Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

A Father's Day Gift Idea:  When words aren't enough ... Say it with bacon.

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• How the NSA Uses Your Telephone Records. (The Week)
• Hacking Gets Its Own World Series. (Salon)
• IBM's Jeapordy-Winning Watson Re-Purposed as Customer Service Agent. (MIT Tech Review)
• Misery Vital to Mental Health. Negative emotions are good for long-term well-being. (Salon)
• The Exercise Equivalent of a Cheeseburger? Study concludes, "Excessive exercise significantly increases mortality." - WSJ (Wall Street Journal)

 

Trading Links:

• Risk Is Back. America's Big Banks Are Knee-Deep In Derivatives. (Forbes)
• What Can Traders Learn from Playing Poker? (BrooklynInvestor)
• CME Group Single Day Trading Volume Reaches All-Time High. (CMEGroup)
• High Frequency Trading Report from WFE. (DanCollinsReport)
• Why Economists Aren't Worried About a Stock Market Bubble. The stock market is smashing records. That's no reason to panic. (The Week)