Telecom industry has come a long way since its humble inception and now it is able to serve users all across the world with some great communication services. Individuals and businesses are greatly facilitated in carrying daily activities as well as running businesses with the help of these varied internet services including Metro Ethernet, DSL Satellite.Major metropolises of the world mostly rely on Fast Ethernet and upgrade to Gigabit Ethernet. Ethernet Internet is fast and efficient. It can connect to offices and also provide internal online services. These internet services are provided by Ethernet over Fiber, using optic fiber lines and Ethernet over Copper, using twisted copper wire technologies.DSL and Satellite Internet services can help businesses looking for cheaper online options. They can also connect regional offices and provide VOIP (voice over IP phone) services. This will save a company lot of money by putting their phone service on the Internet, because it is easier to maintain a service like this.Businesses looking for exclusive services like to choose from options like T1 Line, T3 Line and Point to Point Lines. These lines are used for transporting phone and regular data. There is increased security and speed because the lines are not shared.VPN and VPLS private networks can be provided to cities having handsome populations in adjacent remote areas. These private networks can connect businesses with offices in remote areas. Businesses can save money on bandwidth fees by having their own networks. Security is also increased as they do not have to share connections. More data can be transferred at a faster speed. This service is ideal for larger companies like banks that need more security and transfer a great deal of data.There are businesses that prefer Metro Ethernet. This service is ideal for cities as it can connect a substantial number of offices to the Internet and also connect companies to their nearby locations. Larger companies can upgrade to MPLS, as they will get faster and more reliable service.All these services are appropriate for various industries and businesses. The ones that are chosen by customers will be dictated by their needs. Ethernet is available for those needing high-speed Internet access and cheaper forms of online services are available to those who are on a tight budget.Whether they are a start-up businesses on a small budget or giant companies needing multiple telecommunication services; there are plenty of business options, thanks to rapidly evolving telecom industry.
Bee Pollen And Nutrition – The Nutritional Benefits of Bee Pollen And Why You Should Be Interested
You may wonder why bee pollen and nutrition are mentioned together, and why should you be interested.Chances are that you live in a country like the US, UK or Australia where for most people food is readily available.In fact, we are told that there is an obesity epidemic in these countries!However, studies have shown that many people in these countries are actually malnourished, and that is a possible contributor to obesity.This doesn’t make sense does it?Defining nutritionFirst I think we should define nutrition, what it is, and why we should be interested.Nutrition is defined as the way which a living person absorbs food and uses it for growth and cell replacement, or to put it in simple English, the process of eating the right kind of food so you can grow properly and be healthy.Lack of nutrition or malnutrition can lead to many of the chronic diseases found today.There are many causes of this malnutrition but the main contenders are:- soil which is deficient in nutrients caused by the widespread use of chemicals since the end ofWW2 (1945) causing vitamin deficiencies in the food grown that soil,
- foodstuffs transported around the world and stored for long periods which depletes essential vitamins,
- over processed foods which have plenty of calories but little nutritional value,
- overuse of many medical drugs,
- pollution,
- chemicals in general.It is interesting to note that our parents and grandparents were generally healthier than us, and what they called “food” is known to us today as “organic food”.Bee Pollen And NutritionEven if you consider that you’re eating habits are healthy and it is generally agreed that fruits and many vegetables today contain less nutrients than they did 50 years ago.One food expert has stated that it would take 8 oranges to provide the same amount of Vitamin C as one orange provided 50 years ago.The sad reality is that it is necessary to supplement the modern diet in order to receive sufficient nutrition for the body, so rather than gamble with your health perhaps you should consider taking a bee pollen supplement for your possible lack of nutrition.Bee pollen nutrition supplementBee pollen is dense with vitamins, minerals, enzymes – in fact all the building blocks of a healthy body. It is known as nature’s most complete food.A pollen supplement will at the same time improve your metabolism, control your weight, improve your immune system, increase energy and stamina and many other benefits – too many to list in this short article.Finding the best bee pollen nutrition supplementFinding the best supplement is very important if you wish to gain the maximum benefits from this superfood.The best source will not only provide pure supplements from a controlled and unpolluted environment but will also be manufactured to pharmaceutical standards, which means that you can be assured of getting the bee pollen nutrition health benefits that you are looking for.
