Low Risk, High Profit Trading Strategies

July 20th, 2008 Posted in Buying Stock

Stocks - CC PP (Stocks - Covered Call Protective Put) Strategy We all know that trading stocks involves stress and risk. At the same time it can also be highly profitable. Trading can give the most return on investments as compared to other investment strategies including real estate. For example, savings, money market accounts or CDs may give a return of 2 to 5% at best. You may expect a 10% rate through mutual funds. However, under the current economic conditions, such a yield may be hard to come by even with a long term investment. Also, you do not have control over your investments and you can not be sure if your financial consultant either. What then is a low risk and more profitable alternative?

The purpose of this article is to illustrate one such low risk, high profit trading strategy, which combines stocks and options.

Covered calls and protective puts are enabled in most of the trading accounts by major brokers. (Ameritrade, Scottrade, E-trade, etc)

Covered call is you buy stocks and sell 1 call (contract) for every 100 stocks you buy/own.

Protective put is buy 1 put for every 100 stocks you own. In this strategy we buy a put which expires at least 6 months later.

When the stock price goes up, call price goes up and put price goes down. Elapsed time will have negative impact on put price.

Heres the Stocks - Covered Call Protective Put Strategy Look for an up-trending, optionable stock. For this example, lets call it XYZ. Lets assume XYZ stock is currently trading at $69 per share. Assume that currently we are in the first, second or third week of February. You buy 100 stocks of XYZ.

Next, you write a covered call on XYZ, at a strike price of 75, for March. This gives you an additional income, but you have an obligation of selling the stock, at $75. Say you get $150 from writing the covered call.

However, just because the stock is an up-trending one, and you have already made $150, you can not be 100% sure which direction the stock price might move. So, in this strategy, buy a put on XYZ for a strike price at 70 and expiration of 6 months+. In our case, buy the put for the month of August or later. Say this costs you $800. This gives you a right to sell the XYZ stock at a price of $70, even if it drops below 70 by August expiration. (For a real time example, as of this article date - Feb 2006, see JOYG with current price at ~55, and its option chain with strike price of 60. Its Oct 2006 put was available at ~6.5)

Scenarios: Lets consider some scenarios to illustrate how this can be a low risk, high profit strategy.

Scenario 1: By the March expiration date, if the XYZ stock price goes above $75, the stock will be called out. That means it will be sold from your account. Normally, stocks in the money by $0.25 will be automatically exercised.

Since the stock price has gone up, your put price will decrease. Since the put is in the future, its delta is low. You might be able to sell it for around $600. Higher the stock price goes, put price will decrease. You can wait for a good time to sell before its expiration. The net profit for 100 XYZ stocks can be calculated as follows:

Stock price sold stock price bought + premium received from covered call put price bought + put price sold.

i.e. 7500 6900 + 150 800 + 600 = 550. That is a return of 7.3% PER MONTH. Which translates to 87.6% per year.

Scenario 2: Stock price goes above 69, but remains below 75 by the March expiration. Here the call will expire worthless, and you get to pocket the premium received from writing the covered call. You can write another call for April for the same underlying stock XYZ, for which you may get $150 - $200. You can continue writing the covered calls until the protective put expires or you get called out. Your overall return could be 30% to 70% per year.

Scenario 3: In most trades, if the stock price drops, you lose money, but not here! Lets say, XYZ falls in value to $65 by March expiration date. If you had just traded only the stock, your portfolio would have decreased in value by $400. But, in our case, since you have the protective put, you can still sell the stock at $70, no matter how low the price drops.

If it is in later months, say April or May, you will have generated some income by writing covered calls. If the stock price goes down, there are two alternatives we can choose. Wait till the covered call expires for the month, or buy back the covered call. Before the protective put expires, you can either exercise the put, or sell the stock at current price. The protective put price goes up when the stock price drops. So you can sell the stock at the current price of 65 and sell the protective put at around 950.

Depending on the months elapsed, since you can write covered call each month, you will have made $200 - $600.

So, net for this scenario would be:

Stock price sold stock price bought + premium received from covered call from all months so far put price bought + put price sold.

i.e. 6500 6900 800 + 950 + 300 = 50. This will be just a breakeven, despite the stock price has gone down. If the stock price goes further down, there may be little bit more loss, but the maximum risk is the premium paid for the protective put minus money received from covered calls [minus/plus difference between the stock price and put strike price].

