Ivory Coast held Russia, Ghana hit back to draw in China and African championsZambia lost in South Korea on Wednesday, as they prepared for Cup of Nations qualifiers next month.
A goal created and scored by French Ligue 1 players earned the Ivorians a 1-1 draw in Moscow with Paris SG defender Siaka Tiene crossing for Saint-Etienne midfielder Max Gradel to head home at the second attempt.
Abdul Razack, a 19-year-old midfielder from English Premier League champions Manchester City winning his first cap, struck the post with a close-range shot midway through the second half after Alan Dzagoev had put Russia ahead.
Ivory Coast, African champions once and runners-up twice, confront Senegal in the highlight of the 15 two-leg qualifiers that will decide who joins hosts South Africa at the 2013 Cup of Nations.
Substitute Richmond Boakye-Yiadom from Italian champions Juventus snatched a late goal to salvage a 1-1 draw for Ghana in Xi'an after Lin Gao had put China ahead from the penalty spot early in the second half.
Boakye-Yiadom had come on for fellow striker Emmanuel Clottey, a revelation for unfancied Berekum Chelsea in the CAF Champions League this year with 12 goals from nine matches.
China had a chance to regain the lead when awarded a second penalty five minutes from time, but substitute goalkeeper Ernest Sowah blocked the kick in his first appearance for the Black Stars.
Striker Asamoah Gyan, who ended a self-imposed international exile triggered by public and media criticism when he had a penalty saved against Zambia in the 2012 Cup of Nations semi-finals, was an unused substitute.
Lee Keun-Ho scored soon after half-time to sink Zambia 2-1 in Seoul after he had put South Korea ahead and Switzerland-based Emmanuel Mayuka levelled just before the half-hour mark.
CAF Champions League commitments and injuries meant Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) lacked five of the team that defeated Ivory Coast on penalties in Libreville last February to win a maiden African title.
It was the fourth friendly for the Zambians since that unexpected triumph and a second loss after a 1-0 reverse in Malawi. They defeated Zimbabwe 2-1 last week and drew 0-0 in Angola.
Angola made a winning start under Uruguayan coach Gustavo Ferrin by defeating fellow Portuguese-speaking country Mozambique 2-0 in coastal city Benguela via second-half goals from Kivuvo and Goncalves.
Cincinnati, OH, August 2, 2012 In 2010, 59% of the U.S. population used internet searches for health information, and parents searching for information regarding their children were among the top users. In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published recommendations for infant sleep safety to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, strangulation, and other accidental sleep-related deaths. However, according to a study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, Google internet searches related to infant sleep safety often do not reflect AAP recommendations.
Seventy-two percent of adults thought that they could believe most or all of the health information on the internet, and 70% of adults said that information that they found on the internet impacted their health or their actions pertaining to their health or the health of their children. According to Rachel Y. Moon, MD, pediatrician and SIDS researcher at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, "It is important for health care providers to realize the extent to which parents may turn to the internet for information about infant sleep safety and then act on that advice, regardless of the reliability of the source."
Dr. Moon and colleagues from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences checked the accuracy of information on infant sleep safety available on the internet, using Google, the top search engine in the U.S. Thirteen key phrases were created to reflect specific AAP recommendations for infant sleep safety, and the first 100 search engine websites were analyzed for each phrase (1300 websites total).
Of 1300 website results, 43.5% provided accurate information, 28.1% provided inaccurate information, and 28.4% provided information that was not relevant to infant sleep safety. When the websites that were not relevant were excluded, 60.8% of the websites provided accurate information. The key search phrases with the highest percentage of accurate information were "infant cigarette smoking," "infant sleep position," and "infant sleep surface"; those with the highest percentage of inaccurate information were "pacifier infant," "infant home monitor," and "infant co-sleeping."
The most common types of websites resulting from the key search phrases were company/interest groups, retail product reviews, and educational websites. Government and organizational websites had the highest percentage of accurate information (80.1% and 72.5%, respectively). Blogs, retail product reviews, and individuals' websites had the highest percentage of inaccurate information regarding infant sleep safety (30.9%, 36.2%, and 45.5%, respectively). News websites were accurate only one-half of the time.
The authors recommend that healthcare providers should provide an up-to-date list of websites that accurately reflect AAP recommendations on infant sleep safety. Dr. Moon suggests the following websites as good starting places for infant sleep safety information: Health Finder (www.healthfinder.gov), Medline Plus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus), and Health on the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch/HONcode). Government and other websites regarding infant sleep safety should periodically review and update their information for accuracy and currency, making sure to cite sources and dates to provide accurate information to parents and caregivers.
