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Focusing a digital first mindset in the New Year – Human Resource Executive
Posted: December 4, 2019 at 5:46 pm
When it comes to using artificial intelligence in hiring, tread carefully. Hogan Assessments shares the secrets of how to avoid the AI trap.
Everyone, it seems, has a hard time staying away from shiny new toys these days. When it comes to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, the pull seems to be exceptionally strong.
Undeniably, those impressive tech tools are making serious progress in so many ways, including mastering complex games like chess and poker versus humans. Yet, as a couple of recent newsworthy cautionary tales demonstrate, AI and ML are far from a panacea. In fact, what buyers are promised and what they receive may not quite be in sync.
In the first case, a recent report in the New York Times focused on a well-funded Silicon Valley start-up, One Concern, that promised its AI-based platform could be used to pinpoint exactly where people in need of help could be located during disasters such as earthquakes or hurricanes. On paper, it sounded great, and the company scored some serious investment dollars and new clients. Problem was, when users gave it a whirl, the results fell short. The Times reported that, when Seattles Office of Emergency Management checked out a simulated earthquake on One Concerns platform, troubling inconsistencies arose. For instance, many large buildings that would be vulnerable didnt appear on the AI-generated map. Not good when you are trying to save lives.
And, while the pre-employment assessment process certainly is no life or death scenario (depending on the job, that is), getting it wrong can, at a minimum, lead to higher attrition rates, lower productivity or other negative financial outcomes for employers looking to stay competitive.
Along those lines, the second example in the news, reported by the Washington Post, described a new service from a company called Predictimthat claimed to help people find the perfect babysitter. To do that, the services AI technology scans the would-be sitters entire social media profile (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram histories primarily), then uses recent advances in personality and data analytics to assess four personality featurespropensity toward bullying/harassment, disrespectfulness/bad attitude, explicit content and drug abusethat would weed out bad prospects. Unfortunately, that approach is limited when it comes to choosing the best person to care for your kids.
At face value, this type of service has merit, says Ryne Sherman,chief science officer at Hogan Assessment Systems in Tulsa, Okla. However, these services ignore a long history of research showing that people strongly respond to incentives and will modify or even falsify their responses to succeed.
And therein lies the rub, not just for Predictim but for any service offering to evaluate someones workplace potential on the basis of social media pages or other comparable data, according to Sherman.
If you believe the marketing hype, using AI as the only tool to find the best person for a job seems to make sense, but its destined to fail, he says.
Gaming the system
Sherman explains that, in the mid-2000s, many employers started using text-searching programs to quickly sift through resumes. This worked just fine until savvy applicants found ways to stuff their resumes with keywords. A simple tactic was to put loads of keywords typically used by employers to select candidates in their resume in a white font. When printed, the white font is undetectable to the human eye (on white paper, of course). However, the computers slogging through resumes picked up all of those keywords hidden on the resume, increasing the applicants chances of being selected.
Today, he adds, text-searching technology has gone beyond keyword-only searches to use natural language to weed out such strategies. However, the point is not about resume stuffing; instead, its that job applicants strongly respond to incentives and will try to trick or cheat the system to get selected.
Which, in turn, brings us back to choosing babysitters via social media analysis. Virtually all the research mentioned earlier that demonstrates that personality is linked with social media usage was performed in a context in which the people being studied had no incentive to be dishonest. However, when people know their social media profiles are being used to measure their intelligence and select them for jobs, they often will start gaming their social media profiles to beat the system. If there is an incentive for having a clean social media profile, people will do just that, Sherman explains, adding that many users already have both professional and personal Facebook accounts.
Which account do you think they submit to a potential employer who asks? Which Instagram account will the potential babysitter send to parents? Sherman asks.
With employers using social media records and AI-based systems to make personnel decisions, the stakes of social media use have become much larger. If employers continue to do this, services that specialize in creating sanitized social media accounts for job applicants will emerge. Sherman wonders, how will employers combat these services? How will firms that assess personality via social media know that the profile they are getting is the real Risky Rebecca and not the professionally cultivated Responsible Rebecca?
