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1. Given the current huge wave of money printing, what do you think is the best method of investing right now?
2. To me it seems that the best method is to be shorting on the dollar. What is your opinion of that?
3. What about gold or silver? Are these good investments? Why are they good? Is that because we expect the dollar to lose its status as reserve currency and be replaced by gold and silver? Are there other reasons to buy gold/silver as opposed to investing in the economy in general?
4. Now a more general question. If the Austrian school of economics is the only valid school, then I expect most Austrian economists to be very successful investors. Is that the case?
5. What special tools does Austrian economy give us for investment strategy that those who don't adhere to Austrian economy don't have? In other words what is the comparative advantage of Austrian investors as opposed to mainstream investors? What do they know that others don't, and how can they use this information for better investment?
1. non dollar stuff
2. sounds good, if you know about stuff like that
3. they are good because they retain their value in times of inflation and low interest rates, because people want gold exactly then.
dollar may lose its status one day, and maybe gold will replace it, but its not a sure thing by any means, so doesnt sound like reason to invest a lot in gold.
4. thats like saying if you know how to add and subtract you will be a great mathematician. Investing requires much more than that. wish I knew what.
but AE can save you from foolish mistakes
5. Realization that money printing = boom and inevitable bust, plus decline in value of the currency. And that any govt meddling in some area of economic life will make that area very expensive.
You can get a general answer to this last q by watching videos of Austrians discussing the economy and the market with non austrians on the stocks and financial tv shows. you will see the idiotic beliefs of the non austrians, and the austrians schooling them
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Interesting...the 3rd thread about this in less than 4 days. Although there wasn't much useful response in those, I recommend checking those out.
1.) ditto with dave
2.) The best method of overall investing is, as Jim Rogers says, to be a contrarian. Or, in Buffett's words: "Be fearful when others are greedy...but be greedy when others are fearful." Just because you're not long on the dollar doesn't mean you should be shorting it.
3.) Let's be clear. When people talk about "investing" in precious metals they are using more of a turn of phrase rather than an actual term. "Investing" literally means to actively purchase an asset or item with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in value. (I personally go a step farther and say that an "investment" is strictly supposed to generate income...purchasing something based on anticipated appreciation is "speculation." Most people understand and use that term, but they also have no problem calling something bought on speculation an "investment". I prefer to make the distinction and at least always clarify "speculative investment.") Either way, this is different from "saving"...which is essentially just underconsumption.
Investopedia states: "In an economic sense, an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance, an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide income in the future or appreciate and be sold at a higher price."
Typically, gold and silver are not purchased with the notion that they will appreciate in value. And they are certainly not purchased with the idea that they will generate some sort of income. They are purchased because they are a true money. They are a true store of value. Granted, the value of these metals may appreciate somewhat over time, as more and more people turn to use them as a store of value (or even as a currency), however this is not historically the case...and this is certainly not something most metal buyers are thinking when they move acquire it. They may think they are "making money" (aka "earning a return") when they see the price go up in terms of the dollars that they gave up to get the metal...but when the price of everything else goes up too, there really is no real return there. What they have done is effectively traded their devaluing fiat currency for a real store of value, and thereby effectively preserved their wealth. They have "saved"...not "invested."
So gold and silver are good stores of value...they are not necessarily good "investments". And while it is quite possible that gold could become the reserve currency (the world would be much better off), I highly doubt it. There are many powerful countries that would love to enjoy the same benefits the U.S. has over the last 65 years. So no, I don't think it is a good idea to buy the metals because they might become the reserve currency...it's a good idea to buy them because they are real money. There's no better way to save than with real money.
As far as why to buy precious metals as opposed to spending your money on something else, that's really up to you to decide. It literally is the same as asking "are there any reasons to save your money instead of investing it?" Of course. One of the main ones is your tolerance for risk. The other would be your ability to make sound investment choices. Obviously if one or both of those is quite low, you'd probably be more inclined to save rather than invest. That would mean buying gold and silver bullion.
4.) Again, I would be ditto with Dave. I forgot where it was that I read it (probably Lessons for the Young Economist), but I remember Bob Murphy saying something about how understanding economics won't necessarily make you rich, but being ignorant of it has a very strong chance of making you broke. I think a better analogy than the one about math would be something along the lines of saying it's like you should expect most mechanics who can build a car from scratch to be world class racecar drivers. Just because you understand how it works doesn't mean you necessarily know who to work it.
