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I am after small produce that they might buy at the markets if they had a hard year and ran out.
I should clarify that I want edible produce that a medieval farmer might conceivably need to buy at market after running out of it. I thought it unlikely that they would run out of oats or peas and salt would be readily available on the coast so that’s no good either. Thanks for the suggestions thus far.

Salt, and other herbs, seasonings and spices. And, he wouldn’t BUY these things so much as trade for them. The peasant farmers of the time had no money. The economy of the time didn’t work that way. So, it was highly unlikely that, if the farmer had a bad year, that he would have any kind of savings. He’d either have to sell of his livestock, his personal belongings (which couldn’t be much) or sell himself or his family into some kind of bondage or servitude.

Also, remember, in midieval times, most "farmers" didn’t usually own their own land. They worked as tennant farmers on someone else’s propery, usually in exchange for a portion of his crops.

If a person didn’t have these options, he and his family tended to starve to death, or move away, as there was no process in place, like welfare programs, to help them out.

Market share

Lower prices. Do more advertising. Give better service.

Your question is too generic.

I am looking in to building an online business and allot of references tell you to conduct market research but I don’t know how to. My business would revolve around making youtube videos and making money through affiliate marketing.

Step1
Identify your research goal. Ask yourself if do you need to improve customer service or increase sales? Or are you looking for the right market for a new product?

Step2

To determine the demographics of your market use trade journals, marketing magazines, government reports and chamber of commerce market profiles.

These publications are helpful in providing data on purchasing trends that serve you a clue on the buying habits of your target market.

Step3
Be able to conduct mail and telephone surveys using randomly selected addresses and telephone numbers in your local area.

Step4
You should collect information from your existing customers. Using questionnaires, personal interviews and focus groups to get feedback on your products and services are of great help. If you do have a Web site for your business, start a chat room or message board and encourage customers to participate.

Step5
Try to observe customers at various points of contact in your business, including reception, sales, and customer service. Be watchful for glitches in your business operation and at the same time how your employees interact with the customers.

Step6

You should take time to analyze your sales records. If you know your best customers and most profitable products this can help you to better focus your marketing efforts.

Step7
Organizing the research data you have collected and be able to determine – or reevaluate – your marketing strategy based on the results of your research.

This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert report on the scandals of George Soros and the IMF shaking out the gold market; US bank lending falling at the fastest rate in recorded history; and the trickle up unemployment pyramid. Keiser also speaks to The Market Ticker’s Karl Denninger about CDOs, synthetic CDOs and hiding Greek debt.

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With billions in market share at stake Carquestions continues to test the gas pedal under some extreme conditions in order to prove or disprove the “condensation” and “swollen plastic” explanation that is on file with NHTSA. The results lead to the narrowing of likely possibilities down to just two leaving Toyota in a catch 22 situation. Carquestions makes an appeal to all techs to find evidence of a defective part or a defective system.

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Most of the newly established business and products ends with a huge lose of money. Why?

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Do we have any excel or any formula based calculation where we can track the market on daily basis stock by stock. make investment decision based on analysis in equity.

First, take 6 months in learning about stocks and trying it out with fake money in a stimulation web site like Yahoo! Finance.

www.finance.yahoo.com

The stocks you want to focus on is consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and healthcare. These are DEFENSIVE stocks that will survive through good and bad times. Most of my positions are in these stocks. Some names include 3M, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Exxon Mobil, Walmart, Costco. Everybody’s got to eat and wipe their butts regardless of the state of economy. Many of these companies survived through the Great Depression.

That’s the benefits. You can sleep at night knowing your money is doing well. There are NO guarantees that you won’t lose money. It’s just that these stocks are the best. They pay good dividends too.

If you’re new to stocks, DON’T DAY TRADE. You’ll a rookie in a world of professionals. I tried day-trading with Citigroup and AIG when they were a little bit over $1. I had some luck at first, making about $30 a day but I was way over my head. My luck didn’t last long and I had to rethink my strategy.

Besides you can’t do much with $100 in the market. Day trading involves A LOT of commissions to the broker. With all the commissions deducted from each trade, you’ll be lucky if you only lose half your money.

I would just day trade using Yahoo! Finance. Open a stimulation account, give yourself $100 worth of fake money and play it in the stimulation format. You’ll see what I mean by losing money every easily.

Good luck.

Anything big like housing starts, cpi, etc?

Economic Event: US-Initial Jobless Claims-(w/o Apr. 10, 2009) SOURCE: Thomson Datastream
Event Date/Time: APR.16.09 / 8:30 AM

Economic Event: US-Housing Starts-(Mar. 2009) SOURCE: Thomson Datastream
Event Date/Time: APR.16.09 / 8:30 AM
Period: Mar. 2009

Economic Event: US-Philly Fed Survey-(Apr. 2009) SOURCE: Thomson Datastream
Event Date/Time: APR.16.09 / 10:00 AM
Period: Apr. 2009

Economic Event: US-Money Supply-(w/o Apr. 6, 2009) SOURCE: Thomson Datastream
Event Date/Time: APR.16.09 / 4:30 PM
Period: w/o Apr. 6, 2009

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Please don’t give me that Kimberley Process garbage. In 2000 they said 4-5% of the market is blood diamonds when it was in actuality 15-20%. Today they say around 1%, and I still don’t believe. There is about $22 million dollars this year coming out of Congo alone.

You can always assume and usually will be right if and when people are reducing and publishing percentages going down, that in reality they are going up. Blood diamonds are probably much higher that you would believe. probably 50%.

I’m doing a situation analysis on Hilton Hotels and need market trends.

Analyst’s have increased earnings expectations in the last few weeks. Hilton has exceeded expectations in the last quarters. Stock is selling at lower price to earnings ratio that its peer group.