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Notes for editors
"Safe Infant Sleep Recommendations on the Internet: Let's Google It" by Matthew Chung, BSc, Rosalind P. Oden, Brandi L. Joyner, MSA, Alexandra Sims, BA, Rachel Y. Moon, MD, appears in The Journal of Pediatrics (www.jpeds.com), DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.004, published by Elsevier.
About The Journal of Pediatrics
The Journal of Pediatrics is a primary reference for the science and practice of pediatrics and its subspecialties. This authoritative resource of original, peer-reviewed articles oriented toward clinical practice helps physicians stay abreast of the latest and ever-changing developments in pediatric medicine. The Journal of Pediatrics is ranked 4th out of 113 pediatric medical journals (2011 Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters). URL: www.jpeds.com
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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Google it?: Internet searches often provide inaccurate information about infant sleep safetyPublic release date: 2-Aug-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Cincinnati, OH, August 2, 2012 In 2010, 59% of the U.S. population used internet searches for health information, and parents searching for information regarding their children were among the top users. In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published recommendations for infant sleep safety to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, strangulation, and other accidental sleep-related deaths. However, according to a study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, Google internet searches related to infant sleep safety often do not reflect AAP recommendations.
Seventy-two percent of adults thought that they could believe most or all of the health information on the internet, and 70% of adults said that information that they found on the internet impacted their health or their actions pertaining to their health or the health of their children. According to Rachel Y. Moon, MD, pediatrician and SIDS researcher at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, "It is important for health care providers to realize the extent to which parents may turn to the internet for information about infant sleep safety and then act on that advice, regardless of the reliability of the source."
Dr. Moon and colleagues from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences checked the accuracy of information on infant sleep safety available on the internet, using Google, the top search engine in the U.S. Thirteen key phrases were created to reflect specific AAP recommendations for infant sleep safety, and the first 100 search engine websites were analyzed for each phrase (1300 websites total).
Of 1300 website results, 43.5% provided accurate information, 28.1% provided inaccurate information, and 28.4% provided information that was not relevant to infant sleep safety. When the websites that were not relevant were excluded, 60.8% of the websites provided accurate information. The key search phrases with the highest percentage of accurate information were "infant cigarette smoking," "infant sleep position," and "infant sleep surface"; those with the highest percentage of inaccurate information were "pacifier infant," "infant home monitor," and "infant co-sleeping."
The most common types of websites resulting from the key search phrases were company/interest groups, retail product reviews, and educational websites. Government and organizational websites had the highest percentage of accurate information (80.1% and 72.5%, respectively). Blogs, retail product reviews, and individuals' websites had the highest percentage of inaccurate information regarding infant sleep safety (30.9%, 36.2%, and 45.5%, respectively). News websites were accurate only one-half of the time.
The authors recommend that healthcare providers should provide an up-to-date list of websites that accurately reflect AAP recommendations on infant sleep safety. Dr. Moon suggests the following websites as good starting places for infant sleep safety information: Health Finder (www.healthfinder.gov), Medline Plus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus), and Health on the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch/HONcode). Government and other websites regarding infant sleep safety should periodically review and update their information for accuracy and currency, making sure to cite sources and dates to provide accurate information to parents and caregivers.
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Notes for editors
"Safe Infant Sleep Recommendations on the Internet: Let's Google It" by Matthew Chung, BSc, Rosalind P. Oden, Brandi L. Joyner, MSA, Alexandra Sims, BA, Rachel Y. Moon, MD, appears in The Journal of Pediatrics (www.jpeds.com), DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.004, published by Elsevier.
About The Journal of Pediatrics
The Journal of Pediatrics is a primary reference for the science and practice of pediatrics and its subspecialties. This authoritative resource of original, peer-reviewed articles oriented toward clinical practice helps physicians stay abreast of the latest and ever-changing developments in pediatric medicine. The Journal of Pediatrics is ranked 4th out of 113 pediatric medical journals (2011 Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters). URL: www.jpeds.com
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
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1-513-636-7140
journal.pediatrics@cchmc.org
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It is harder than one might think to find information on the best ways to improve your credit rating. The information in this article can help you budget for credit repair. Apply these tips for efficient strategies.
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Earth absorbing more carbon, even as CO2 emissions rise, says CU-Boulder-led studyPublic release date: 1-Aug-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Ashley Ballantyne ashley.ballantyne@colorado.edu 760-846-1391 University of Colorado at Boulder
Planet's carbon uptake doubles in past 50 years, researchers ponder how long trend can continue
Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth's vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them, according to a surprising new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
The study, led by CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Ashley Ballantyne, looked at global CO2 emissions reports from the past 50 years and compared them with rising levels of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere during that time, primarily because of fossil fuel burning. The results showed that while CO2 emissions had quadrupled, natural carbon "sinks" that sequester the greenhouse gas doubled their uptake in the past 50 years, lessening the warming impacts on Earth's climate.