So, even if the stock price goes down, you will find yourself with a small profit or no loss or a very insignificant loss. You have, overall, a very good opportunity of cutting down your risks.

This strategy, in most cases, gives a good profit, and in rest of the cases, a very low risk. Thus, this is a high profit, low risk strategy. Practice the details and paper trade the strategy.

For a current list of stocks which fit this strategy, visit BeingLive.com/Stocks

Disclaimer: This article is published solely for information purposes and is not to be construed as advice or a recommendation to buy or sell a security. Trading results may vary. No representations are being made that utilizing techniques mentioned in this article will result in or guarantee profits in trading. Past performance is no indication of future results.

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July 20th, 2008 Posted in Wedding Invitations

Your guest opens up her mailbox, and sees a lovely envelope addressed to her. Inside is her invitation to your wedding! What a lovely way to tell her how much you want her to share in the joy and celebrate you and your fiancs exchange of wedding vows.

But wait! Theres more! What are all the other things thats in the envelope?

One of the two most common types of enclosures is the Response card, also known as an RSVP card, (French for Respondez, sil vous plait, or please respond). This card (with its pre-addressed and pre-stamped envelope), allows your guests to easily let you know if they will be coming.

The other most common enclosure is the Reception card. It gives them information on the time and location of the reception. If the ceremony and reception will be held at the same location, the Reception card can be omitted as long as reception information is also included on the invitation itself. Something along the lines of Reception immediately following ceremony will usually suffice and save you money.

Maps and directions are also popular enclosures. The easier you can make it for your guest to attend your wedding the better. Even if your guests live locally, a map with good directions is thoughtful and much appreciated.

One other common enclosure is hotel information If you have several out-of-town guests, an easy and inexpensive (doesnt cost you a dime!) courtesy is to book a block of rooms at a nearby hotel. Include the name of the event (ex. Smith-Jones Wedding), the hotels reservation phone number and room rates (hotels will often give a discount) on coordinating cardstock. Whether your guests choose to stay at this location is up to them, but youve conveniently and thoughtfully put the information right at their fingertips.

A less common enclosure is the Within the Ribbon card. This card, which is about the size of a business card, is not sent to every guest, but only to those particularly special friends and family members. This card is brought to the ceremony and shows the ushers that you and your fianc want to ensure that these special guests are seated up front. These cards are not necessary for grandparents or siblings, as they are traditionally seated up front, or for parents as they traditionally have the honor of sitting in the first row. Within the Ribbon cards are usually used for very large and very formal weddings where many guests are expected and reserving enough room for seating special friends and family members is a must.

The purpose of the invitation and its various enclosures is to provide all necessary information a guest will need to easily and comfortably attend your wedding and share in your celebration.

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Debt Consolidation Budgets

July 20th, 2008 Posted in Bad Debt Consolidation

Debt consolidation budgets help persons recover from excess debt. You have to follow certain guidelines in preparing a debt consolidation budget. First, consider what percentage of your housing loan will occupy your take home pay. You may allocate 30% on housing, which may include repairs, power, phone, and water utilities. You have to set aside 20% for food, 10% for medical, 5% for clothing, and 15% for entertainment that may include smoking, dining with friends, movies, and cable. You should be extra cautious with allocating your funds. The most important part of your plan is, of course, savings and investments.

Now you are ready to start preparing a new debt consolidation budget. Most debt consolidation budgets fail, because people start off without first tracking their expenses. Very often people begin with making impossible debt consolidation budgets to stick to, and in the end they start complaining that their budget doesn’t work. It is always advisable to keep a realistic approach when projecting your figures. It would not be realistic to limit the fuel expense to $100 when you have to pay at least $300 on fueling your car alone. Tracking expenses is the first and most important step in debt consolidation budgets.

The next step in preparing a new debt consolidation budget is to balance your budget. You have to add up all your expenses and subtract them from your take-home pay. Deduct your emergency savings fund goal you have already set. If the balance is positive, that is good news for you. If not, you have to narrow down your saving funds goal to a longer period. Also, try to reduce satisfying your “wants” in the budget as much as possible.

