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Short and Funny TEDTalk called "10 Top Time-Saving Tech Tips" - Bet You Don't Know All of Them

David Pogue (the tech reviewer from the NYTimes) gave a short and funny TEDTalk.  In it, he shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users.

Sure, you may know a few of these already -- but there's probably at least one you don't.

 

 

 

I didn't know all of them.

SNL Parody of Early Google Glass Use

Sometimes it pays not to be an early adopter.

Here is a Saturday Night Live parody of early Google Glass use.

 

 

or try this version (because the SNL link was down for a while).

 

 

 

The Google Glass Stare does not seem natural yet.  Not sure how long it will take to get used to.  For example, imagine having someone like this in a meeting dealing with sensitive data. A little creepy?

 

via White Men Wearing Google Glass.

Are you getting a pair?

Are the New Market Highs the Start of Something Bigger?

The Markets are in rarefied territory.

Have you been waiting around to "buy the dip" on this latest stock market rally? If so, you have been waiting a long time. 

The Dow and the S&P 500 surpassed their all-time highs.

How Strong is the Up-Trend?

 

The chart below compares equity markets to their three year highs. Thus, if a market is shown to be at 100%, then it's currently at a new three year equity high. If not, then the percentage number indicates how close it is to reaching a new equity high. 

Looks pretty strong, globally; doesn't it?

 

Also visit the Drawdowns Metric page to view historic equity high watermark charts.

 

Does the economic, valuation, and political background support the budding euphoria? It just doesn't matter.  Traders know that when Markets go up on bad news ... that is bullish.

 

No Pull-Backs to Speak Of - That is Bullish Too.

 

Risk can be defined in many ways ... the two Russell 2000 charts below focus on a variety of drawdown risk measures that provide prospective on past risk and potential opportunity.

The Russell 2000, shown as a black line in each chart, is making new highs. In the chart below, the pink curve, shows the draw-downs from prior high water marks.  The green diamonds (at the zero line) show new highs.  This chart shows the past three years.

 

Drawdown Definitions

• Current Drawdown: Open loss since last underwater equity high.
• Maximum Drawdown: Largest peak-to-valley loss.
• Underwater Volume Index: Accumulation of all drawdown periods.
• MAR: A ratio that compares Reward, defined as Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
  to  Risk, defined as Maximum Drawdown.

 

To get a different perspective, the next chart smoothes the Under-Water Index (drawdown curve), by taking a twelve week moving average of it.  It is a good way to identify potential turning points for the Russell 2000.

 

The Blue circles and Green squares signify possible tops and bottom for the market.

One of the ways to use the rolling UVI chart is as a longer-term trend based indicator by watching the general direction of the UVI. If it's moving higher we might expect bullish systems to fare better, while if it's trending lower we might look for bearish systems to trade more effectively.

Right now there is a negative divergence.  It is underwater while the market makes new highs.  This is where buying should come in ... if not, then this is an early warning.

To see this indicator on other markets, click here.

The Trend is your friend ... until it isn't.  But that is pretty easy to tell based on support and resistance levels and indicators like this.  Till then, enjoy it while you've got it.

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Certainty is a 'funny' thing.  Just because you know the 'right' answer doesn't mean there isn't a different answer that might seem even more correct.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Business lessons from the Dalai Lama. (CBSNews)
• We Wait Too Long to Train Our Leaders. (Harvard Business Review)
• Here's What Happens Every Sixty Seconds in the World of Data. (DZone)
• The Smell of Nature Is Almost as Good For Us as the Real Thing. (TheAtlantic)
• How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: Lessons in Mindfulness and Creativity from the Great Detective. (BrainPickings)

 

Trading Links:

• The World's Youngest Billionaires. 29 Under 40 - (Forbes)
• Retirees Set to Outnumber Canada’s Youth for the First Time. (Globe&Mail)
• An Aging Population May Be What the World Needs. (Businessweek)
• Self-Learning Algorithms. The New Frontier for Trading & Market Surveillance (AT)
• Data Shift to Lift US economy 3%. Because of this change, the U.S. economy will 'officially' grow in July ... as R&D and film royalties are added. (FT)

26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20

Thought this was worth sharing.

 

26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I'd Known at 20 from Etienne Garbugli

 

 

Now if I could just find the time to put this stuff into practice.

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