Milton Friedman stated it quite clearly here, when a girl asked him why K-Mart was doing so much better than Sears, to which he replied "If I knew that, I'd be in a different business." (You can't help but love that man.) But the point is, to be a good investor you have to have good business acumen. And to have that, you have to have at least some basic understanding of economics (at the very least, on a micro level.) But to be an economist you don't have to know a thing about business. (As most economists sadly prove every time they open their mouth). So while being a great business man will probably mean you have some basic economic understanding and decent investing potential, being an expert economist offers you almost no such guarantee.
Now, of course, as a good business man, the more and better you understand economics, the better of an investor you can be...especially over the long term, as guys like Schiff, Faber, and Rogers illustrate. But as an economist, to be a good investor...well, as Friedman said: "you'd have to be an expert in a way I'm not."
5.) In the broad sense, to put it generally, Austrians better understand how the world works. It isn't necessarily any particular tool or set of tools...it's more a superior methodology and theory. They have a more accurate way of viewing and interpreting the economy, and in that way, they are better able to understand what effects will occur as a result of certain actions. Specifically, Austrians understand that there is a capital structure at work in the economy...that goods don't just appear out of nowhere because there is a demand. Mainstream models just clump everything together into a "capital" category, whereas Austrians recognize that there is a very complex and sophisticated process by which raw materials are mined, refined, wholesaled, marketed, sold, and consumed. This has enormous implications on the way events and data are interpreted, forecasts are made, and how policies are regarded.
Bob Murphy actually gave a full talk on how only the Austrians understand interest rates. This again has huge implications on virtually every aspect of how the economy is understood and what cause and effect relationships are seen. This is closely related to the overall Austrian understanding of the money supply. Here's a great interview with Jeff Tucker and Frank Shostak in which the economist talks about how Austrian theory combined with an analysis of money supply make for an excellent forecasting model. Shostak has a pretty good record of saying things will happen and then getting to see those predictions come true relatively soon afterward.
So, I hope this helped at least somewhat. Check those top two links to the other threads, and feel free to ask any other questions. It's what the forum is here for.
commodities. in particular gold and silver. oil and natural gas are more risky.
it is risky because a bubble can go on for years, you cannot know when it is about to pop, and if you short too early you go bankrupt.
at this time gold is used as a store of value and as a substitute for liquidity even in the short term.
I don't know but jim rogers is doing pretty well.
they know it is better to stay away from stocks and government bonds.
1. Areable land, or mean's to produce food sustainably. I recommend Aquaponics. Once it's setup properly it's just a matter of seperating the livestock of fish to avoid lossing an enitre school to illness that might occur. Also a solar type setup to keep those pumps going, and spare pumps. The very fact that everyone need's to eat will put you ahead of the curve when no one can even afford a loaf of bread.
2. By shorting I must take it you mean to buy into asset's on the margin. I can not recommend this to anyone. I would suggest pulling what Fiat you have and investing in my reply to number 1.
3. I have been buying silver for 5 years now. I have started to sell it off to expedite any other odd's and end's I have to finish my answer for number 1, and to finish my stockpile of canned good's and defensive tool's. I have no intention of holding a large quantity of any PM when the dollar disappear's. I have every intention of trading food, and the knowledge of how to grow that food for employment though.
4. This is a reasonable assumption, if those said economist's or proponent's of the Austrian method are thinking clearly and have a sense of reality. Unfortunately, this is not the case for the vast majority of the people just now starting to get into it. Some of them still think that when the dollar fully collapses they will be able to buy "stuff" with some other source of fund's that they do not actively possess in sufficient quantity to last long enough for long term survival. One ounce of silver will buy you maybe a week's worth of food after the grocery stores get raided.
5. I would think that would be self-evident for anyone that has read up on the Austrian School. Understanding how to properly price good's for barter, and how to allocate Investment's that are wealth generating rather than growth generating would be a good start. Actually understanding that wealth is a function of prosperity, and not of growth would be a start. I would add that understanding a contract would be important as well to avoid entangling one's self in business that could end up robbing you of this said wealth.
I'll add another one.
6. Learn to stand on your own, without assitance. Only those that are able to mentally handle this key portion will have a chance of surviving and thriving in the real world when the artificial one of the Fiat comes crashing down. I may be approaching this from a different standpoint, but I have seen first hand what desperation does to people. Stand on your own, and for yourself first, then you can help other's. Otherwise you will be letting them tear everything you have done up to that point away from you.
