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2Q 2020 Economic & Market Overview
Posted on July 17, 2020
As we pass the halfway point in the year, New Year's Day seems a distant memory. 2020 began with optimism and high expectations for the economy and markets, but that optimism has given way to a general sense of unease and anxiety about the future.
WST Now Hiring: Client Relationship Associate - Roanoke, VA
Posted on July 17, 2020
WST is seeking to fill the position of Client Relationship Associate which is a full-time permanent position working in our Roanoke, Virginia office.
WST Now Hiring: Research Associate & Trader - Norfolk, VA
Posted on July 17, 2020
WST is seeking to fill the position of Research Associate & Trader which is a full-time permanent position working in our Norfolk, Virginia office.
June 2020: Fixed Income Review
Posted on July 16, 2020
June was another positive month for fixed income assets as further Fed support helped to facilitate fully functioning credit markets.
June 2020: Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on July 15, 2020
Global equity markets continued the rally that began in late March, and although with less vigor, June 30th was the best calendar quarter since the 4th quarter of 1998.
May 2020: Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on June 11, 2020
Fixed income assets experienced modest gains during May as credit spread tightening and liquidity injections helped to bolster the asset class.
May 2020: Global Equity Market Review
Posted on June 9, 2020
Equity markets around the world continued to add to April's rally with a focus on incrementally good news on potential vaccines for COVID–19 and concrete plans for reopening economies.
WST Principals Named to 2020 Inside Business Power List
Posted on May 19, 2020
WST is pleased to share that Wayne Wilbanks, co-founder and Managing Principal, and Larry Bernert, Principal, were once again named to this list.
April 2020: Global Equity Market Review
Posted on May 13, 2020
Investors saw a reversal in trends during the month of April as stocks were propelled by the risk-on sentiment that proliferated throughout global equity markets.
April 2020: Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on May 12, 2020
Fixed income assets experienced tailwinds in April as a result of credit spread tightening and global central bank stimulus acting to stabilize credit markets.
March 2020: Global Equity Market Review
Posted on April 9, 2020
As February ended with a swift sell-off in equities, investors navigated the historic volatility throughout March as growing pandemic fears swept over markets.
March 2020: Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on April 9, 2020
The bullish sentiment in bonds that continued in early 1Q came to a halt in March as pressures emerged across the fixed income universe, prompting the Fed to take monetary actions.
Global Pandemic's Impact on Economy
Posted on March 31, 2020
There are few periods in history where one event has been identified as the root cause of a major market decline. We uncover this theme, as well as COVID-19's impact on the job market.
February 2020: Global Equity Market Review
Posted on March 11, 2020
As the progress of COVID-19 cases escalated and dominated headlines throughout February, equally viral was the impact of the outbreak to economic/ corporate outlook and investor confidence.
January 2020: Global Equity Market Review
Posted on February 10, 2020
After a lights-out finish to 2019 and a strong start to 2020, equity bulls were halted in their tracks mid-month as news broke and rapidly escalated regarding the deadly coronavirus.
January 2020: Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on February 4, 2020
After 4Q's economic and political positives wilted global bond momentum, chaotic January events and headlines restored the shine to safe-haven assets and fixed income overall.
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC Is Joined by Virginia Capital Strategies
Posted on February 3, 2020
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC (WST) – a Norfolk, Virginia-based wealth management and investment advisory firm – is pleased to welcome under its banner a Roanoke, Virginia-based investment management firm, Virginia Capital Strategies (VCS).
WST Commentary: 4Q 2019 Markets & Economic Update
Posted on January 29, 2020
Investors wrapped the year with a risk-on flourish largely driven by progress around US-China trade negotiations, coordinated monetary easing and an improved global economic backdrop – driving continued momentum in global equities while fixed income markets finished 4Q with modestly positive returns.
Global Equity Market Review - 4Q 2019
Posted on January 6, 2020
4Q marked a strong finish to a stellar year for global equities; investors cheered improving economic and corporate data and market-friendly political progress.
Fixed Income Market Review - 4Q 2019
Posted on January 6, 2020
With investors in "risk-on" mode thanks to improving global fundamentals and political outlook, the 2019 bond rally slowed in 4Q but indices posted strong gains for the year overall.
The SECURE Act: Key 2020 Provisions
Posted on January 6, 2020
On December 20th, 2019, President Trump signed into law a piece of legislation intended to strengthen retirement security, referred to as the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, or SECURE Act. WST lists key provisions that took effect on January 1st, 2020.
November 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on December 2, 2019
Capital markets flows favored the bolder (i.e., riskier) asset classes in November, with constructive trade discussions and economic data boosting equities and corporate debt while prompting some runoff in global sovereign bonds.
November 2019 - Global Equity Market Review
Posted on December 2, 2019
Equity market strength persisted in November, led by US stocks as investors delivered fresh all-time highs for major US indices.
October 2019 - Global Equity Market Review
Posted on November 4, 2019
Constructive geopolitical and trade headlines lifted global equities in October, with emerging markets leading the pack.
October 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on November 4, 2019
Global bond yields continued to sink during October as emerging sovereigns rallied and corporates continued to advance.
Fixed Income Market Review: 3Q 2019
Posted on October 21, 2019
The quarter opened with mixed, if largely muted, results for global bonds in July before a strong August showing, as equities sold off in response to escalating trade conflicts and macroeconomic headlines that continue to upset the global growth outlook.
Global Equity Market Review: 3Q 2019
Posted on October 15, 2019
September results may have teased long-awaited equity rotations – with value topping growth, small-cap outperforming and signs of life observed in ex-US stocks – but 3Q overall evidenced the same themes and performance drivers from 2Q.