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July 20th, 2008 Posted in Self Esteem

1. Face Your Fears. Make a list of the major problems in your life, then list ways to improve or change them. They are never really as bad as you think they are. Chances are that not all of your problems can be dealt with easily or quickly because they might involve others. But unless you change, no one else will, so it is still your responsibility to confront or address your problems. There will be some areas where you can take immediate action. Start with those, because resolving the smaller irritations will give you the satisfaction, the reinforcement and the courage to move on to the bigger ones.

2. Live in the Present. There is nothing happening back there. That door is firmly closed now because the past exists only inside our heads. Nowhere else. There is no harm in remembering fond memories which make you feel good, but ditch the nasty ones. Past activities are already history and we cant change history. We can only appreciate it, reminisce on it, assess it, analyse it or celebrate it. We have to accept it and look to the future, especially if we value our lives. Welcome change, make it work for you, even if, initially, you cant see its value. The change is going to happen with or without you, so you might as well help to pioneer it and set the trend rather than be left behind like a fossil harking back to past ways which are definitely outmoded and will never return.

3. Reach Out to Others. Find the courage to really open your heart to someone. Self-confidence is strongly related to trusting others because our deepest secrets are often not as hidden to others as we may think. Because we share the same environment and experiences, there will always be common threads linking our lives with that of others and, while we are unique, we are no more special than our family or peers. It is this desire to be perfect, to put ourselves above others, or to put ourselves down that breeds self-shame and keeps us being distrustful. We forget that everyone around us is just as human as ourselves and is likely to share our innermost secrets.

4. Loosen Up. If you have ever had a near death experience, you will immediately appreciate the value of this statement. Once our lives are in grave danger, everything else pales into insignificance. Suddenly, things that used to matter become trivial as our priorities change. Dont take life or yourself too seriously. Let your hair down and enjoy yourself sometimes. Dont look like a failure by being morose and gloomy. There is always someone worse off than you are. Above all, people dislike those who have no humour the stiff, starchy, jobsworth types, and those who are constantly negative. That attitude achieves nothing and keeps you feeling low.

If you want to scatter a crowd fast, just call in some miserable people! You only have to think of someone you know who is disabled, very ill, deprived or even dead, and that should put your own life in perspective; to show you how fortunate you are. Problems make you stronger if you strive to overcome them. That is the whole point of your resolve being tested by your circumstances. In fact, to overcome hurdles and survive is the essence of life. If you cant laugh at yourself, you will always be unhappy, which will reduce the positive aura around you. It is a futile desire to control our situation or to feel superior which often ends up making us feel like idiots!

5. Learn to be Assertive. That is, learn to express your feelings, opinions, beliefs and needs directly, openly and honestly, while being sensitive to the rights of others. Know what you want and ask for it. Thats the only way your dreams will come true. Just because you wish to express yourself to your boss or partner about something that might be bothering you, or could be sensitive, does not mean it will be automatically unacceptable. As long as you remember that you have the right to express your feelings and others have the right to accept or reject them, you should go for it. Often it is a selfish desire to impose our own rights and demands on others, without accepting their rights in the situation or interfering with their privacy which negatively affects our self-esteem.

Saying No to unreasonable requests is also a very good start to building confidence. Often childhood conditioning prevents us from actually refusing what others want, regardless of its effect on us. Additionally, talking about our fears or any misunderstanding with others builds more confidence than living in an unspoken, isolated and accusatory fashion.

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Learning Spanish Language- What the High School Teachers Keep Secret!

July 20th, 2008 Posted in Learn Language

Have you ever asked yourself how difficult it would be learning Spanish language? If you are like me and you remember the two years that you spent in high school studying Spanish and about the only phrase that you can remember is toco la guitara, which means I play the guitar. Well I do not play the guitar so this phrase is pretty much useless to me.

The good news is when learning Spanish language is that it is really not that difficult. The upside to learning Spanish is that you see immediate results and this can help motivate you when you become discouraged.

There are several different reasons to learn Spanish other than it is a wonderful language. There are currently 25 different nations that you Spanish as their official language or their primary language. Also, the United States of America has the third-highest number of Spanish speakers in the world. There are several predictions that by the year 2020 there will be 51 million plus people who speak Spanish in the United States.