I have no illusion's about the depravity of my fellow human's. When the chip's fall, and people start getting hungry, then we will see if anyone is listening to us. Until then, I will stick to what I know, which is that 90% of 300+ Million live in Urban sprawl area. Out of that 90%, maybe 10% have a clue on how to get food without resorting to theft. Even fewer of them have even set themselves up for that situation.
I think index tracker funds (tracking the major stock markets) and some funds which attempt to beat these indices have been underrated.
Correct me if I am wrong, but equities outperform other asset classes in the long run (if I recall correctly The Economist recently reported that £1 invested in the London Stock Exchange in 1900 would be worth £16,000 in 2000 if the dividends were re-invested, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_premium_puzzle). So if you are investing for the long run you should invest largely in equities. If you have a very small amount to invest (say £10,000), managing your own portfolio (i.e. investing directly in equities) will require very low diversification (owning 1 or 2 stocks), or very high charges if you own 10 or so. If you manage your own portfolio you can do it whimsically which is probably no better than throwing a dice. If you research seriously that takes a lot of time (probably better devoting to earning money) and probably a bit of money. Even if you do research the chances are professionals will beat you (they have better information and probably have a better idea of how to use it, lower charges, more time, trade all the time whereas you probably have a job or studies). If you really have an edge you could of course beat the market. But if you're edge is based on bets about monetary expansion and inflation, you may be better giving your money to Euro Pacific Capital (as Peter Schiff probably knows every you know and them some).
Markets may be not efficient but they certainly are unpredictable. A lot of Austrians, Post-Keynesians, Marxists and more mainstream types (certainly Shiller, probably Roubini but don't really know enough about him) called the crash, but they called the crash over a long period. I think most, if not all, of them called it over such a long time period that if they used it to inform investment decisions, they may have sold a long way below the peak, and we all know the stock markets have rallied over the last few years. You risk losing out on lots of rapid growth this way! So the main thing to do is be invested in equities for the long term. But perhaps you shouldn't restrict yourself to tracker funds. Some people do seem to be able to beat the market. I've had a lot of my money invested in Fidelity Sepcial Situations since I was 11 when my grandfather put some money in for me. Over 15 years it has outperformed the FTSE. So perhaps look for funds like this where the fund manager has a good track record.
What if there is hyperinflation? A lot of people expect high inflation in the future. Of course it would be better to hold gold rather than fiat currency in such circumstances. But wouldn't it be even better to have money invested in equities? If you think no, you would still have to deal with the timing problem I outline above. I think the one exception would be when you want the money soon, so don't want the volatility of equities. The only problem is that gold is also quite volatile.
FWIW, I totally disagree with Sam
Sam:A lot of Austrians, Post-Keynesians, Marxists and more mainstream types (certainly Shiller, probably Roubini but don't really know enough about him) called the crash, but they called the crash over a long period. I think most, if not all, of them called it over such a long time period that if they used it to inform investment decisions, they may have sold a long way below the peak, and we all know the stock markets have rallied over the last few years.
Do you have any evidence of this whatsoever, or is this some sort of "it's possible, and it's the way I see it happening, so that's the way it probably happened" kind of thing?
What if there is hyperinflation? A lot of people expect high inflation in the future. Of course it would be better to hold gold rather than fiat currency in such circumstances. But wouldn't it be even better to have money invested in equities?
Not if the companies you buy pay low to zero dividends and/or go bankrupt....or the inflation of the currency they are denominated in gets so high that your dividend payments are worthless for too long. What's wrong with foreign stocks?
NidStyles: When the chip's fall, and people start getting hungry, then we will see if anyone is listening to us. Until then, I will stick to what I know, which is that 90% of 300+ Million live in Urban sprawl area. Out of that 90%, maybe 10% have a clue on how to get food without resorting to theft. Even fewer of them have even set themselves up for that situation.
When the chip's fall, and people start getting hungry, then we will see if anyone is listening to us. Until then, I will stick to what I know, which is that 90% of 300+ Million live in Urban sprawl area. Out of that 90%, maybe 10% have a clue on how to get food without resorting to theft. Even fewer of them have even set themselves up for that situation.
What, in your estimate, would keep those hungry mobs away from your produce-filled fields?
Sam: A lot of Austrians, Post-Keynesians, Marxists and more mainstream types (certainly Shiller, probably Roubini but don't really know enough about him) called the crash, but they called the crash over a long period. I think most, if not all, of them called it over such a long time period that if they used it to inform investment decisions, they may have sold a long way below the peak, and we all know the stock markets have rallied over the last few years.