WST Commentary: 3Q 2019 Markets & Economic Update
Posted on October 15, 2019
Market activity in the third quarter reflected increasing concern about slowing global growth, rising U.S.-China trade tensions and uncertain central bank policy.
Day of Caring: WST Lends a Hand to JT's Camp Grom
Posted on September 25, 2019
WST participates in Day of Caring 2019 by helping out at JT's Camp Grom in Virginia Beach.
August 2019 - Global Equity Market Review
Posted on September 4, 2019
Following an overall positive result in a quiet July, August saw volatility uncorked and equity markets capitulate as the US-China Trade War escalated and investors connected the dots between worrying aspects of the global macro picture.
August 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on September 4, 2019
Global bond markets were back in action in August as equities sold off in response to escalating trade conflicts and macroeconomic headlines that continue to upset the global growth outlook.
July 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on August 6, 2019
Global bonds snapped June's "bull market in everything" to post mixed, if muted, results in a fairly uneventful July.
July 2019 - Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on August 5, 2019
Intermittent retreats aside, it was a lukewarm but positive result for global equity markets in July, propped up by the same core factors and assurances that have carried markets through the last couple of quarters.
2Q 2019 - Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on July 15, 2019
The 2Q 2019 quarter had opened positively – thanks to better-than-feared earnings and soothing tones from central banks – before US-China trade talks unraveled in May, sinking equities and rallying bond prices.
WST Commentary: 2Q 2019 Markets & Economic Update
Posted on July 12, 2019
Market volatility continued in the second quarter but shook out as upside for both stocks and bonds; as of June 30 investors have enjoyed the best start to a year since 1997.
2Q 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on July 9, 2019
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," to quote Fed Chair Jay Powell, and it was worth at least 2% to global bond investors in 2Q.
WST Recognized by InvestmentNews
Posted on July 8, 2019
Firm listed among largest fee-only RIAs in the US and second-largest in Virginia.
Markets Buzz, But Is PMI a Fly in the Ointment?
Posted on July 3, 2019
While trade agreement headlines have markets in a celebratory mood, accumulating U.S. economic data speaks to the undertow of slow global growth.
May 2019 - Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on June 5, 2019
As US-China trade talks unraveled in May so too did equity markets, with global stocks down 5.8%. After leading on the upswing for all of 2019, the S&P 500 (down 6.4%) underperformed developed international stocks (-4.7%). Read the full market review here.
May 2019 - Fixed Income Market Review
Posted on June 4, 2019
Core global bonds rallied in May as risk-asset investors digested a mix of sour political tones and an escalation of trade hostilities between the US and China. Read more here.
WST Proud to Lend a Hand: YWCA Adopt-a-Room Project
Posted on May 28, 2019
On May 9th, 2019 the Wilbanks Smith & Thomas team had the pleasure of providing hands-on support for the YWCA Adopt-a-Room Project. Read more, and see the before and after transformation, by clicking here.
WST Principals Named to 2019 Inside Business Power List
Posted on May 20, 2019
WST congratulates Wayne Wilbanks and Larry Bernert for recognition in the 2019 Inside Business Power List.
April 2019 - Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on May 15, 2019
Core bond markets in April took a breather and saw mixed results as investors continued to expand equity multiples and push risk-asset indices past all-time highs. The month proceeded without disruption to key positive themes including, but not limited to, increased optimism around economic recovery in China. Read more here.
April 2019 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on May 7, 2019
The month of April proceeded without disruption to key positive themes including increased optimism around economic recovery in China, anticipated resolution of the U.S.-China trade conflict and perhaps most importantly, global central banks tilting highly accommodative.
WST 1Q 2019 Commentary
Posted on April 17, 2019
After enduring a 9% slide in December that led to a 14% decline for the fourth quarter, U.S. stocks began 2019 with their best January since 1987 and their best quarter since 2009. Now, with stocks having recouped almost all of last year's declines, investors face the same questions and risks that emerged in 2018.
Inflation: What's in a Number?
Posted on April 12, 2019
In his March 20, 2019 news conference, Fed Chairman Jay Powell stated the decision of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to momentarily pause its interest rate increases. Historically, the Fed will attempt to curb inflation through interest-rate increases and vice-versa, therefore, it is significant what measure of inflation the Fed uses and the level at which it drives their policy decisions. Read more on it here.
1Q 2019 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on April 11, 2019
Bond investors in 1Q 2019 were treated to falling yields and an equity-like credit rally as central banks worked to keep the economic plates spinning. Read more.
1Q 2019 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on April 10, 2019
With spirits lifted by accommodative tones in everything from central bank pressers to trade discussions, investors put the 4Q meltdown in the rearview and sent global stocks up around 12.3% in the first quarter of 2019.
February 2019 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on March 6, 2019
January's risk-on tide managed to lift all boats, but February saw bonds hew more closely to conventional market "wisdom" and results were mixed as equities continued to climb.
February 2019 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on March 5, 2019
February set global stocks in the double digits year to date, with US small cap topping markets and emerging equities softening as currency impacts reversed.
January 2019 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on February 4, 2019
Capital markets opened the new year in a decidedly risk-on mood, but global fixed income was no worse for the wear.
January 2019 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on February 4, 2019
The clouds parted for global markets in January, delivering high-single- or low-double-digit returns across essentially all equity geographies and styles.
WST Ranked Among Top Fee-Only RIAs in the US Southeast
Posted on January 17, 2019
WST is pleased to announce its recognition by InvestmentNews.
US Labor Market: A Bright Star, But Is It Burning Too Hot?
Posted on January 14, 2019
While overall highly positive for the US economy, the condition of the labor market does drive mixed impacts across other metrics of economic health, including wage growth, productivity, inflation and interest rates.