Faking is a common problem in the personnel-selection industry, though traditional personality assessments based on questionnaires tackled this issue long ago, he says. Simply put, faking a questionnaire-based personality assessment is extremely difficult, and many people who try to fake on such assessments get worse job-fit scores than they would have gotten if they had simply answered honestly.
Sherman adds that faking a social media-based personality assessment is much easier, as you just need to keep content positive and to a minimum. If AI-driven social media analysis companies cannot solve the faking problem, it will quickly put an end to their business model.
Promises, promises
There are many promises from AI in the talent-assessment industry, but AI-driven assessments are easy to foolakin to reading tea leaves, not actual personality traits, Sherman says, noting that Hogan is using AI, but as an enhancement tool only.
Weve seen it work in practical settings, even here at Hogan, he says. In fact, we revised our algorithms based on what we would call AI or machine-learning models. And theyve improved our ability to select high performers by about 20%, in certain job categories.
He also cites some marketing hype from one of the companies purporting to offer an AI-based solution as the only means to land top talent. The come on: We have applied proven neuroscience games and cutting-edge AI to reinvent the way companies attract, select and retain talent.
Were using AI, but I wouldnt say were reinventing anything. Were just making a high-quality product even better, he says.
Ryan Ross, managing partner at Hogan, readily admits that technology has enhanced the talent-assessment business, but the more AI and ML extract the human element from the process, the less effective they become.
Its night and day now, because today were delivering quality assessments 24/7 in 48 different languages. You cant do that without technology, Ross says. Whats really interesting, though, is some of the AI and gamification we see is much like the old saying of using a hammer to kill a mosquito.
In many cases, some are applying this emerging technology in ways that, yes, its very cool, but is it productive and does it get us where we want to be? he adds. I would say those applications are interesting, but they are not going to achieve that goal.
Sherman says many people today see AI and ML as if they are some sort of revolution in the assessment business, but thats simply not the case. Helpful? Yes. A revolution? Nope.
Weve been using linear regression for more than 30 years to build profiles, and these AI-based solutions are just fancier versions, he says. Thats why we see a little bit of improvement because theyre a little bit more robust. The computing power has improved.
For now, he says, the future of using AI in our business is unclear, but there is potential and thats where we operate.
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Red Yeast Rice has also shown promise as a dietary supplement that may reduce several different risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Several risk factors include reductions in total cholesterol, "bad" LDL cholesterol, fasting triglycerides and triglyceride responses to meals. One study showed that red yeast rice (1,200 mg per day) reduced the triglyceride response to a fat-rich meal 45%-50%, which has been shown to be an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease. Many prescription statin drugs used to lower cholesterol are derived from Red Yeast Rice. Lycopene is derived from many fruits and vegetables, but tomatoes and tomato products are the main sources of lycopene in the diet. Lycopene has been shown to have strong antioxidant properties. Studies indicate that people with high levels of lycopene in their blood have reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. A recent study showed that men with the lowest levels of lycopene had more than a 3-fold greater risk of having an acute coronary event or stroke. The study also showed that low plasma levels of lycopene were associated with increased thickness of plaque in the arterial wall. Critical analysis on the role of lycopene in the prevention of coronary heart disease has been described as strongly suggestive.
Niacin, also known as vitamin B3, is naturally involved in carbohydrate and fat (lipid) metabolism. I am recommending Dr's Brand Niacin because it is time released. In supplemental doses, niacin is a potent vasodilator that causes blood vessels to increase in diameter. Niacin also significantly and consistently lowers blood levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol and triglycerides and increases "good" HDL cholesterol. Effective doses can be achieved with 50-500 mg per day. Higher doses will make you flush or feel a burning sensation.