John James: Do you have any evidence of this whatsoever, or is this some sort of "it's possible, and it's the way I see it happening, so that's the way it probably happened" kind of thing?
I'm sorry that this sounded such a sweeping generalisation that you responded in this way. Let me first clarify what I said. I'm fairly sure it is accurate, but please let me know if it is not. First I think just about everyone who called the crash did so over a long period. Peter Schiff saw it coming a long time before hand but didn't know which years it would happen. Please tell me if anyone ever correctly predicted like this: "there will be a crash in 9 months." Or "Sell the Dow at 13,500, buy at 7,500." That is what I am doubting. The onus would be on someone else to prove this. Please give a reference if someone did. Secondly, a lot of people who called the crash (say a year or so before it happened) were saying as the Dow plummetted to 7,000 about rebounded to 8,000, stay away, this is a dead cat bounce like after 1929. So there does seem to be a difficulty of knowing when to get back in the market. I did not mean to say that therefore everyone who used some such strategy (of applying ABCT to get out the market before the crash) would have been outperformed by the market. After all, I don't what assets they went into. I suspect Schiff has done well (I am interested in what he has to say and book Crash Proof late last year out of interest and with the possibility of informing my investments). The point is you want to be in equities as they do best on average. So there probably wasn't anyone capable of using ABCT to time the market. Schiff didn't do this, he diversified from US equities to include foreign equities, mining equities and some gold. I just checked Crash Proof and he says own some physical gold, but beware the context: he's talking about someone with a reasonable portfolio of say $1m. If you've got a few thousand and you buy an ounce or two I'm not really sure you're following the spirit of Schiff's advice (he said have 30% in gold, or 10% if you're conservative. I don't think that implies 100% if you're poor).
Sam: What if there is hyperinflation? A lot of people expect high inflation in the future. Of course it would be better to hold gold rather than fiat currency in such circumstances. But wouldn't it be even better to have money invested in equities?
John James: Not if the companies you buy pay low to zero dividends and/or go bankrupt....or the inflation of the currency they are denominated in gets so high that your dividend payments are worthless for too long. What's wrong with foreign stocks?
They probably wouldn't pay dividends as the money would depreciate so quickly. They'd re-invest and the equities would grow even faster. You can arrange for dividends to be re-invested anyhow. "What's wrong with foreign stocks?" What an odd question! I'm arguing for a fairly passive investment style. I'd imagine more than half the investible assets of the world are outside the USA, so of course you should own more foreign stocks! What could I have possibly said to have made you think otherwise?
"FWIW, I totally disagree with Sam"
We have all seen the unbelievable size of the first 2 QEs, Obama's promise to keep the deficit at close to $2 trillion more every single year [anyhting less is killing 70,000 babies, etc], The Fed's buying 70% of the latest Treasuries with printed money, Bernanke's obsession with "fighting deflation", the low interest rates for a decade and no releif from them "until the economy stabilizes" [which can never happen with artificially low interest rates].
I'm convinced by those who argue that all those add up to high, if not hyper, inflation ahead for a good while. And who therefore argue that gettining out of the dollar should be top priority. I did not notice your post emphasizing this, leading me to think you are saying the US stock market is a good place to be now, if you but choose wisely.
Which is what I disagree with.
I also am convinced that we have inflation right now as we speak, and that is what is causing stocks to go up, not any sound improvement in business.
z1235: What, in your estimate, would keep those hungry mobs away from your produce-filled fields?
Being at least a gas tank away from major cities, away from refugee lines of drift, and the inverse square law are the best you can hope for. This quote from Survivalblog.com editor James Rawles is terrifying but true:
[When he says TEOTWAWKI he means The End Of The World As We Know It.]