If after seeing the statistics if it is not motivation enough to learn Spanish you may want to learn Spanish for your own personal use. Learning Spanish language can also improve your job marketing skills. If you are able to put on your resume that you can fluently speak Spanish it will open many doors in the job market that were previously closed.

One of the reasons that Spanish is easy to learn for English speaking people is because the English language has many of its roots from Spanish. Many of the rules are the same between English and Spanish such as the alphabet and many of the pronunciation rules.

One of the reasons why many people have a difficult time learning Spanish in a traditional classroom setting is because Spanish is taught so that you can succeed on test and not for practical applications. When you take the test you regurgitate what you have learned then generally forget the majority of it.

Learning Spanish language in a practical application makes much more sense because it is this type of application that you can use Spanish on a day-to-day basis. If you have been thinking about learning Spanish but remember how unpleasant it was in high school do not shy away from it because there are a lot of programs out there that can teach you Spanish in a fun and enjoyable way.

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Case Study Outsourcing In India - Myth Or Reality?

July 19th, 2008 Posted in Outsource

Legal services are rather popular in the States, resulting in huge profits for their owners. However, the services of lawyers are not cheap and are still not available to everybody. Reducing the costs for legal help would give a chance to find new potential customers and develop a new segment of case study market. Legal study outsourcing presents one of the ways of decreasing the costs for running legal help firms. Certain law companies have already started to offshore their work, opening up new possibilities for far-seeing companies. Besides becoming affordable for many customers, the case study outsourcing firms could cooperate with their partners in the USA by means of telephone or Internet and present legal services on a round-the-clock basis. The cost savings from case study outsourcing can be really tangible.
India, with its more than 500 law schools and around 200,000 law students graduating every year, seems like on of the best options in the list of countries for case study outsourcing.

This country does not have shortage of lawyers. One more positive factor here is that thanks to the internet technologies, Indian attorneys have a possibility to employ the same research tools and case study reports, just like any lawyer in the States. Although Indians speak English with an accent, they still have an advantage over many other foreign lawyers as English is often their first language. Indian attorneys tend to be highly motivated, intelligent, and rather dedicated to their work. Because for them working for a case study outsourcing firm is much more moneymaking, than working for a local legal firm, they are often eager to work with the cases, which many workers of law firms do not want to consider. Employees of case study outsourcing firms gladly take the cases, which envisage revising a great number of documents before the trial.

Surely, there are many questions to be considered before actually signing a contract with a case study outsourcing firm. One of them concerns the quality of the work of offshore workers. Can you always rely on the case study outsourcing firm, and which exact level of quality to expect? Can all cases be delegated to Indian partners, or maybe there are some exceptions due to some cultural or other differences? Can the Indian accent, peculiarities of the Indian English and certain cultural differences become a barrier on the way to revising and coding documents before a certain trial? Will licensing become a problem? Will there be any problems while transacting with Indian banks, if the offshore attorneys do present the satisfactory level of work? There are always many risks while hiring a case study outsourcing firm overseas, they all have to be taken into account and rigorously assessed before making the final decision.

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July 19th, 2008 Posted in Buying Stock

Interestingly, the only person who is absolutely sure to gain from a tip is the “tip giver”. Take a look at this -

Day 1
You wake up and go through your rather extensive phone book. There are exactly 1000 mobile numbers. After neatly dividing the stock in two equal parts, you start the rather laborious exercise of sending a message to the first 500 people - “Reliance will go up today” and to the other 500 people - “Reliance will go down today”. Your cost = 1000 rupees (Re.1 being the charge of an SMS)

Day 2
Another wonderful morning. You pick up the morning paper to find the Reliance stock to have shot up. You look to the skies, say a small pray for the people who got your prediction wrong and get about your work for the day. You divide the stock of 500 people who got the right tip into two parts. To one part (250) you sms - “Infosys is definitely up today” and to the remaining 250 - “Infosys is surely down today”. Your cost = 500 rupees (total cost = 1500)

Day 3
Infosys seems to have gone down today.. these cut in spends in the US are creating some havoc, you say and get down to business. 250 correct tips (for two days) get cut in 125 and 125. To one half, Wipro to go up and to the other, Wipro to go down. Cost for the day = 250 rupees