WST 4Q 2018 Commentary
Posted on January 8, 2019
As the fourth quarter progressed, the challenges and concerns increased in visibility and severity, leading investors to reassess risk exposures and ratchet down return expectations. Volatility exploded, and prices fell in virtually all asset classes except bonds as the market reacted to daily and even hourly news bytes. Read more on 4Q 2018 here.
December 2018 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on January 4, 2019
Fixed income broad markets delivered a strong close to the 2018 year, with yields falling across core indices and sectors as global equities entered a tailspin driven by heavy losses in the US.
December 2018 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on January 3, 2019
Relief from November's global equity rally proved short-lived as December saw markets routed by the same anxieties that have plagued investors with varying intensity throughout 2018. Read more here.
December-End Audio Commentary
Posted on December 24, 2018
In our most recent audio commentary, Chief Investment Officer Wayne Wilbanks provides current thinking after a particularly rough ride in December.
November 2018 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on December 5, 2018
Fixed income broad-markets offered a strong showing throughout a choppy November. While risk-off sentiment periodically got the better of equities during the month, core US bonds rose steadily and emerging markets were the overall leader.
November 2018 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on December 5, 2018
Markets opened sharply higher in November but quickly gave way to a back-and-forth affair reflecting a cross-current of political, trade and monetary headlines.
WST Capital Management Named Top Guns Manager for 3Q 2018
Posted on November 27, 2018
Informa Investment Solutions names WST Capital Management Top Guns Manager for the third quarter of 2018.
High Yield: Week in Review
Posted on November 19, 2018
On the heels of a rough week for high yield, we're sharing observations on credit markets and perspective on these concepts in relation to portfolio positioning.
October 2018 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on November 5, 2018
After a calm and steady, if not stellar, 3Q for fixed income, October gave way to a painful ride in global capital markets.
October 2018 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on November 2, 2018
After a placid, positive 3Q, October opened the floodgates for global equity markets and delivered the second 10% correction in 2018. Defensive assets, styles and sectors benefitted from a risk-off rotation, while the month exacerbated painful trends in emerging markets.
WST 3Q 2018 Commentary
Posted on October 15, 2018
Investors set aside concerns about Fed tightening, rising interest rates, trade wars and deficit spending, focusing instead on the strength of the domestic economy and robust corporate profit growth in 3Q of 2018. The U.S. economic recovery is in its 10th year, and the current expansion is the second longest since World War II.
VSCPA Specialized Knowledge Day: Presentation by Paul Ferwerda, CFA
Posted on October 5, 2018
VSCPA will be holding their Specialized Knowledge Day; a day-long program that will take place at the Chesapeake Conference Center. WST is pleased to feature in this year's line-up of speakers. Find registration information here.
August 2018 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on September 12, 2018
US stocks plowed ahead in August, propping up global equities as emerging markets continued to struggle.
Hurricane Florence Update & Information
Posted on September 11, 2018
Important information for September 13th – 14th.
August 2018 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on September 6, 2018
In August, returns were positive across the board for US broad fixed income markets and sectors, but short-duration and floating-rate bonds gave way to duration for the first period in many months.
WST Capital Management Named Top Guns Manager by Informa Investment Solutions
Posted on September 5, 2018
WST Capital Management, a division of Wilbanks Smith & Thomas, has been awarded a Top Guns designation by Informa Investment Solutions' PSN manager database.
U.S. Consumer Confidence Climbing Towards 18-Year High
Posted on August 31, 2018
In August the Index hit its highest level since October 2000, but the data shows higher confidence in current conditions than in the immediate future.
July 2018 Fixed Income Markets Review
Posted on August 8, 2018
While not positive overall for global fixed income markets, July's mixed returns saw losses less severe than the prior month, while some sectors strengthened.
July 2018 Global Equity Markets Review
Posted on August 8, 2018
After mixed results in June of 2018, global stocks enjoyed strong returns in July.
WST Ranked by FA Magazine in Annual RIA Report
Posted on August 1, 2018
Wilbanks Smith & Thomas was ranked by Financial Advisor (FA) Magazine among 100 of the largest US RIAs.
Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Named One of P&I's Largest Money Managers
Posted on July 24, 2018
Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, LLC (WST), Virginia-based asset management firm, is pleased to announce recognition by Pensions & Investments (P&I) in recently-published 45th annual Largest Money Manager Special Report.
WST 2Q 2018 Commentary
Posted on July 15, 2018
With optimism about positive economic fundamentals tempered by concerns about a potential trade war, interest rates and corporate earnings, financial markets responded to new and evolving challenges in the second quarter. Our quarterly economic and markets commentary includes a discussion of key themes and factors that drove higher volatility and wider dispersion of asset class returns in 2Q.
Milestones Without Context? The 10-year Treasury Yield Hits 3%
Posted on May 8, 2018
In late April, headlines balked at a US 10-Year Treasury yield above 3% for the first time in several years. Is that threshold even significant, and what might it mean for equities?
WST 1Q 2018 Commentary
Posted on April 12, 2018
Right on cue volatility returned to the global investment markets in the first quarter of 2018 as the sanguine complacency of 2017 gave way to broad concerns.
War of the Worlds - The Enemy is Us?
Posted on March 26, 2018
When it comes to our opinions, our "better nature" may go against our instincts.
Cybersecurity Insights & Best Practices
Posted on February 12, 2018
At WST, our cybersecurity efforts are robust, constantly evolving and a critical focus for our firm. However, because identity theft lays the groundwork for fraud, we believe client education is the best defense against cybercrime resulting in financial loss.
Quick Thoughts on the Past Week: US Equities
Posted on February 6, 2018
While the market sell-off has understandably unsettled many investors, we are encouraging our clients not to be spooked by what we view as "normal" market behavior.