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Supplementation for the Brain
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One 1999 review of studies on DHA, published in the journal Pharmacological Research, found that the nutrient is essential to normal brain function, and that a diet rich in DHA improves learning, while a lack of DHA causes learning ability to suffer. Flax seeds, Kale, walnuts and soy bean oil contain high concentrations of DHA. DHA is also found in cold water fish like tuna and salmon.
A lot of recent research has focused on ginkgo biloba, the leaf of the ginkgo tree, which is native to China and one of the oldest plants on the planet. Ginkgo is particularly interesting to researchers because of its potential to treat Alzheimer's disease and age-related mental decline. Several studies have shown that it does help these conditions, and it's routinely prescribed in places like Germany and France. It's believed that ginkgo works by thinning the blood and thereby improving oxygen flow to the brain. The brain is a glutton for oxygen, so it's possible that even a slight lack of circulation can affect its performance.
Acetyl-L-carnitine may work as a brain booster by helping maintain brain cells. Not much is known about its effects in healthy people, but one study found that people with early Alzheimer's and mild memory impairment benefited from taking it.
Choline is also the precursor for a very important neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. Studies indicate that choline can help improve memory and cognitive function.
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Non-Stick Nostalgia Film Series @ MAD, March 21–April 18
Non-Stick Nostalgia Film Series
March 21–April 18
Accompanying MAD's spring exhibition Non-Stick Nostalgia: Y2K Retrofuturism in Contemporary Jewelry, eight exciting works of transgressive, science-fiction filmmaking. From groundbreaking animated films like Ghost in the Shell and the cult classic Hackers to Luc Besson's intergalactic extravaganza, The Fifth Element, the series surveys the fears and hopes of a world hurtling toward Y2K and the millennium beyond. First up: Robert Longo's directorial debut, Johnny Mnemonic, on March 21 at 6:30 pm.


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Chlorococcum sphagni P.A.Dangeard 1934
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Chlorococcum sphagni P.A.Dangeard 1934: 682, pl. LVI [56]
Published in: Dangeard, P.-A. (1934). Mémoire sur une genre nouveau d'Heterocontées le Fremya sphagni. Botaniste 26: 673-682.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorococcum is Chlorococcum infusionum (Schrank) Meneghini.
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In culture of Sphagnum moss. - (12 Sep 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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Komárek, J. & Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen) Ordnung: Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers. In: Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers (Die Binnengewässer) XVI. (Huber-Pestalozzi, G. Eds), pp. [1]-x, [1]-1044. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlangbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller).
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Justin Higham – Secrets of Improvisational Magic
In this concise guide to improvisation, Justin Higham reveals the fundamental secrets of creating and performing close-up card magic on-the-fly.
Including chapters on Interactive Magic, the Improv Show, Jazz Magic, and The Trick That Cannot Be Explained, the various styles and modes of improvisation are stripped down to basics and their methodologies revealed.
Topics include:
- What Jazz Magic is and how it works
- How to create an Improv Show
- How to transform a standard trick into an impossible near miracle
- Meet challenges, such as when someone says, "Tell me what card I am thinking of!"
This book is an invaluable aid to anyone wishing to gain insight into a form of performing which can not only help us create more amazing magic, but also form a closer bond with our audiences.
From a review by Alan Hudson:
This is probably one of those booklets that will go unnoticed by most of the magic fraternity. Partly because the writer, Justin Higham, is underground (and by that I mean fairly unknown unlike other 'underground' magicians who are amongst the biggest sellers in magic today). However, I get the feeling it will get rediscovered in years to come and talked about as a must have gem.
Secrets of Improvisational Magic isn't a book of tricks – although there are a few explained. It's more like an essay on how to make your magic more personal by jazzing or making tricks up on the spot, due to circumstances that present themselves. For instance, you might glimpse that a forced card has been accidentally shuffled to the bottom of the pack as it's been handed back to you. How many of us just get the card back to the top and go with our intended effect? Here Justin explains how and why we should be more alert and create more miracles with the unplanned nature of how things in our performing environment crop up.
