Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Summer time and lots of people have vacation on their minds.  The royal baby certainly captured a lot of news cycles.  The future king was born in England at 8 pounds.  What's that, like $12.28 US dollars.

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore--From Eric Schmidt's New Book. (Forbes)
• Optimism's Role in Success. The key is to focus on the %-rate you need to succeed. (FC)
• Time’s 100 List Is Packed With Techies. (AllThingsD)
• Why Guys Who Can't Smell Never Get Laid. (Popular Science)
• Data In The Workplace. Google Cares Less About SAT Scores or GPA Because They Have Better Hiring Data (BusinessInsider)

 

Trading Links:

• The Asset Classes Wealthy Investors Love in 2013. (Forbes)
• High-Speed Traders Can Still Buy Peeks at Some Data. (Wall Street Journal)
• Google Logic: Why Google does the things it does the way it does. (Guardian)
• S&P Amazingly Says No One Should Believe Its Ratings Are Independent & Objective. (Qz)
• The Money Side of Driverless Cars. (NYTimes)