WST 4Q 2017 Commentary
Posted on January 17, 2018
We struggled mightily this quarter to find quotes that capture a moment where economic and market momentum is so strong and risk so underappreciated.
Life In the Fast Lane
Posted on December 13, 2017
A continuously connected world poses unique challenges to investors; is it possible to be a patient investor in a world set to hyper speed?
WST Capital Management Named Top Guns Manager by Informa Investment Solutions
Posted on December 8, 2017
WST Capital Management, a division of Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC, has been awarded a Top Guns designation by Informa Investment Solutions' PSN manager database, North America's longest running database of investment managers. The firm received Top Gun recognition for Credit Select Risk-Managed in the ETF US Fixed
A Minsky Moment
Posted on November 28, 2017
Confirmation bias will cause our confidence in our assumptions to swell the longer the uptrend lasts and the more money is invested in the trend.
WSTCM Credit Select Risk-Managed Fund Recognized by Morningstar
Posted on November 16, 2017
Norfolk, Virginia-based investment manager Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC (WSTAM) is pleased to announce positive recognition of its WSTCM Credit Select Risk-Managed Fund ("the Fund") by Morningstar, the noted fund research provider.
Just the Facts, Ma'am
Posted on November 2, 2017
When faced with making important decisions about long-term investments, we want to be confident in our sense that we can predict the future. The truth, however, is that uncertainty is part of life and also a distinct fact of investing in stock markets.
Great Expectations
Posted on October 20, 2017
A basic truth about investing in stocks is this: their value is a derivation of the collective wisdom of the crowd.
WST 3Q 2017 Quarterly Commentary
Posted on October 15, 2017
The global "bull market in everything" continued in the third quarter with stocks around the world finishing at all-time highs, bond yields hovering near all-time lows, credit spreads continuing to narrow, and private equity, debt, and real estate funds all reporting preliminary results in line with the strong returns in the public markets.
Equifax Data Breach: Information & Guidance for WST Clients
Posted on September 22, 2017
As news circulates of the recent Equifax data breach, our goal is to ensure you are aware of the situation and equipped with accurate information and trusted risk management resources.
Everybody Knows
Posted on August 28, 2017
Information flows faster than ever today in our daily lives and in the financial markets.
Trying to Reason with Hurricane (and Earnings) Season
Posted on August 22, 2017
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts for six months, approximately from early to June to late November, with a peak in activity each year around mid-September. Equity investors, too, have a watchful season.
Money for Nothing?
Posted on August 11, 2017
Among investors, one of the more hotly debated economic topics is how well behaved inflation data is, as we begin the ninth year of the current economic expansion.
Revisiting Risk in an Euphoric Market Environment
Posted on July 19, 2017
The existence of a trade-off between the opportunities for gain against the possibility of loss is not in debate. Nor are the mathematical calculations behind each side of the equation subject to argument. However, where investors do take sides is what the definition of risk really means.
WST Featured in RIA Rankings Published by Financial Advisor Magazine
Posted on July 17, 2017
WST featured in RIA Rankings Published by Financial Advisor Magazine Wilbanks Smith & Thomas was recently named in the 2017 Top RIA Ranking produced by Financial Advisor Magazine. The voluntary survey, published in this month's edition of the magazine[1], comprises a list of 638 Registered Investment Advisory firms reporting from
WST 2Q 2017 Commentary
Posted on June 30, 2017
As always the most important consideration in portfolio construction is each clients' individual financial situation, so communication is the key to success.
The Knowledge Illusion
Posted on June 27, 2017
At the center of Socrates' objection to written word was a phenomenon known as the knowledge illusion. It arises because we fail to distinguish what is in our own head from that which is in other people's heads.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Thoughts on Surging Stocks, the Fed and Hidden Treasure
Posted on June 19, 2017
An analysis of market breadth (or lack) of participation by the average stock in the indexes can usually be argued from both sides.
WST on Bloomberg TV: November 2016
Posted on November 11, 2016
Wayne Wilbanks, chief investment officer at Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, discusses the market rally following the election of Donald Trump, U.S. valuations and the outlook for the bond market. He speaks to Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Yvonne Man on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." (Source: Bloomberg) This information presented in any
WST on Bloomberg TV: August 2016
Posted on August 30, 2016
Wayne Wilbanks, chief investment officer at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, discusses the low volumes in the markets, the timing of the next Fed rate hike and negative interest rates. He speaks to Bloomberg's Ramy Inocencio and Yvonne Man on "Daybreak Asia." (Source: Bloomberg) This information presented in any of
WST on Bloomberg TV: May 2016
Posted on May 24, 2016
Wayne Wilbanks, chief investment officer at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, discusses the rally in U.S. stocks with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg) This information presented in any of the above publications/media appearances represents opinions of Wilbanks Smith & Thomas and are subject to change from time
WST on Bloomberg TV: April 2016
Posted on April 13, 2016
Wayne Wilbanks, chief investment officer at Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management, discusses U.S. earnings season, its impact on the markets and his strategy for investors. He speaks to Bloomberg's Angie Lau on "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg) This information presented in any of the above publications/media appearances represents opinions of Wilbanks
WST on Bloomberg TV: February 2016
Posted on February 5, 2016
Wayne Wilbanks, chief investment officer at Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, discusses the possibility of a U.S. recession. He speaks with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg) This information presented in any of the above publications/media appearances represents opinions of Wilbanks Smith & Thomas and are subject to


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5 Ways In Which Blogging Helps With SEO
In recent years, people took to blogging to talk about their lives and their day to day activities on the Internet. However, this has changed, and currently, businesses have embraced it to grow their following, gain more visibility, and also to increase traffic.