This is an easy read, with lots of practical examples and a wide range of quotes from people such as Arthur Setterington to Benjamin Earl. Many reviewers say things like 'I wish you hadn't released this as I want to keep all the material to myself'. For me this is quite the opposite. I hope everyone reads it so we can all create more miracles and keep the fun of performing magic alive.


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If you're looking to reduce waste and save some money on your Thanksgiving decor, what better way to pull it off than by decorating with trash? To help you deck your halls the eco way, Earth911 rounded up these five creative decor ideas made from waste items and a few natural materials you probably already have around your house.
1. Simple Thanksgiving Candleholders
This easy-to-assemble candleholder idea makes a beautiful Thanksgiving mantle arrangement. To start, gather all the clear glass bottles you have in the recycling bin, take off the labels, and be sure they are clean and dry. I find that a great way to remove any stubborn label adhesive is to make a paste of soap, baking soda and warm water. Rub your paste onto the stubborn spot and rinse with warm water. It's worked for me on the toughest of adhesives. Next, fill your jars with dried beans, rice and spices from your cupboard, or small pine cones, rocks or acorns from your yard. Then, get candles that match your Thanksgiving table decorations and are appropriately sized for each bottle (or jar). Once they're completed, you could wrap twine around the necks of the bottles to add interest.
2. Adorable Thanksgiving Napkin Holders
This Thanksgiving craft is a fun way for your kiddos to get involved with creating a beautiful table setting. First, get toilet paper or paper towel tubes from the recycling bin. While you're there, grab some magazines and newspapers.
Cut the cardboard tubes into rings. We made ours about 2 inches thick. Then punch out shapes from your magazines or newspapers. If you don't have punches, have your kids cut out small shapes (circles, squares, leaves, etc.). Then, begin to glue your shapes to the tubes. When that is completed, paint your napkin holders with a thin coat of paint. By painting them all one color, you are making them uniform, but you also want to allow the patterns and shapes to show through. We chose a metallic gold because that color is complementary to our Thanksgiving table. You'll have to paint one side, then let it dry, turn it over and paint the other side.
This was such a fun craft that we made more than we needed for our Thanksgiving gathering, so we decided to incorporate the leftovers into the next craft.
3. Fun Thanksgiving Garland
Using our extra Thanksgiving rings we had from the above project, we made a fun Thanksgiving garland. We strung the rings onto a string of twine and gathered some small freshly pruned branches (that were headed for the compost bin) to add to the garland. You could use ribbon or yarn as the base of your garland, whatever you have around the house. You could also add pine cones, acorns, evergreens and so on. You could create a fun nature scavenger hunt for your kiddos to find materials from outdoors that would fill out your Thanksgiving garland. And it makes a fun, natural addition to your Thanksgiving decorations.
4. DIY Thanksgiving Leaf Candle
Here's another project that can start in the recycling bin. Look in the bin for a wide-mouthed glass jar, like a pickle, sauce or jam jar. I used a candle in a glass jar I had received years ago as a gift and had never used. Make sure you remove the label and clean your jar. Next, either scavenge for fall leaves in the yard or cut out leaf shapes from newspaper of unused books. Then Mod Podge the leaves onto your jar. If you're using real leaves, the Mod Podge will act as a sealant so your leaves will look beautiful year after year.
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At some point in your programming career, you'll get tired of having your results output on the console window. This is especially true if you're trying to make a user-friendly interactive software application. This where the Python GUI comes in.
What is a GUI?
The GUI or Graphical User interface is a form of user interface that includes graphical elements, such as windows, icons and buttons. These allow the average user to communicate with an electronic device.
For instance, Windows, an extremely common Operating system, is also a form of GUI. Windows provides us with an interface through which we can personalize, access, use and develop our PC's.
Python GUI Libraries
Python has several third party libraries through which we can create GUI's. We'll be discussing two such libraries here right now.