Day 4
125 is broken into 62/62. Now HLL is at stake, and you have me (the famous stock analyst) to give you your daily sms stock tip. Cost = 125; total cost = 1875

Day 5
By now these 62 people who got all 4 tips correct would be really going nuts. Some might have also invested using my tips while some others would be really scouting for some money because they now have this amazing stock analyst who gives correct predictions after another. Only this time it’s pay-back time. In return of these wonderful tips, I ask for a paltry sum of rupees 10 for the next tip. Let assume the 62 of them pay up 10 rupees. Thats a cost of 62 for me (for the sms) but an earning of 620 rupees. Total loss is now down to 1,317 rupees. Again we do the 31/31 split.

Day 6
31 is split as 16/16 (rounding off numbers here for illustration purposes). This time I charge a premium of 20 rupees because its 5 correct tips in a row.

Day 7, day 8, day 9 and day 10
16 = 8/8; 8= 4/4; 4=2/2; 2=1/1
Premiums also increase to 30, 40, 50 and 60 rupees. I am currently sitting on a cumulative profit of 362 rupees.

Day 11
Last day at work. I pick up my phone for a rather lackluster day, flip a coin and sms the one lonely fellow my tip of the day (boy, this guys must have gone real crazy by now)

At the end of 11 days of work I have a net PROFIT of 431 rupees.

Scenarios -
a) Had I started the share-tip collection in the fourth iteration itself, I would have made profit of 2921.
b) And if I had charged a premium of 10 rupees throughout from the fourth iteration - i would have gained 491 rupees.

The king of torts may ask - “Is it legal?”. Well what makes any aspect of this illegal? The people receiving the tip have a choice to act or not act on it. Consideration is being taken for a service rendered - i.e. pain-staking research of Indian equities.

Excellent money making machine, eh? (Q.E.D.)

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July 19th, 2008 Posted in Dating Services

When you’re out picking up women, it’s important to remember some very simple rules that will make sure your chances of picking up women will actually WORK, rather than get a drink thrown in your face.

You can never really know when a pickup is going to go well, but there are ways you can prepare. So here’s some steps for success BEFORE you go out picking up women!

When you go to a place where you know there will be attractive women, make the decision that you’re actually going to pick them up!

Too often, guys will go out with no real goal in mind. And guess what? When you have no outcome in mind - you’ll usually end up with NOTHING.

But if you go out with a specific goal, your chances of achieving that goal go up DRAMATICALLY.

It doesn’t matter if it’s as simple as “Talk To One Woman Tonight,” or as ambitious as “Get Two Women To Come Home For A Threesome.”

As long as you have a goal, your chances of picking up a girl will increase substantially.

You don’t even have to be GOING OUT to pick up women. Maybe you’re visiting a food court in mid-afternoon because you’re feeling hungry, and you know you’ll spot at least one attractive woman there who you could see later.

You may or may not succeed in your quest, but you’re much more likely to have a positive outcome if you go with the mindset that you can pull off a successful pickup.

Always take a pen and paper, or at least your cell phone, wherever you go. You’ll need it for when you exchange numbers with women. Be sure to keep a condom with you, too, just in case! Knowing that you have protection on hand is just one more thing that will keep you from chickening out.

Remember: Do Not Give Yourself An Excuse NOT To Pick Up Women!

The more reason you give yourself NOT to do something, the harder it will be to do.

Let’s face it - you’ve been making excuses not to pick up women every day. How has that been working for you?

Not good, I bet.

Listen: Picking up women successfully is about being mentally prepared to engage someone socially. If you are thinking about all the things that CAN go wrong, if you’re obsessing over everything about yourself that ISN’T attractive, if you’re looking for excuses NOT to try and pick up the girl…

Guess what?

Chances are - YOU’RE NOT GOING TO PICK HER UP!

That is why you simply need to mentally prepare yourself for the pickup. NO EXCUSES!

Visualize a positive outcome. Focus on all you have to offer a girl. Be fun, friendly, and open. But most importantly - TALK TO HER!

Don’t let the opportunity pass you by. Even if you have a “bad feeling” or are nervous, just think of it as a “practice run” to help get you warmed up.