It has become something inevitable that all companies must do to succeed.
If you have not yet started blogging, and are unsure if it is the right step for your business, below is a guide to show how blogging helps with SEO.
It Provides Fresh Content For The Website
A website that has new and original content regularly will show Google that it is active. Google strives to ensure that it does not deliver outdated information to its searchers; hence, a website that always has new content will show them that it is alive. It will also be indexed more often, which will help the website positively.
No one likes seeing a site that has not been updated in years; it will make one lose interest fast and go to another that is more current. It may indicate that the company may have gone out of business or giving outdated information.
This is where blogging comes in. It is an efficient tool for adding new content to the website.
It Helps One Target Long-Tail Keywords
For a good SEO campaign, using the right keywords comes in handy. They need to appear on the site several times for the search engines to identify them.
However, they have to have meaning when being used.
One of the ways to be successful by doing this is to use long-tail keywords that people are likely to use when searching on the internet. It is advised for one to concentrate on answering questions that their users may have, instead of focusing on the placement of the keywords.
Let the keywords provide answers and knowledge for those that will visit the site.
Blog Posts Invite Links From Other Sites
When it comes to a great SEO campaign, it is crucial that Google sees that your website is trustworthy. One of the ways to ensure this is by having other respectable sites link back to yours. It will show that your site offers reliable and usable information to its readers. Getting an external link to a website is quite hard, but using a blog makes it way easier to navigate it.
One of the ways to do this is by covering crucial topics in your blog that other sites in your industry will want to link back to. Ensure that the posts are great and of valuable information to increase your chances of getting external links. Having many of them will increase your credibility and direct more traffic to the site.
It Helps One Connect With Their Audience
Having blog posts will help one connect with their audience. When the audience loves your content, they will keep coming back for more. They will also share it with their friends and colleagues, which will drive more traffic to the site. It will, therefore, increase the visitors to the site, both new and repeat readers; hence, the authority level of the website will be increased in Google's algorithm. Having many people on the site will also increase conversions, which will be great for business.
Including Images In The Blog Will Help With SEO
Having images in the blog posts will ensure that search engines find the site better. One of the ways to ensure that images work for you is to ensure that you name them after keywords. Ensure that the alt-text is also done in the same way to ensure that it gives the right information while boosting SEO in the long run.
With the above benefits of how blogging helps to improve one's SEO results, it is prudent for people to start one as soon as possible. It may seem challenging, but it will help the business in the long run. All you need to do is to start small, and it will flow with time.
Ensure that there is new content at least every week to make the readers eager for more. It is something that no business should ignore; you will not regret it!

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Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) is a branch of computational geometry that studies methods and algorithms for the mathematical description of shape. 3D models are central in many applied fields from animation film and TV to more practical areas such as engineering, architecture and medical image processing. This lecture is a comprehensive introduction to the techniques needed to produce 3D models. The aim is to give a theoretical understanding of these techniques together with programming expertise required to implement them.
More material will be provided via SVN (Material/ directory). Problems and ideas can be discussed in the newsgroup of the lecture: tu-graz.lv.cagd.


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The sky was gunmetal gray and the temperature hovered just above the freezing mark in Sea Isle City on Saturday. Showers moved in during the afternoon, accompanied by gusty winds that intensified the patter of the rainfall. In other words, it was relatively pleasant weather, a mild day after a seemingly endless series of snowstorms.
The ocean, as gray as the clouds above, didn't look particularly inviting but thousands of cheering beachgoers raced into the 39-degree water. Some shrieked and retreated once the waves reached their feet while others quietly waded out, sullen and determined to dive into the cold surf.
The Polar Bear Plunge in Sea Isle City is the Woodstock of winter bathing on the Jersey Shore, a three-day celebration of peace, love and swimming that dates back 20 years. The centerpiece of the event is the ocean sprint, a costumed affair with hoards of participants who get soaked in animal suits, prom dresses and superhero masks.
An estimated 3,000 summer coveters took a dip on Saturday while 30,000 spectators watched the cold spectacle, according to Jim Bennett, owner of the La Costa Lounge and Deck Bar, the host venue for the plunge.
"People are so stir crazy by February, they're willing to do anything to have a good time," said Bennett. "It's good, clean family fun. I love the fact that people jump in the water in February. It's one thing to have a plunge on January 1st but it takes a real polar bear to jump in the water in February."
After the plunge, the Polar Bear festivities continued with a charity walk and run on Sunday for autism awareness. Bands rocked out all weekend in heated tents and a costume contest drew fierce competition and imaginative concepts.
One woman showed her love for the Shore by dressing up as a giant container of boardwalk fries. A theme group of washed up Disney stars serenaded the crowd with "A Whole New World" from the "Aladdin" soundtrack. A surly crew of walking chocolate bars, peanut butter cups and gumballs growled at the judges, "We are Candyland!"
More than two-dozen plungers, male and female, wore red strips and spectacles as a "Where's Waldo" flash mob. Ironically, they could not be located when it was their turn to parade in front of the costume contest judges.
Sean Grawehr, 21, of Roxbury wore a wig, a gown, a bow, ribbons and pearls as Snow White. He was with a group of men dressed as Disney princesses. They were not affiliated with the aforementioned washed up Disney stars.
"I did this because first of all, I wanted to look pretty," joked Grawehr. "And second, autism awareness is a great cause."
Grawehr said his favorite princess is Snow White.
"I went to Party City and they told me that they were running low on costumes and we may not have it and of course they did," Grawehr laughed, pulling back a strand of wavy black hair.
Over the past decade, a growing number of Shore towns have been inviting beach lovers to visit during the winter and take a swim for charity. On Saturday, Seaside Heights will host New Jersey's last plunge for the season, a benefit for the Special Olympics. During January, there were Special Olympics plunges in Asbury Park and Wildwood.
