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Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

A note to the universe ... Sometimes, I just want someone to hug me and say, “I know it’s hard.  You’re going to be OK.  Here are chocolate and $10 million dollars."

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Being Easily Distracted Could Just Mean You're a Genius, Says Science. (Details)
• Desperate for Slumber in Delhi, Homeless Encounter a ‘Sleep Mafia’. (NYTimes)
• This Is Why You Should Sleep on Your Left Side (Backed by Science). (Lifehack)
• This Is What Happens When You Reply To Spam Email. (TED)
• Apple sponsoring Super Bowl host committee with free products and equipment but declined to be included in marketing. (9to5mac)

 

Trading Links:

• Oil Is Cheaper Than Milk and Water. (ValueWalk)
• Richest 1% Now Wealthier Than the Rest of the World. (Bloomberg)
• The 50 Richest People On Earth. (Business Insider)
• 2016: The Year We Began Mining the Moon. (TDB)
• The Rise of the Artificially Intelligent Hedge Fund. (Wired)

The Financial Race Towards the Presidency

The race for the White House is always a race for funds. Last week's Iowa caucus sheds a spotlight on the correlation of fund-raising success and success at the polls.

This chart ranks possible US presidential candidates by the amount of funding they had raised by the end of 2015.

 

via Statista.

 

While he didn’t come out on top in the Iowa Caucus, Donald Trump surely has proven he knows how to make the biggest bang for the buck. While he isn’t even in the top ten of the best funded candidates (of both parties) ... He still achieved a second place showing in the Republican candidates in Iowa.

The Republican winner was Ted Cruz, who is the second best funded in the GOP camp.  

In contrast, while Jeb Bush is the best funded Republican candidate (second overall after Democrat Hillary Clinton), he only managed a sixth place finish against the Republicans in the Iowa caucus.

While Cruz has a comfortable lead over Trump in the caucus in the Republican camp, Democratic hopeful Clinton has the most money of all candidates, democratic and overall. She virtually tied with second best funded Democrat Bernie Sanders in the caucus, who’s only in fifth place of the best funded overall.