"What we are seeing is that the Earth continues to do the heavy lifting by taking up huge amounts of carbon dioxide, even while humans have done very little to reduce carbon emissions," said Ballantyne. "How long this will continue, we don't know."
A paper on the subject will be published in the Aug. 2 issue of Nature. Co-authors on the study include CU-Boulder Professor Jim White, CU-Boulder doctoral student Caroline Alden and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists John Miller and Pieter Tans. Miller also is a research associate at the CU-headquartered Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
According to Alden, the trend of sinks gulping atmospheric carbon cannot continue indefinitely. "It's not a question of whether or not natural sinks will slow their uptake of carbon, but when," she said.
"We're already seeing climate change happen despite the fact that only half of fossil fuel emissions stay in the atmosphere while the other half is drawn down by the land biosphere and oceans," Alden said. "If natural sinks saturate as models predict, the impact of human emissions on atmospheric CO2 will double."
Ballantyne said recent studies by others have suggested carbon sinks were declining in some areas of the globe, including parts of the Southern Hemisphere and portions of the world's oceans. But the new Nature study showed global CO2 uptake by Earth's sinks essentially doubled from 1960 to 2010, although increased variations from year-to-year and decade-to-decade suggests some instability in the global carbon cycle, he said.
White, who directs CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, likened the increased pumping of CO2 into the atmosphere to a car going full throttle. "The faster we go, the more our car starts to shake and rattle," he said. "If we drive 100 miles per hour, it is going to shake and rattle a lot more because there is a lot more instability, so it's probably time to back off the accelerator," he said. "The same is true with CO2 emissions."
The atmospheric CO2 levels were measured at 40 remote sites around the world by researchers from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., including stations at the South Pole and on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii.
Carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere primarily by fossil fuel combustion and by forest fires and some natural processes, said Ballantyne. "When carbon sinks become carbon sources, it will be a very critical time for Earth," said Ballantyne. "We don't see any evidence of that yet, but it's certainly something we should be looking for."
"It is important to understand that CO2 sinks are not really sinks in the sense that the extra carbon is still present in Earth's vegetation, soils and the ocean," said NOAA's Tans. "It hasn't disappeared. What we really are seeing is a global carbon system that has been pushed out of equilibrium by the human burning of fossil fuels."
Despite the enormous uptake of carbon by the planet, CO2 in the atmosphere has climbed from about 280 parts per million just prior to the Industrial Revolution to about 394 parts per million today, and the rate of increase is speeding up. The global average of atmospheric CO2 is expected to reach 400 ppm by 2016, according to scientists.
The team used several global CO2 emissions reports for the Nature study, including one by the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. They concluded that about 350 billion tons of carbon -- the equivalent of roughly 1 trillion tons of CO2 -- had been emitted as a result of fossil fuel burning and land use changes from 1959 to 2010, with just over half moving into sinks on land or in the oceans.
According to the study, the scientists observed decreased CO2 uptake by Earth's land and oceans in the 1990s, followed by increased CO2 sequestering by the planet from 2000 to 2010. "Seeing such variation from decade to decade tells us that we need to observe Earth's carbon cycle for significantly longer periods in order to help us understand what is occurring," said Ballantyne.
Scientists also are concerned about the increasing uptake of CO2 by the world's oceans, which is making them more acidic. Dissolved CO2 changes seawater chemistry by forming carbonic acid that is known to damage coral, the fundamental structure of coral reef ecosystems that harbor 25 percent of the world's fish species.
The study was funded by the National Research Council, the National Science Foundation and NOAA.
A total of 33.6 billion tons of CO2 were emitted globally in 2010, climbing to 34.8 billion tons in 2011, according to the International Energy Agency. Federal budget cuts to U.S. carbon cycle research are making it more difficult to measure and understand both natural and human influences on the carbon cycle, according to the research team.
"The good news is that today, nature is helping us out," said White also a professor in CU's geological sciences department. "The bad news is that none of us think nature is going to keep helping us out indefinitely. When the time comes that these carbon sinks are no longer taking up carbon, there is going to be a big price to pay."