Sea Isle's tradition of midwinter swimming began in 1995, when a dozen tourism officials jumped in the ocean while about 15 spectators watched on the beach, said Chris Glancey, President of the Sea Isle City Chamber of Commerce.
"About 12 people went in the water and then they came back to La Costa, went to the bar afterwards and had a beer to try and warm themselves up," said Glancey, owner of Diamond's Liquor Store in Sea Isle City. "We started advertising it through the tourism committee every year and it's grown. You have Irene Jameson, who was the head of the tourism committee for many, many years, who is turning 90 this year, who went in every year and she'll be on the beach again this year. Those are the kinds of people that really made this happen."
Lifeguards and police monitored the plungers in rescue boats. Security was stepped up after a young woman died of hypothermia five years ago.
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Nicole Green, 32, of Fleetwood, Pa., led a group of plungers decked out in Mardis Gras masks and beads. She said visiting the beach lifted her spirits after weeks of snow shoveling and ice scraping.
"We came from two feet of snow in Pennsylvania to Sea Isle City, where there's no snow and it's not warm but it's better," said Green. "We're actually hoping for some snow out on the beach. Why not? It's February. We've got two feet of snow at home so why not a little snow for the plunge."
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Okay, so if you're all about the monogamous union for reasons other than personal choice, you may want to stop reading now. Because while hate mail is obviously fun, it's nowhere near as fun as polygamy. (Ba dum dum, ching.)
Let's be clear up front: I am not advocating for this arrangement, nor am I trying to promote it. There are even pieces of this particular issue that make me a little queasy. I see this more as a discussion of an interesting evolutionary argument--a mind bender, an article to explore a side of an issue I never before considered. Humans did not evolve to be specifically monogamous, but that's beside the point. Because according to Robert Wright, author of The Moral Animal, there may be a liberal feminist argument for polygamy1.
"Our husbands get to sleep with more than one person, but we don't? And it's a feminist argument? Seriously, what in the fuck!?"
Obviously, this seems contradictory. But, according to Wright, male animals with fewer assets do best to focus on one female and her offspring, rather than risk spreading things too thin and ending up with no surviving children. However, in animal species where resources have more striking class divides, females gravitate towards a few higher-ranking males and have no problems sharing because of the financial benefits he provides.
And we might be one of those species.
Many will have issues with this argument, based on the idea that sharing a man seems to be a fairly misogynistic thing, plus the ick factor for those who don't want to sleep with someone who is actively banging someone else. Some will also have issues with this from a class perspective and 1% privilege, since it's unlikely that the lower class or even the middle class would be able to afford polygamous union with a single male wage earner. And the whole "men as heads of households/female dependency thing" really deserves its own post, as does the nature of religious belief and sexual health.
But let's try to put all of that aside for a moment. Because it is possible that socially imposed monogamy actually benefits men at higher rates than women.
Okay, so, here's my interpretation of Wright's theory:
Generally, individual women and men partner with someone of similar marketable rank, i.e. we are predisposed to seek out the best we can get based on our view of our value. 3s marry 3s, 8s marry 8s. According to David Buss, author of The Evolution of Desire, these ratings would be based on physical attractiveness, fidelity, signs of good motherhood and inherited personality traits like intelligence (for men) and provisional resources like the ability to support a family financially, intelligence and personality traits of caring and kindness (for women).
That's why when we see a gorgeous, young woman with a creepy-looking old guy, we assume he's got some cash. We automatically make up for his lack of physical marketability with an overcompensation of resources.
While that is clearly not an exhaustive list, and many factors come into play for determining marketability, let's say for the sake of simplicity that the following rows of people have the following ratings:
Women: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Men: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Again, for simplicity, say they pair like this:
Women - Men
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 10
Simple enough. In the monogamy model, every man gets married. Awesome. Good for them.
How would it look if women were allowed to choose polygamous union?
In modern polygamous union, women generally have a say in who gets chosen to enter the marriage. It becomes a consenting group partnership as opposed to a harem-style reproductive baby mill. And it doesn't necessarily have to be polygamy; polyamory, where partners have extended relationships with other people may also provide additional benefits with or without polygamous unions.
So, let's say our lady #10 needed some help, or was otherwise open to such an arrangement (and if she wasn't, she could very well demand monogamy based on her own marketability). The women in the middle may not be motivated to improve their lot slightly in exchange for resources and another wife. The men in the middle couldn't afford to take on another wife, and wives in the middle would be unlikely to agree to take on another person in the relationship without some serious benefits from the individual themselves. So, in most cases, the women who benefit are those who married lower-ranking guys, if they choose to accept the arrangement.
Say that now things look like this:
Women - Men
None 1
None 2
1 3
2 4
3 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
8 9
4, 5, 10 10
Women 4 and 5 improved their financial standing significantly with a polygamous union. Woman 1, 2 and 3 also got a better mate selection, despite not being involved in polygamous union.
Men 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 however, have all decreased their prospects, either with lower-ranking mates or none at all.
Uh oh.
Love is a complex series of chemical reactions, triggered by things like marketable status and inherent benefits of that partner. If you believe Wright, this model would be like choosing to marry a guy of higher rank and sharing him with others in exchange for a higher social status, less (or no) financial worry and the potential for a cooperative care model of childrearing not unlike that enjoyed by our ancestors. And there might well be lots of love.
While on the surface it might sounds a little gold-diggery, financial security (or at least a lack of severe stress) is often a contributor to mate selection regardless of how high it ranks on our internal list of "important things in a husband". Hard working women are rarely excited to marry someone with no drive, no prospects and no job. And the male model of attraction that is only partially true (skinny young women with large breasts) is celebrated across the board instead of harassing men for openly seeking these features.