A open source Python GUI library, known for it's simplicity and flexibility. It comes pre-installed in Python 3 so you don't even have to worry about that. These qualities make it a strong starting point for the beginner and intermediate levels. Not to say that tkinter can't be used on larger scale projects. If you master tkinter, you can produce GUI on par with other more complex GUI libraries.
Furthermore, tkinter is more desktop oriented in comparison to the mobile platform and has less cross platform support than some other GUI libraries. So if any of things matter greatly to you, you might want to pick another GUI library.
Another great Python GUI library with great cross platform support. The things you learn in PyQt will also translate directly when working with other languages so that's a significant plus point. It's known as a stable and mature library with many features. The latest version is PyQt5.
Some downsides to PyQt include the fact that it's not natively bundled with python, so you have to take care of packaging it yourself. Another issue is that PyQt is only available under the GPL. This basically means that anything you make and want to release using PyQt must be open-source. If you ever want to make a commercial application using this, you'll have to purchase a commercial license.
Another honorable mention is Kivy which is known to be good for developing for Android and touchscreen devices. If you're developing a GUI for a mobile app, Kivy is the way to go.
We'll be going using Tkinter as the library of choice through out the GUI section. Mostly due to it being simpler (and faster) to pick and set up than other libraries. Once you've got the hang of it, and you want something more powerful, you can learn PyQt5 from our very own tutorials series here.
Widget Compilation:
Tkinter utilizes "widgets" which refer to individual GUI elements like the entry widget, messagebox widget and checkbox widget. Each widget further has over a dozen different options and many ways to use and manipulate them. We'll be covering just about all the widgets in the Tkinter GUI Library (around a dozen). One page will be dedicated to each widget and it's usage.
See below for a list of some tkinter widgets, links to their respective pages and a brief description for each one of them.
Python Tkinter Widgets:
Frame: Outlines the frame for your Tkinter window with a fixed size. Just like the human skeleton, a Tkinter window requires a frame to support it and give it structure.
Buttons: The Python Tkinter Button is a standard Tkinter widget. A button is used as a way for the user to interact with the User interface. Once the button is clicked, an action is triggered by the program.
Entry: A standard Tkinter widget used to take input from the user through the user interface. A simple box is provided where the user can input text.
Check Button: A check button is a Tkinter GUI widget that presents to the user a set of predefined options. The user may select more than one option.
Radio Button: A radio button is a Tkinter GUI widget that allows the user to choose only one of a predefined set of mutually exclusive options.
Label: A Tkinter widget used to display simple lines of text on a GUI.
Menu: The Tkinter Menu widget is used to create various types of menus in the GUI such as top-level menus, which are displayed right under the title bar of the parent window.
ComboBox: A special extension of Tkinter,
ttk module brings forward this widget. A combobox presents a drop down list of options and displays them one at a time. Has a more modern approach than other similar widgets.
List Box: Another Tkinter widget that is used to display a list of options for the user to select. Displays all of the options in one go. Furthermore, all options are in text format.
Menu Button: A combination of both the button and menu widget, this button widget displays a drop down menu with a list of options once clicked.
Canvas: One of the more advanced Tkinter widgets. As the name suggests, it's used to draw graphs and plots on. You can even use images in a Canvas. It's like a drawing board on which you can paint/draw anything.
Scale: The Tkinter Scale widget is used to implement a graphical slider to the User interface giving the user the option of picking through a range of values.
Scrollbar: A useful widget in GUI's, which allows you to scroll in a Tkinter window or enable the scroll feature for certain widgets.
File Dialogs: File Dialogs has a rather unique function in Tkinter. They give the user the option to select/save a file/directory from their computer through the use of a "Dialog" (The dialog that appears when you click on "open file" or "save file"). It's good looking, fast and user friendly and comes in handy often.
Toplevel: A widget in Tkinter that allows for the easy spawning of new Tkinter Windows. Toplevel is a better alternative to spawning extra tkinter windows by using
Bonus Tkinter Articles:
A large library like Tkinter has alot to offer besides the above widgets. Below are some extra features, functions and (minor) widgets that are less common, but are irreplaceable in what they do.