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Earth absorbing more carbon, even as CO2 emissions rise, says CU-Boulder-led studyPublic release date: 1-Aug-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Ashley Ballantyne ashley.ballantyne@colorado.edu 760-846-1391 University of Colorado at Boulder
Planet's carbon uptake doubles in past 50 years, researchers ponder how long trend can continue
Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth's vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them, according to a surprising new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
The study, led by CU-Boulder postdoctoral researcher Ashley Ballantyne, looked at global CO2 emissions reports from the past 50 years and compared them with rising levels of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere during that time, primarily because of fossil fuel burning. The results showed that while CO2 emissions had quadrupled, natural carbon "sinks" that sequester the greenhouse gas doubled their uptake in the past 50 years, lessening the warming impacts on Earth's climate.
"What we are seeing is that the Earth continues to do the heavy lifting by taking up huge amounts of carbon dioxide, even while humans have done very little to reduce carbon emissions," said Ballantyne. "How long this will continue, we don't know."
A paper on the subject will be published in the Aug. 2 issue of Nature. Co-authors on the study include CU-Boulder Professor Jim White, CU-Boulder doctoral student Caroline Alden and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists John Miller and Pieter Tans. Miller also is a research associate at the CU-headquartered Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
According to Alden, the trend of sinks gulping atmospheric carbon cannot continue indefinitely. "It's not a question of whether or not natural sinks will slow their uptake of carbon, but when," she said.
"We're already seeing climate change happen despite the fact that only half of fossil fuel emissions stay in the atmosphere while the other half is drawn down by the land biosphere and oceans," Alden said. "If natural sinks saturate as models predict, the impact of human emissions on atmospheric CO2 will double."
Ballantyne said recent studies by others have suggested carbon sinks were declining in some areas of the globe, including parts of the Southern Hemisphere and portions of the world's oceans. But the new Nature study showed global CO2 uptake by Earth's sinks essentially doubled from 1960 to 2010, although increased variations from year-to-year and decade-to-decade suggests some instability in the global carbon cycle, he said.
White, who directs CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, likened the increased pumping of CO2 into the atmosphere to a car going full throttle. "The faster we go, the more our car starts to shake and rattle," he said. "If we drive 100 miles per hour, it is going to shake and rattle a lot more because there is a lot more instability, so it's probably time to back off the accelerator," he said. "The same is true with CO2 emissions."
The atmospheric CO2 levels were measured at 40 remote sites around the world by researchers from NOAA and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., including stations at the South Pole and on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii.
Carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere primarily by fossil fuel combustion and by forest fires and some natural processes, said Ballantyne. "When carbon sinks become carbon sources, it will be a very critical time for Earth," said Ballantyne. "We don't see any evidence of that yet, but it's certainly something we should be looking for."
"It is important to understand that CO2 sinks are not really sinks in the sense that the extra carbon is still present in Earth's vegetation, soils and the ocean," said NOAA's Tans. "It hasn't disappeared. What we really are seeing is a global carbon system that has been pushed out of equilibrium by the human burning of fossil fuels."
Despite the enormous uptake of carbon by the planet, CO2 in the atmosphere has climbed from about 280 parts per million just prior to the Industrial Revolution to about 394 parts per million today, and the rate of increase is speeding up. The global average of atmospheric CO2 is expected to reach 400 ppm by 2016, according to scientists.
The team used several global CO2 emissions reports for the Nature study, including one by the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center. They concluded that about 350 billion tons of carbon -- the equivalent of roughly 1 trillion tons of CO2 -- had been emitted as a result of fossil fuel burning and land use changes from 1959 to 2010, with just over half moving into sinks on land or in the oceans.
According to the study, the scientists observed decreased CO2 uptake by Earth's land and oceans in the 1990s, followed by increased CO2 sequestering by the planet from 2000 to 2010. "Seeing such variation from decade to decade tells us that we need to observe Earth's carbon cycle for significantly longer periods in order to help us understand what is occurring," said Ballantyne.
Scientists also are concerned about the increasing uptake of CO2 by the world's oceans, which is making them more acidic. Dissolved CO2 changes seawater chemistry by forming carbonic acid that is known to damage coral, the fundamental structure of coral reef ecosystems that harbor 25 percent of the world's fish species.
The study was funded by the National Research Council, the National Science Foundation and NOAA.
A total of 33.6 billion tons of CO2 were emitted globally in 2010, climbing to 34.8 billion tons in 2011, according to the International Energy Agency. Federal budget cuts to U.S. carbon cycle research are making it more difficult to measure and understand both natural and human influences on the carbon cycle, according to the research team.
"The good news is that today, nature is helping us out," said White also a professor in CU's geological sciences department. "The bad news is that none of us think nature is going to keep helping us out indefinitely. When the time comes that these carbon sinks are no longer taking up carbon, there is going to be a big price to pay."