Seeking financial security, or someone who is hardworking is not a shameful thing. It is an innate part of our existence, one that can coexist with "love". In fact, it is often external cues of resources and stability that can trigger love in the first place. I also tend to be an advocate for the ability of women to choose, regardless of what my own choices might be in a similar situation.
But there is a complication, and it has to do with those lower ranking fellows.
Marriage: The Great Pacifier
Marriage in general might do more than lead to sexual monotony. According to researchers Martin Daly and Margo Wilson, marriage tends to have a "pacifying effect" on males2.
Single men, particularly those in lower ranking stations (our numbers 1 and 2 above) tend to compete more ferociously for mating rights. These are the men with something to prove from an evolutionary standpoint, men who are more predisposed to robbery in order to increase resources and attract a mate, men more likely to commit murder2. These are also the men more likely to rape2, a biological throwback to the days when if you couldn't attract a mate, you simply took what you wanted and hoped that over time some of your offspring would survive to reproduction themselves.
Rape was, in part, an evolutionary way to hedge bets when no one actually wanted to fuck you. Today there remains some truth to this though our complicated psyches also allow for strong elements of control in such crimes. However, the complex nature of rape requires its own set of posts to do it justice.
Polygamy and Monogamy: Flip Sides of the Same American Coin
Now clearly, some of those lower ranking men are simply those who wouldn't have gotten married to begin with due to this lower marketability factor, but monogamy does have some benefit in terms of reducing the number of single males who might be more likely to harm others in their uncoupled state.
However, even with marriage as a cultural norm, we are nowhere near a monogamous culture. If anything, we are a nation of serial monogamy lovers, as evidenced by high divorce rates and remarriages. Only sometimes are we "till death do us part" people. More often we mate for a season and find ourselves back on the market, often with a lower marketability ranking than we started with. And both women and men suffer terribly in these exchanges when they are replaced by another individual instead of being able to stay there with their children, even with the added caveat of another person in the house.
And as Wright argues, higher ranking men often monopolize large numbers of women anyway during their peak reproductive periods as opposed to marrying one and sticking with her.
Right Hef?
Quasi-polygamy. The choice of rich playboys, rock stars and actors everywhere.
But what about us? Can the ladies have a bunch of husbands too?
Polyandry and Hypocrisy
The flip side of the polygamy model is polyandry, but Wright argues that while having additional partners to share the workload and bills may be nice, women don't need additional opportunities for reproduction, and a wealthy woman could just hire a housekeeper if she needed help.
Wright also argues that this may decrease the opportunities for lower-ranking women if those in higher positions snap up more dudes. As ironic as it is, allowing women to have additional husbands might serve to increase inequality and increase mate competition for women, whereas polygamy allows for increases in female equality in terms of improvements in mate choice, at least in the way we currently practice marriage in this country. It might all work out in a hippie-commune type of situation, though.
I'd argue that having another husband to leave their socks on the fucking floor would do me in, but who knows? Maybe one of the other guys in my man stable would pick them up. There's also the fact that due to our societal structure, and our susceptibility to shame, going against the grain would likely cause more stress for those engaging in it.
But if you lived at Bill Gate's place, you might not care.
Stress or no, there are times I might consider letting my husband sleep with someone else if I could just get some help with the freaking laundry.
All that said, Wright's model is a little suspect. Not only does it assume that women would be willing to give up monogamy for higher status or resources, but it also has a pretty stark class divide. While it may make sense from some perspectives, the reality may be different, particularly when deepening privileges for upper-class individuals even as you hypothetically increase opportunities for lower-class women who wish to engage in these unions.
I'm not advocating such a model, nor am I excited to engage in a partnership like it (so don't even try it, honey.) However, I do think that women are intelligent enough to weigh the costs and benefits of such an arrangement and decide for themselves if it may be beneficial to them. At any rate, it's the start of an interesting discussion.
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Carly Pearce's Favorite Holiday Traditions Include Wine and Pet Stockings
Carly Pearce's beloved Christmas traditions involve her pets, her mother and two of their favorite holiday films.
In an interview with her label, Big Machine Records, Pearce sets the scene for one of her favorite holiday activities, sitting down with her mom to watch two holiday films they both love. "My mom and I, we have two movies that we watch every year. We watch The Family Stone and we watch The Holiday and that's kind of our thing," she explains. "We may watch them twice. I always know it's Christmas when my mom and I are on the couch watching that. And now it's like we have a glass of wine and we eat popcorn, and that's just a very special time for me."
But that's just one way the Pearces celebrate the holiday season. The "Every Little Thing" singer also describes another treasured tradition of putting up the stockings that resemble the furry members of the family. "We're very big animal people. So when I see the animal stockings that look identical to our family pets, when they're hanging I know it's Christmas...my mom puts those out pretty early 'cause she loves them," Pearce says.
Following a stint as an opening act on Brett Young's Caliville Tour, which wraps up on Dec. 16, Pearce is set to hit the road with Blake Shelton on his 2018 Country Music Freaks Tour along with Brett Eldredge and Trace Adkins. Her latest single, "Hide the Wine," was in the top five most added songs on country radio during the week of Dec. 4 in 2017.
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The album as a whole has a California/Orange County tinge that seemed to permeate a lot of media during this time. Maybe it's because The OC was popular, or because California has always been cool, but I think it's largely something else: This album came out in fall 2006, when social media was nascent enough to not yet be the pop culture pipeline that it became. Americans still looked largely to traditional media for what was cool, and traditional (entertainment) media has always been centered around New York and California.
