondly, humans are creatures of habit. Americans have had access to stock market for nearly 100 years. It is built into its culture, hence why people keep investing in a market even though it loss their money more than once. On the other hand, Europeans did not have easily accessible stock markets like the U.S. Therefore they were not predisposed by their parents to invest in stocks. Europeans and Asians were more open to the foreign exchange market, grasped it and made it a market of choice. Historically Americans were often slow to adapt to new things. For example, what if back in 1903 your great-grandfather or his father was advised by his banker not to invest in Ford Motor Company because "the automobile is only a novelty..." A missed opportunity, but many Americans believed it was a fad and horses would always be primary means of transport. Wrong? Oh, and don't be too angry about not investing in Ford. Its stock went to around $35 in the late nineties; then in 2008 it crashed overnight to below $2 and today Ford's stockholders are happy it's trading at just under $15. Why are they happy with a 50% loss? Old GM's stockholders are stuck with 100% loss. Holding stocks long-term looks exciting, but Forex might be more enriching.
What do you think of Forex now? As you can see Forex trading has a few advantages over traditional stocks. It can help you build up your savings without suddenly losing it all overnight. But be careful, forex is a fast moving market and can be slow death for your account if you don't take the time to study it. Forex is a world of its own that is only tame once it is understood. As with any trading you can gain great profits, but there are always inherent risks. To lower the risk, take a forex trading course and apply the skills in a practice account before trading live. The best time to start learning is now.