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DataCore Software, the storage hypervisor leader and premier provider of storage virtualization software, and VirtualSharp Software, the leading provider of next generation automated Disaster Recovery solutions for private and public clouds, today announced a technology partnership that integrates storage virtualization with Disaster Recovery automation to deliver the next step in Disaster Recovery management: Disaster Recovery Assurance.
?The time and resource costs of Disaster Recovery plan exercising, especially that which is supported by manual or semi-manual processes, have become the most significant IT Disaster Recovery Management pain point for many of Gartner?s clients,? wrote John Morency, research vice president at Gartner, Inc. in ?Best Practices for Planning and Managing Disaster Recovery Testing? (Research Paper G00215785).
?Non-stop, reliable business continuity is an absolute imperative today, regardless of an organization?s size or market,? stated Carlos M. Carreras, vice president of alliances and business development, DataCore Software. ?SMBs, private cloud operators and even the largest enterprises require the ability to recover from an IT disaster without losing any data. Together with VirtualSharp, we are bringing complete assurance to the cloud and grant IT administrators the peace of mind knowing their information will always be protected and retrievable.?
?Virtualization?s benefits now extend to storage, and DataCore?s storage hypervisor makes storage more efficient and agile for thousands of companies worldwide,? said Carlos Escapa, Co-Founder and CEO of VirtualSharp Software. ?It was an easy decision to partner with DataCore to make Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery simpler, certain and more affordable.?
The DataCore SANsymphony?-V storage hypervisor gives customers a solid foundation for Business Continuity and delivers powerful, infrastructure-wide, device-independent storage virtualization that can manage environments of all sizes and quickly roll out agile, scalable storage infrastructures, including cloud. SANsymphony-V provides snapshots, synchronous mirroring for high availability, and asynchronous replication to remote Disaster Recovery sites. Disaster Recovery procedures can be periodically tested and verified without disturbing production activities at other points in the storage environment. Similarly, the software allows rapid resynchronization and resumption of a temporarily suspended site.
VirtualSharp Software? ReliableDR adds 100 percent automated Disaster Recovery testing for guaranteed push-button failover and failback across clouds. Without any footprint or impact on the production environment, it works with the SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor to create application and service-aware snapshots at a Disaster Recovery site that are guaranteed to work, making it easy to enforce recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO).
"DataCore and VirtualSharp integrate seamlessly to leverage storage and server virtualization and enable highly resilient enterprise clouds," said John Greenwood, sales director at NCE Computer Group. "We are impressed by the synergy and close collaboration that these two vendors are demonstrating."
The historical past shows that gold investments act as the hedge fund during inflation. Nevertheless, there are numerous people in America who would like to have physical possession of rare metals but they do not have the capital to acquire one. In case you are one of these people, you should be aware you can perform a 401k rollover to a self-directed gold IRA. The reason why you would want to conduct a 401k transfer is that your existing 401k program doesn?t permit physical precious metals to be included in its holdings. The gold IRA is the simplest way to have actual precious metals into your possession.
A lot of investors know the worth of precious metals. Yet they invest in these precious metals using ETFs which are underpinned by these assets. Exchange Traded Fund stock values are only derivative paper assets based upon the current market price of these rare metals. However, they don?t offer actual possession of silver and gold. If you buy gold and silver coins, you possess actual assets which have inherent value.
As an illustration, in case you had the 401k rollover into a gold Individual Retirement Account 40 years ago, and during this time you rolled over ten thousand dollars of your money to a gold IRA; after all of the wars, terrorist attacks, oil shocks, governmental turmoil, and dollar devaluation, your gold Individual Retirement Account today would be valued about $530,000.
The price of gold and rare metals will continue to increase long through the future since the state policies continue to devalue the US dollar. Additionally, developing countries invest in an increasing number of precious metals for asset diversification and system development. Getting gold for an investment is sensible, silver investment is likewise wise. But it is even more crucial that you actually own precious metals, not merely stocks of funds that make investments in precious metals. To protect your retirement and the future of your family, consider performing a 401k transfer to gold IRA investments.
Having your Individual Retirement Account is important in order to have fun during your retirement years. If you?re living in America, this will enable you to have tax benefits for the retirement savings. Though Individual Retirement Account could be related to alternative assets like stocks, possessing an actual gold investment still is a very intelligent decision.
Investing in gold as the retirement fund is definitely a wise decision. And professional guidance is essential in order to make the most out of it. For details, check out: GoldIRAInvestings.Com
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