Because of the urbanization of the U.S. population, if the entire eastern or western power grid goes down for more than a week, the cities will rapidly become unlivable. I foresee that there will be an almost unstoppable chain of events: Power -> water -> food distribution -> law and order -> arson fires -> full scale looting
In my lectures on survival topics I often mention that there is just a thin veneer of civilization on our society. What is underneath is not pretty, and it does take much to peel away that veneer. You take your average urbanite or suburbanite and get him excessively cold, wet, tired, hungry and/or thirsty and take away his television, beer, drugs, and other pacifiers, and you will soon see the savage within. It is like peeling the skin of an onion—remove a couple of layers and it gets very smelly. As a Christian, I attribute this to man's inherently sinful nature. Here is a mental exercise: Put yourself in the mind set of Mr. Joe Sixpack, Suburbanite. (Visualize him in or near a big city near where you live.) He is unprepared. He has less than one week's food on hand, he has a 12 gauge pump action shotgun that he hasn't fired in years, and just half a tank of gas in his minivan and maybe a gallon or two in a can that he keeps on hand for his lawn mower. Then TEOTWAWKI hits. The power grid is down, his job is history, the toilet doesn't flush, and water no longer magically comes cascading from the tap. There are riots beginning in his city. The local service stations have run out of gas. The banks have closed. Now he is suddenly desperate. Where will he go? What will he do? Odds are, Joe will think: "I've gotta go find a vacation cabin somewhere, up in the mountains, where some rich dude only goes a few weeks out of each year." So vacation destinations like Lake Tahoe, Lake Arrowhead, and Squaw Valley, California; Prescott and Sedona, Arizona; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Vail andSteamboat Springs, Colorado; and the other various rural ski, spa, Great Lakes, and coastal resort areas will get swarmed. Or, he will think: "I've got to go to where they grow food." So places like the Imperial Valley, the Willamette Valley, and the Red River Valley will similarly get overrun. There will be so many desperate Joe Sixpacks arriving all at once that these areas will degenerate into free-fire zones. It will be an intensely ugly situation and will not be safe for anyone. In some places the locals may be so vastly outnumbered that they won't survive. But some of the Joe Sixpacks will survive, and then the more ruthless among them will begin to fight amongst themselves for the few remaining resources. They will form ad hoc gangs of perhaps 6 to 30 people. Once the Golden Horde has been thinned (and honed to ferocity) and they've cleaned out an area, the thugs at the pinnacle of ruthlessness will comprise the most formidable rover packs imaginable. They will move on to an adjoining region, and then another. But the inverse sqaure law will work in your favor: Imagine that you take a jar of marbles turn it upside down on a wooden floor and then lift the jar suddenly upward. The marbles will spread out semi-randomly. But the farther from the mouth of the jar, the lighter the density of marbles. Hence, the rover packs will attenuate themselves into a huge rural expanse that is peopled with well-armed country folks. By the time the looters work their way out 150 miles from the big cities, they will be thinned out considerably. The rover pack is your primary threat in a total collapse, no matter how remote your retreat. Here are your potential adversaries: A squad to company size force (12 to 60 individuals), highly mobile, moderately well armed with a motley assortment of weapons and vehicles, and imbued with absolute ruthlessness. Be prepared.
The US stock market is around 30% of world stock market capitalisation, so a well-balanced portfolio could have that much in it. You should have a global perspective, so should be aiming to track global stock markets.
Fair enough, you should get out of the dollar if you think America is permanently doomed, but if you think America will not completely collapse, you are still left with the dilemma of when to get back in.
What timescale for you have in mind for inflation, and what would you consider high?
Also how badly have stocks done during periods of high inflation? (I don't know the answer, but I don't see why they would do terribly, even if they did badly for a while)
Finally, consider that there are multiple choices: US stocks versus gold is not the only one, you can also choose foreign stocks. These are probably better than gold. Also the dollar has been doing better than sterling and the euro and lots of writing in the English publications is holding up the US as the best investment. Remember, you are foreign to us (here in the UK)!
One thing everyone should be investing in is nickels, before the Mint debases them which will happen probably this year or next. According to Coinflation.com the 1946-2008 Nickel (with a 5 cent face value) had a base metal value of $0.0733 in February, 2011. That was 146.7% of its face value:


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'Sleek and sturdy' is, we're told, the design concept behind the Casio Exilim EX-Z1. Sleek it certainly is, though its sturdiness is unproven. It feels well-made, but it's not guaranteed waterproof or shockproof or anything like that. That's a pity, because, with a typical street price of £150 or so, this 10-megapixel camera needs something clever to distinguish it from the rest.
It's conventional at this point to rattle off a long list of plus points and explain some of the clever features of the camera we're reviewing. This time it's not so easy.
The Z1 is slim, but the lens isn't a folding type, so it sticks out when you're shooting. It does come in a choice of attractive colours -- gold, blue, pink, black, silver and purple -- but then so do plenty of other cameras. It has, though, got a widescreen LCD and a reasonably high-resolution 848x480-pixel movie mode, not to mention Casio's neat and efficient on-screen 'sidebar' menu system. Oh, and you can customise the menu colour.