SPDN: An Inexpensive Way To Profit When The S&P 500 Falls
Summary
SPDN is not the largest or oldest way to short the S&P 500, but it’s a solid choice.
This ETF uses a variety of financial instruments to target a return opposite that of the S&P 500 Index.
SPDN’s 0.49% Expense Ratio is nearly half that of the larger, longer-tenured -1x Inverse S&P 500 ETF.
Details aside, the potential continuation of the equity bear market makes single-inverse ETFs an investment segment investor should be familiar with.
We rate SPDN a Strong Buy because we believe the risks of a continued bear market greatly outweigh the possibility of a quick return to a bull market.
Put a gear stick into R position, (Reverse).
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By Rob Isbitts
Summary
The S&P 500 is in a bear market, and we don’t see a quick-fix. Many investors assume the only way to navigate a potentially long-term bear market is to hide in cash, day-trade or “just hang in there” while the bear takes their retirement nest egg.
The Direxion Daily S&P 500® Bear 1X ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDN) is one of a class of single-inverse ETFs that allow investors to profit from down moves in the stock market.
SPDN is an unleveraged, liquid, low-cost way to either try to hedge an equity portfolio, profit from a decline in the S&P 500, or both. We rate it a Strong Buy, given our concern about the intermediate-term outlook for the global equity market.
Strategy
SPDN keeps it simple. If the S&P 500 goes up by X%, it should go down by X%. The opposite is also expected.
Proprietary ETF Grades
Offense/Defense: Defense
Segment: Inverse Equity
Sub-Segment: Inverse S&P 500
Correlation (vs. S&P 500): Very High (inverse)
Expected Volatility (vs. S&P 500): Similar (but opposite)
Holding Analysis
SPDN does not rely on shorting individual stocks in the S&P 500. Instead, the managers typically use a combination of futures, swaps and other derivative instruments to create a portfolio that consistently aims to deliver the opposite of what the S&P 500 does.
Strengths
SPDN is a fairly “no-frills” way to do what many investors probably wished they could do during the first 9 months of 2022 and in past bear markets: find something that goes up when the “market” goes down. After all, bonds are not the answer they used to be, commodities like gold have, shall we say, lost their luster. And moving to cash creates the issue of making two correct timing decisions, when to get in and when to get out. SPDN and its single-inverse ETF brethren offer a liquid tool to use in a variety of ways, depending on what a particular investor wants to achieve.
Weaknesses
The weakness of any inverse ETF is that it does the opposite of what the market does, when the market goes up. So, even in bear markets when the broader market trend is down, sharp bear market rallies (or any rallies for that matter) in the S&P 500 will cause SPDN to drop as much as the market goes up.
Opportunities
While inverse ETFs have a reputation in some circles as nothing more than day-trading vehicles, our own experience with them is, pardon the pun, exactly the opposite! We encourage investors to try to better-understand single inverse ETFs like SPDN. While traders tend to gravitate to leveraged inverse ETFs (which actually are day-trading tools), we believe that in an extended bear market, SPDN and its ilk could be a game-saver for many portfolios.
Threats
SPDN and most other single inverse ETFs are vulnerable to a sustained rise in the price of the index it aims to deliver the inverse of. But that threat of loss in a rising market means that when an investor considers SPDN, they should also have a game plan for how and when they will deploy this unique portfolio weapon.
Proprietary Technical Ratings
Short-Term Rating (next 3 months): Strong Buy
Long-Term Rating (next 12 months): Buy
Conclusions
ETF Quality Opinion
SPDN does what it aims to do, and has done so for over 6 years now. For a while, it was largely-ignored, given the existence of a similar ETF that has been around much longer. But the more tenured SPDN has become, the more attractive it looks as an alternative.
ETF Investment Opinion
SPDN is rated Strong Buy because the S&P 500 continues to look as vulnerable to further decline. And, while the market bottomed in mid-June, rallied, then waffled since that time, our proprietary macro market indicators all point to much greater risk of a major decline from this level than a fast return to bull market glory. Thus, SPDN is at best a way to exploit and attack the bear, and at worst a hedge on an otherwise equity-laden portfolio.