- How to delete widgets in Tkinter
- How to close a Tkinter window (programatically)
- Disable resizing for a Tkinter window
- Customize Tkinter Font
- Emptying out the Entrybox contents
- Creating a color chooser
- Tkinter Grid Placement
This marks the end of the Python GUI with Tkinter Article. Any suggestions or contributions for CodersLegacy are more than welcome. Questions regarding the above material can be asked in the comments section below.


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The Democrat's family notified House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz's office late Wednesday of the lawmaker's death. She was 69.
Orange announced Nov. 8 she was resigning, effective Feb. 1, after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Aresimowicz described Orange as a "beloved and respected presence at the Capitol" who kept working on behalf of her constituents despite her personal health challenges.
"Linda Orange truly loved serving the people of her district – it was her passion and she always kept her constituents at the forefront of all her efforts," Lamont said in a press release. "She had an undeniably witty sense of humor and a charming character that brightened even the gloomiest of days. In particular, she will be remembered as being one of the most ardent champions advocating on behalf of our state's first responders. She did lasting good work for Connecticut, and she will be missed."
State flags should be lowered immediately until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined.
"Linda Orange was a relentless and tenacious fighter, she had a huge heart and a ready laugh," Sen. Richard Blumenthal said in a press release. "I prized her wisdom and admired her unstinting work ethic and integrity. Most important, I treasured her friendship. My heart is with her family whom she loved so dearly and her constituents whom she served so loyally."
Orange served the 48th District, encompassing the towns of Colchester, Lebanon, Windham and Mansfield, since 1996.
Orange, the deputy House speaker, served on the public safety and security, general law and joint committee on legislative management committees.
In addition to her legislative duties, Orange, a Colchester resident for more than four decades and justice of the peace, also served as a member and chairman of the Colchester Board of Assessment Appeals and the town's Police Commission. She was a member of the Colchester Democratic Committee and Colchester Democratic Women's Club, as well as the East Haddam Historical Society. She was also an associate member of the state National Guard and a member of the Backus Hospital Board of Corporators.
"Linda had a knack for working with people and achieving real results," U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney said in a statement. "Linda leaves a huge legacy for her office and for the Public Safety Committee, and a footprint in her community that will live on to the benefit of others. My deepest condolences go out to her family and loved ones."
Orange had received numerous accolades for her legislative work from various health, public safety and recreation groups over the years. She was an honorary member of the Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Department and a major in the Civil Air Patrol's legislative wing.
"Connecticut has lost a great champion, not just for her district, but for the entire state," Connecticut Democratic Chairman Nancy Wyman said in a statement. "Linda Orange was dedicated to her constituents, but held a special place in her heart for men and women in uniform – those who served in the military, firefighters and police. Linda wasn't afraid to speak her mind or to cross the aisle to work with Republicans. She was a great friend and I will miss her."


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Albany, NY -- (SBWire) -- 07/14/2016 --NAS is a storage system that enables file sharing among enterprise users. It is an independent network node in the local area network (LAN) that consists of individual Internet protocol (IP) addresses. File transfer is achieved through an Ethernet connection between users and NAS systems.
The global enterprise NAS market to grow at a CAGR of 21.67% during the period 2016-2020. NAS allows multiple users access to the same file in a network. In an enterprise environment, NAS systems are used for backup, archiving, and disaster recovery of data. NAS systems can also function as a multimedia, database, or print server for SMEs.
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As an educated beginner or an experienced trader, you know a thing or two about interests and rollovers in Forex. For holding a trading position open past 17:00 pm, brokers calculate a rollover on it. You won't see this in your account history, but what actually happens is: during a rollover a position is closed and re-opened again. Because different countries have different interest rates for their currencies, an interest differential between currency pairs occurs. This differential can be either positive or negative, which defines the outcome: interest is either earned or charged to your account.