Looking at the LCD screen, you get the feeling that it isn't as crisp and smooth as it ought to be, and a quick check of the specs confirms that its total pixel count is around just 115,000. It's been a while since a camera from a leading maker has had an LCD this poor.
Widescreen LCDs are good when you shoot movies but can be confusing for stills. The Z1's native aspect ratio for stills is 4:3, which is standard with compact cameras. Other makers who use widescreen LCDs get around this by showing the whole image with black bars on either side. It's not brilliant, but it works. In playback mode, though, the Z1 crops off the top and bottom of your stills and, until you figure this out, you're going to think you didn't get everything in the frame that you meant to, when really you did -- it's just that the screen's not displaying it all.
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The Casio Exilim EX-Z1 is a desperately dull little camera and, unless you count the range of colours available or its dinky little body as crucial selling points, it's hard to find anything interesting about it at all. It works, it takes pictures and its snaps are adequate. The bottom line, however, is that you can get a much better camera for the same money or an equally good one for far less.
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Mrs. Lindquist's sixth grade religion class at St. James School wanted to reach out and help their community. They started by creating a proposal to share with the class and then voted on the top choice. The sixth grade class chose to host an omelet breakfast fundraiser to benefit the children of Essentia Health Children's Hospital this Sunday, April 1 at St. James School from 9:00am to 12:45pm.
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The bottom button of the nearly 37 foot snowman was a giant tire and the man who built it was asking everyone who stopped to take a picture to consider giving a food item. Vern Scoville said he couldn't believe the final tally. He gave half the food to the Community Action Planning Council in Watertown and the other half to a pantry in Lewis County.
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The Pre-Law Program at Saint Xavier University assists students in all majors who plan to seek admission to law school or a legal career after graduation. It recommends courses to better prepare students for the Law School Aptitude Test (LSATs) and provides advising, mentoring, various activities and resources to support academic and career planning efforts.
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If you have both been treating a child as if he or she is your own, then the child is treated as a 'child of the family'. This means that if you separate, the child might continue to live with either parent, and the other parent could be ordered to pay child maintenance. The key issue is what would be in the child's best interests.
Adopted children are treated in the same way as natural children.
Foster children are not 'your' children. Normally any foster children would be removed from your care if you are going through a separation or divorce, but this would be a matter for the local authority who placed the child with you rather than the courts.
No. In many cases, a divorcing couple will simply agree among themselves what will happen. However, the court must be told what your plans are, and will consider whether they are in the children's best interests.
There are restrictions on taking a child out of the country (see 15) and changing a child's name.
Your primary concern should be what is in the child's best interests, but you will of course want to take into account your own individual circumstances and feelings.
There are many different models for sharing care of the children, from the children living with one parent and seeing the other at weekends, to the children dividing their weekly time between their parents more equally. Which is right for your family depends on your circumstances ie whether you both work; where you both live and who has historically been the primary carer for the children.
Financial arrangements should be put in place to provide for the child's support (see 18). Separate financial arrangements should also be made for the division of the family assets and for any maintenance payments from one ex-spouse to the other.
It should be borne in mind that the child's needs may lead to an apparently unfair arrangement. For example, in many divorces one parent and the child continue to live in the family home, while the other parent has relatively limited time with the child, lives in inferior accommodation and pays continuing maintenance. This may be an inevitable consequence of the priority that must be given to the child's welfare.
Ideally, you and your spouse will be able to reach agreement among yourselves. This can be done as quickly as you are able. (The court will review what you are proposing for the children as part of the divorce proceedings, but is unlikely to object provided what you are suggesting is reasonable.) If one parent is stalling, it may be worth pointing out that resolving matters quickly is in the children's best interests, and that financial issues – which may underlie any dispute – can be dealt with separately.
Even if the parents cannot resolve matters among themselves, it may be possible for them to reach agreement with the assistance of family mediation. This can be both faster and more cost-effective than going to court.
Otherwise, it will be necessary to apply for the appropriate court orders covering who a child will live with, what contact rights the other parent will have and any specific issues or prohibitions. The process involves various stages. Again, the process will be quicker if the parents are able to reach agreement during the initial conciliation appointment.
The key consideration is what is in the child's best interests. The court will take into account various factors, including the child's own wishes and the ability of each parent to look after the child.