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Remember that outfit I made? With the skirt and the tank? I couldn't figure out why I ran out of fabric when I was positive I had ordered plenty. Well, when I got home I found out what had happened.
This was the pairing I had ordered, apparently I just saw blue and grabbed it in my rush to pack.
This is what I made, luckily it still coordinates nicely. I think I'll still make the other shirt, I need some more solid tops anyway. As much as I love Disney, I prefer not to wear it all of the time.
I love how I say that but I just got another shipment of mostly Disney fabrics. The Mickey faces will be leggings for me, Frozen will be a shirt for my little niecey poo for the Disney Christmas party we're going to at the beginning of December. There's an Avengers print for me to replace the shirt back I made a mess of, and an adorable ninja turtles panel and print too.
The cats seem glad we're home, they've been extra clingy and wanting lots of snuggles.
I've been having too much fun with this clingy behavior, using it to my advantage to play with the new portrait modes on my phone. Believe it or not that is an unedited shot taken with my phone. I've been trying to get one of Jack with this setting but he's too lovey. Every time I call his name to get his attention he comes to me for some loving.
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13th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies Attracts 640 Paper Presentations
The 13th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies drew the brightest luminaries of Tibetan studies across the world. The biggest ever conference of Tibetology kicked off with a grand start in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar on 21 July. The organisers said that there were 730 applications and 640 presentations packed into a seven-day conference.
The magnitude of the conference and the diversity of the topics covered by the 13th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies is clearly revealed by the programme of the conference which runs into 112 densely packed pages. It seems that the organisers of the conference left no aspect of Tibet's Buddhist civilization left un-touched or un-discussed. How the organisers will hammer out the publication of these proceedings will test their scholarship and cataloguing skill.
The point the organisers stressed in the opening ceremony was the relations which Tibet developed with Mongolia, based on Buddhism which the Tibetans took upon themselves to spread to Mongolia starting from the time of Genghis Khan and culminating in the enthronement of the great Fifth Dalai Lama in 1642. As the Khamba Lama, currently Mongolia's foremost Buddhist leader, said, "Genghis Khan established the great Mongol state in 1206. He visited Tibet to invite Tibetan lamas to Mongolia." The Khamba Lama said in his opening address, "I am extremely happy that Buddhism is attracting the attention of the world and followers and devotees are increasing. Buddhism has made unparalleled contribution to the development of the Mongol identity and culture."
Because the conference is being held in Mongolia, the organisers made it a point to stress how the contacts between Tibet and Mongolia contributed to the cultural development of the Mongolians. As one of the organisers said, "Since ancient times, Tibetans were the Dharma brothers of the Mongols. Cooperation in translation and compilation in a major Mongol-Tibetan dictionary was close and extensive."
As an indication of the burgeoning Mongolian interest in Tibetan studies, the opening ceremony of the conference saw the launch of the Mongolian Association for Tibetan Studies headed by a gifted Mongolian scholar of Tibetan studies.
The 13th conference of Tibetan studies was hosted by the National University of Mongolia, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and organised by the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS). In his address, Charles Rambles, the outgoing president of the IATS said, "Mongolian cooperation for the conference is inspiring and will improve studies in the area."
Charles Rambles was highly satisfied with the turnover of the conference. He said, "With 63 panels and sessions …, the seminar has assumed a scale and scope that it would have been difficult to imagine at the first conference" held at Oxford University in 1979.
He said, "How fitting that it should be held in Ulaanbaatar! Mongolia and Tibet have a history of political and religious interaction that goes back at least to the 13th century, and shared a stratum of popular culture that surely extends into an even more distant past. The present seminar is a landmark opportunity to reinforce these bonds with the many strands of intellectual enquiry that make up the rich fabric of modern Tibetan studies."
One of the inspiring aspects of the conference was that Tibetan scholars from Tibet and those in exile engaged on a whole-day's session entitled History of Tibetan Religious Practices on the second day of the conference. Since all the participants of this session were Tibetans with a smattering of non-Tibetans speaking the language this one-day session was conducted entirely in Tibetan. After each presentation, the questions were friendly and the answers open and frank. It was a great opportunity for scholars in Tibet and those in exile to judge the level of scholarship attained in both sides of the Himalayas.


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The troubled VVIP chopper
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of the Enforcement Directorate which is expected to register a
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The ED started going through documents it had received from a US Attorney Edmond Allen who was earlier associated with arms dealer Abhishek Verma which had suggested that kickbacks have been paid in the chopper deal by the firm AgustaWestland, the agency sources said.
The references about the firm, which is in the news because of the arrest of Giuseppe Orsi-- the CEO of Italian defence and aerospace giant Finmeccanica-- were in respect of alleged purchases of utility and some variants of military choppers for Indian defence and security requirements.
Sources said the ED will take a call whether to register a case under the stringent clauses of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this deal once the CBI files an FIR and also will take in account its ongoing investigation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
The agency has been conducting a probe since last year for alleged violation of forex laws in the country in the
conduct of the VVIP chopper deal and the probe "has been
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The agency has also questioned Abhishek Verma about his dealings with this firm but sources said there were a few leads on this front. Verma has denied any wrongdoing.
The agency is also believed to have gathered some inputs regarding the transactions done to procure 12 VVIP service helicopters produced by Finmeccanica's subsidiary AgustaWestland in 2010.
The ED, according to sources, will approach foreign authorities once it registers the PMLA case as it would give them a firm basis to identify any "proceeds of crime", which are called as kickbacks, in the commissioning of this order.
After yesterday's arrest of Orsi in Italy, the government was to order a CBI probe in this regard.
The ED, sources said, has also approached their foreign counterparts in Italy for official records but the agency is still to get the desired help.