The list of pairs that collect positive interest when bought or sold and pairs that collect negative interest is well known to experienced traders.
Among the currencies that collect positive swaps/rollover are normally:
AUD/USD when Long (bought) USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY and other/JPY pairs when Long USD/CHF, GBP/CHF and other/CHF pairs when Long .You should be always able to check the swap rates table with your Forex broker. If you don't know what swaps are awaiting for you after 5pm each day, please don't tell me you're a serious trader.
All you need to do is to buy a currency with a high interest rate against the currency with a low interest rate. Popular currencies with high interest rate are: USD (not the case with recent economic situation), GBP, AUD and NZD. Popular currencies with low interest rate are: CHF and JPY.
Some pairs may change their positive interest earning features in the long run as country governments cut or raise interest rates, but overall the base list remains the same.
I've seen and you'll see Forex brokers, who don't care about those interest rate rules. What would be better than making all Forex rollover interest negative? Right?
"…Alright, let's leave one or two pairs with a positive rollover for curious traders, but make everything else negative" — a simple trick used by a broker. As a result — traders are discouraged to hold positions past 17:00pm, the rollover time. Holding positions open for many days becomes expensive. What to do then? Avoid rollover and trade more frequently, may be..? Well, good choice ;), that's what brokers aim for in the first place..!
Every trader may easily find what currency pairs should have a positive interest.
If you buy a currency pair where the base currency has a higher interest rate than the quote currency, then you'll earn positive interest; if it is the other way around, you'll pay interest. For example, if you buy GBPJPY and the interbank interest rates in
UK are higher than in , then a rollover should be
positive by the end of the day and your broker should pay you the interest.
But, say, if the interest rates in Japan Japan
were higher than in ,
then you'll pay a rollover fee to your broker when you're Long on GBP/JPY. UK
The only thing left to do is to learn what interest rates for currencies are now.
Let's take an example:
If the interest rate for EUR now is 3.25%, and for USD the rate is 1.0%, this means that when you Buy EUR/USD you are going to earn interest (positive rollover), if you are to Sell EUR/USD you'll pay interest (negative rollover).
If to calculate the interest for holding a Buy position on EUR/USD:
when buying EUR you earn 3.25% when selling USD you pay 1.0%
Net total is 3.25% - 1.0% = 2.25% interest earned.
Simple, right?
Now, you can check the latest interest rates, define currency pairs that collect positive interest and compare results against your Forex broker rollover fees…
By now, my friend, you already know that there are spreads to pay for entering a trade and there are rollovers to pay (sometimes to earn, thanks God… oh, well…) for holding a trade.
What you probably never thought of, or never experienced due to the lack of experience, hm, is that this Rollover thing is way much more nastier and costly than you can imagine. Where and How?
The truth is, the system of currency trading is built such way that we, retail traders, are slaves of constant fees as long as we trade: we pay the spread to enter a trade, and then if we hold it for a day, we pay a rollover on top (more of less we can treat it as another spread), and later the next day if we hold on to a trade, we pay another rollover ("spread") and so on. The grim reality of all this costly trading is that long term investors (usually the smartest guys with a long term outlook at the currency trends) are actually put in the most disadvantageous position, where their fat brokers keep on charging them rollovers day after day as the trades kept open.
Want an example? Let's laugh (or cry) together about my trades: I have a trade running for over 1.5 months now on AUDUSD. The trade sits in profit since opening, but it is a long term goal, and it's not yet the time to close it. Everyday I pay a rollover on it (I mean, come on, I've paid the spread already, but it's another everyday "spread" I'm paying to my broker… what a rip off! Really…) Yeah, let me boast about my profits so far: it's $1960 in floating income and already -$532 in rollover charges, which leaves we about $1350 to cheer about.