Yes. The parents can agree this among themselves, and the court will almost always approve this.
However, if the parents cannot agree among themselves, the court will make an order determining the issue.
Yes, you can apply to the court. If the court considers that a change is in the child's best interests, it can grant an appropriate order.
In practice, it would be unusual for the court to order that a child who has been living with one parent for some time should now live with the other. More commonly, you might go to court to get an order covering a particular issue, such as where the child should be educated or to enforce your rights to see the child.
The financial arrangements for the child's maintenance can be changed to reflect changes in the parents' circumstances.
You and your ex-spouse can reach agreement between yourselves as to what contact rights you have. This can include visits to the child in the home, taking the child out during the day, overnight stays and telephone calls.
If you cannot reach agreement, you can at any time apply to the court for a 'contact' order. The court's decision is based on what the court thinks is in the best interests of the child, which will almost always include some contact for the non-resident parent. Typically, you might be granted regular weekly (or fortnightly) contact.
In some circumstances, it can be more difficult to obtain extensive contact rights. For example, if you have not been in contact with the child for a significant period of time since you separated from your ex, the court might want to minimise the disruption to the child's established routine. It is also likely to be difficult if your child says that he or she does not want to see you, particularly if the court feels the child is old enough to make an informed decision.
It is normal to agree that the non-resident parent should have the right to see the child on special occasions. Your ex might also agree that you should be able to see the child for occasional longer periods, such as during an annual holiday. Specific contact rights for special occasions can be included in a contact order (see 9).
Other members of your family do not automatically have any rights to see your child. However, the court may allow them to apply for a contact order (see 9). As long as the court considers this to be in the child's best interests, the application is likely to succeed.
If you have not already been granted a contact order (see 9), you can apply to the court for one.
If your ex continues to stop you seeing a child despite a contact order, you can go back to the court. In theory, the court can then take action against your ex for breaching the order: for example, the court could fine or imprison your ex. In practice, the court is usually reluctant to do this, as it is unlikely to be in the interests of the child.
This means that enforcing your contact rights can be a drawn-out and distressing process. You may need to return to court several times, and keep careful evidence of how your ex is frustrating your attempts to have the agreed contact with your child. Crucially, you must take action rather than allowing non-contact to become the status quo.
It is usually considered to be in the child's best interests to have some contact with the non-resident parent. This is not changed by, for example, your own feelings about your ex.
If there is a genuine reason why it is not in the child's interests to have contact with your ex – for example, if the child is at risk or a victim of abuse or violent behaviour – you can apply to the court for an order to prevent contact.
Yes. You continue to have parental responsibility, and a right to a say in how your children are brought up. If you cannot reach agreement with your ex, you can apply to the court for a specific issue order – for example, on where the child should be educated. The court's decision will be based on what is in the child's best interests.
As you retain parental responsibility for your children, your spouse is legally required to obtain your permission or a court order to take the children to live abroad. Your spouse is, however, generally allowed to take the children abroad for holidays of up to 28 days.
If you are concerned that your spouse plans to take your children to live abroad regardless, you can apply for a prohibited steps order to stop your spouse taking your children abroad at all. You should note, however, that your spouse can apply for a court order allowing the children to be relocated abroad if it is in their best interests.
Maintaining regular contact with your child will stop the new partner replacing you. However, it will not prevent your child forming an emotional attachment to the new partner as well. You should try to focus on your own relationship with the child, rather than 'competing' with the new partner.
An issue can arise over the child's surname. For example, when the child continues to live with the mother, the mother may want to change the child's surname to that of her new partner. You are entitled to object to this, and can take court action if the mother insists. As always, the court's decision will be based on what is in the child's best interests, but usually the court will not allow the change of name.
You cannot force your ex to be involved with the children (apart from taking steps to ensure that any child maintenance is paid). Indeed, if your ex does not want to be involved, it is probably in the children's best interests that he or she is not.
The Child Support Agency (CSA) has a formula for calculating the amount of maintenance that the "non-resident parent" must pay to support children. See the Child Support Agency website or consult your solicitor for details.
The amount can be reduced if the non-resident parent has other children to support or extra costs. There are also a number of other circumstances in which the CSA will vary the level of maintenance: for example, if a child spends more than one night a week with the non-resident parent. It is a good idea to take advice before agreeing a level of maintenance.
In most cases either parent can apply to the CSA to assess the level of maintenance to be paid. This will override any agreement between the parents.