Know your environment. When you meet a girl you like, you’ll want to get together with her soon preferably the same day, while her attraction for you is still high. Be aware of good places nearby where you can “bounce” to, like bars, coffee houses, lounges, art galleries, or other fun place where you and your “target” can have a change of scenery.

You’ll want to go to a place that’s low-key enough so you can get to know each other better. When you bounce from one location to another, it’s like you’re going on another date. Why wait for another week to pass by to take her on another date so you can build comfort with her, when you know you can do it on the same day?

Have a place in mind where you can become intimate with her. If you live nearby and you can bring her home, so much the better.

Have an excuse to take her home that has nothing to do with sex. You can have a DVD that she’s never seen but has to see, or an exotic drink she’s never tried, or some photos you’ve taken of a place where you’ve been that she’s never seen. Or you can play her a song that you’ve written. It doesn’t matter, as long as it makes her comfortable enough to come over!

Remember that the whole point of picking up women is to build trust, comfort, and attraction all at the same time. If any of those three qualities are missing, your pickup may very well fail. So be sure not to neglect any of them!

Joseph Matthews is the author of the internet’s #1 resource on how to meet women - the Art of Approaching. You can sign up for his free Meet Women Crash Course by visiting his website http://www.artofapproaching.com. If you would like to read an alternate version of this article on Picking Up Women you can do so here.

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Have you been thinking about consolidating credit card or other debt? Are you worried because you have a less than perfect credit history? There are plenty choices available today to help you consolidate your debt. No matter what type of debt you want to consolidate, the best solution is researching online to find the best lenders for your situation. Here are a few options available to you online.

To get a debt consolidation loan you must first qualify for the loan, as with any other type of loan. If you have a home, your first option should be to apply for a home equity loan or consider going above the equity amount to get the financing you need. This should be option number one for most home owners because your interest will probably be tax deductible.

Another option available to you is a debt negotiating company, this works well for those who do not own a home. Debt negotiating companies will help you manage your debt without you getting a loan. These companies charge you a fee most of the time, they help negotiate lower interest rates with your creditors. There are several ways to do this.

Reputable debt negotiating companies are definitely worth the fee that is charged. When selecting these companies you have to be careful, some companies that operate as debt negotiating companies are not honest. These companies can actually cost you money and can make your situation worse than before.
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While Outsourcing stands for giving out a part or certain parts of your business operations to a regional or local distinct business entity, offshore outsourcing implies delegation of the selected business operations to an offshore location outside the country.

The two concepts share some advantages and differ on others. The common benefits of outsourcing and offshore outsourcing include doing away with the burden of mundane business operations that can be easily and skillfully handled at an off-site location, generally for a lesser budget. Outsourcing is a brilliant idea to relieve the business entity from vain exertion and instead pay better attention to ones specialized services areas or may be provide more agile customer care. Also, outsourcing excuses the enterprise from the substantial set up costs, viz. the cost of work space, manpower, stationery, systems and other miscellaneous expenses that would otherwise incur, if the jobs are not outsourced.

While local outsourcing manages just a couple, offshore outsourcing comes with a whole baggage of advantages. The highlights of offshore outsourcing remain the niche economies available at the offshore location, including exceptional professional talent for considerably lower costs. In fact, inspired by the dynamism of offshore outsourcing model in India, not less than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies are already taking advantage of it, including big names like MicroSoft, Motorola, Oracle, GE and Lucent.

Economies of scale is another citable advantage from Offshore outsourcing, as offshore destinations generally conduct themselves as specialized ventures that also take up similar jobs from other companies across the globe. As statistics has it, offshore outsourcing can bring down the costs for you from 50% to 30%, subject to onsite and offshore resources.

Offshore outsourcing also allows you to make a careful choice as regards the standard timeframe on offer, so as to render the effective working hours almost round the clock. For example, IST and EST are complimentary in nature with around nine and a half hour difference. This in turn, considerably shrinks delivery time for US-based companies translating into achievement of business targets well within budget and sped up job schedule.

Moreover, offshore outsourcing can span across wholesome backend business operations; the most prominent of all being IT and IT enabled services (ITES) with a whopping 28% of the entire share. As per reliable reports, majority of IT based outsourcing contracts are already moving to India, in spite of competitive rates offered by China and Russia. India offers wider talent and more purchasing power for US dollar, in turn saving billions of dollars for its US counterparts.

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