Well, another trade is a bit better, check it out for yourself:
… And this will be with everyone who dares to hold a long term trade with a negative swap/rollover. Forex brokers are simply feeding on us everywhere they can! On the other hand, that's the rules we accepted from brokers, right? So it is silly to whine now. I should repeat, that's the rules we accepted! I accepted it as well :(
Brokers charge and pay disproportionate swaps based on the gap between short-term interest rates associated with currencies pairs set by central banks. This gap is not fixed; if the broker spends the swap from the customer, it will charge more than needed and if the broker pays the swap, it will pay less than needed. When the gap is small, the customer pays the swap both ways; it will not matter if one is long or short on the pair.
Can you make a conclusion from this, I hope you can. If you ever to hold a long term trade, consider opening only those where you'll get a positive swap - it is better that way, trust me ;) Or, there is another way around - seek for a broker with no-swap accounts. The number of such brokers is growing, basically due to increasing popularity of trading in the Muslim world, where the Sharia laws prohibit swaps (extra rewards). So, Forex brokers now have this new no-swap technology working, and you can join in regardless your religion (depends on a broker, of course).


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PUBLISHED: 13:55 04 November 2009 | UPDATED: 15:43 16 August 2010
A CHAMBER choir will be performing pieces influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
A CHAMBER choir will be performing pieces influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Allegri Singers conducted by Tom Bullard are due to sing at St Mark's Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley, on Saturday, November 21, from 7.45pm.
Music played will include extracts from Rachmaninov's All-Night Vespers, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Gorecki, Pärt and Tavener.
Tickets cost £8.50 and £6.50 for concessions, family tickets are £20 for two adults and two children. On the door, tickets will be £9 and £7 for concessions.
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critic's pick 252: keith jarrett/charlie haden/paul motian: 'hamburg '72'
Hamburg '72, a remarkable archival find from the vaults of ECM Records, begins innocently enough with a piano melody from Keith Jarrett that dances about with the quiet immediacy of his masterful solo improvisation recordings. Then as the rhythm section lightly falls into place, a lyrical stride emerges that recalls Jarrett's long-running Standards Trio.
Such instances, however, serve as the proverbial calm before the storm. This isn't a new work by the Standards Trio but a recording of a 42 year German radio broadcast at the NDR-Jazz Workshop with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian. Any pastoral suggestion is shattered by passages of free-style improvisation (with Jarrett on soprano saxophone), subtle Eastern instrumentation (with Jarrett on flute) and rich, churchy duets that place Haden in the driver's seat (with Jarrett bashing away on tambourine). Best of all, the music winds up sounding as though it was recorded last week.
ECM chieftain Manfred Eicher began work remixing the analog sources of Hamburg '72 in July – to be specific, the day after Haden's death. That's just the beginning of the coincidental timelines that run behind the scenes of this music. There is also the fact that this performance paralleled the 1972 release of Facing You, the solo piano record that began an alliance between Jarrett, Eicher and ECM that continues to this day. It also represents the trio's only showing on the label, although it appeared several times on ECM albums augmented by saxophonist Dewey Redman as a Jarrett band often referred to as the American Quartet.
That leaves us with an invaluable timepiece of a recording. Jarrett reveals an already complete piano voice during the lovely, low stroll of Take Me Back (first released on the 1972 Columbia album Expectations and one of four Jarrett originals featured in this performance). But the tune quickly builds into a playful, rolling trade-off with Haden marked by frequent punctuations from the pianist on tambourine. It nicely approximates gospel as well as loose, uproarious swing.
The interplay builds to a 15 minute workout of Haden's Song for Che which runs from a percussion accented solo by the composer full of elastic color to intermittent screams from Jarrett on soprano sax. Then it's back to another merry piano outburst before returning to the same cricket-like chirping of bass and percussion that first distinguished the tune.
It's tempting to view this music as a eulogy to Haden or, for that matter, Motian (who died in November 2011). But even though Jarrett remains the trio's lone surviving torchbearer, the music of Hamburg '72 is the product of a group spirit rich with a jazz urgency that is truly ageless.