In certain circumstances, either parent can apply to the courts to "top-up" the level of maintenance. For example, to contribute to the cost of private education.
Normally, child maintenance is under the control of the Child Support Agency (CSA), and it is up to the CSA to take action to enforce payment. This means that you cannot generally take court action yourself, but must act through the CSA.
Where child maintenance is paid under a court order – as can be the case, for example, with wealthy parents – you may be able to go to court if your ex fails to pay the required maintenance. Depending on the circumstances, the court can grant an appropriate order: for example, requiring your ex's employer to pay the child maintenance directly to you.
It is a good idea to take advice before agreeing a variation.
From the start, try to ensure that the financial arrangements provide adequate maintenance for your child. If the child will be living with you, ensure that the non-resident parent's maintenance contribution is at least as large as the level required by the Child Support Agency's formula (see 18). Take advice if there may be grounds for requiring higher payments: for example, to contribute towards private education or if your spouse has a very high income.
Think about the risks to this income. For example, if your former spouse runs into financial difficulties, or remarries and has new children to support, the required maintenance payment could be reduced. If your former spouse dies, maintenance payments will stop altogether. Consider asking your ex to take out suitable insurance policies, and to make provision in his or her will for the benefit of the child. If your spouse does die, leaving a will that fails to provide adequately for the child, take immediate legal advice. It may be possible to challenge the will so that funds are provided for the child's benefit.
Throughout, try to respect your former spouse's right to continue to be involved with the child, and encourage their relationship, regardless of your own personal feelings. Your ex is more likely to be willing to provide financial support if he or she remains close to the child and is taking an interest in how the money is spent.
The more you can agree among yourselves, the better. Ideally, you should agree all the arrangements for the children without the need for any court order. This avoids the children having to become involved in court proceedings. Children who are asked to tell the court what they want can feel that they are being asked to choose between their parents.
Try as best you can to avoid involving the children in your own arguments. No matter how badly you may feel your spouse has behaved towards you, it may well be in the child's best interests to continue to have a civilised relationship with them.
You may find it helpful to get in touch with a suitable support group, both for your own sake and for advice on how to protect your children's emotional wellbeing. You can find a range of helpful information on the internet, aimed both at parents and at children: for example, at the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) website.


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Both figures topped estimates from Thomas Reuters of $38.9 billion and $10.10 per share. Needless to say, Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer was quoted as saying they are very pleased with the results.
Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, an increase of 88 percent over the same period last year, accounting for roughly half of the overall revenue. Cupertino points to a surge in the Asia-Pacific and Japan markets where sales more than doubled year over year. The iPhone is now available in over 100 countries on 230 wireless carriers. International sales were responsible for 64 percent of the quarter's revenue.
Apple's new iPad helped the company sell 11.8 million tablets in the quarter, an increase of 151 percent over last year's figure. Oppenheimer credits the education sector for the increased iPad sales, noting that the tablet outsold the Mac by a two-to-one factor with US K-12 customers.
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I guess its not much of a surprise that the iPod sales are declining, the iPhone does it just as well if not better and since the sales of iPhones are soaring, I mean, I got the 64gb iPhone 4S and there just isn't a need to have a separate device for music, If Apple lowered the prices on the entire iPod range though, then I could see a reason to purchase an iPod, I could by several Nano's and use one for my car for instance, even then though, I still use my phone now :S
And if you had bought an Android phone with an SD slot another 32GB would only cost about $35.
$39 billion revenue in 90 days is $433 million a day, or $18 million an HOUR. That's amazing. 'Very pleased' sounds like an understatement.
Yes, ipod is on the way out. But only because they did too much with it. There's still a good use for a nano. I don't want to workout with a phone sized music player. If they could build a good small mp3 player/radio with something integrated for fitness (GPS maybe?) they could bring it back.
Most people don't know this but the iPod now accounts for less than 1% of the entire value of Apple. If the iPod disappeared completely, it would hardly matter to Apple. Imho, the iPod stopped making sense as far back as 4 years ago when most smartphones already had 8-16GBs of RAM for music. Also, why would anyone want to carry 2 devices where one device does all the functions of the other. The only area where iPod still somewhat makes sense is the gym or for people who want to listen to music while doing active sports (say biking or running). I suppose not everyone wants a smartphone, in which case, the iPod may make sense. For most people it's simply a redundant overpriced device.
Without the apple tax, the revenues might actually look normal -_-
Apple is F***ing all its competitors
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