The Juice Is Loose! Weekly Links - July 21st, 2017

1995: "If that glove don't fit, you must acquit!" 2017: "If the case is old, you must be paroled!" OJ Simpson was granted parole, and will likely be free in October ... in related news the Browns are looking for a strong running back.  ... Fake news isn't limited to politics.

Here is a peek at what I've been reading lately. These are the links I saved this week. Hope you find some interesting and enjoyable tidbits. Let me know if you read something I'd like ... Or if there are other sources I should add to my weekly reading. Thanks.

Lighter Links:

5 Misconceptions Small Business Owners Have about Big Data.(Entrepreneur) The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time. (HBR) When Bad Things Happen in Slow Motion. (Nautilus) How to Find Great Business Class Fares with Google Flights.(FrequentMiler) Death of a Pig. (The Atlantic) Steroid Solidarity. (Vqronline) 26 Most Dangerous Cities in the World. (24/7 Wall St) The KKK is Not the Real Fear. (Slate) The Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump. (NewYorker) Infinity and Beyond. (Aeon) Oxford Comma Helps Drivers Win Dispute about Overtime Pay.(TheGuardian) Hot Food, Fast: the Home Microwave Oven Turns 50.(SmithsonianMag) Breaking Faith. (The Atlantic) Into the Woods: How One Man Survived Alone in the Wilderness for 27 Years. (TheGuardian) Evolution Runs Faster on Short Timescales. (Quanta Magazine) Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity.(Medium) Operation London Bridge: the Secret Plan for the Days after the Queen's Death. (TheGuardian) Will 90 Become the New 60? (Nautilus) The CIA's No Good, Very Bad, Totally Awful Tuesday. (LawFareBlog) How the CIA Forgot the Art of Spying. (Politico)

Market-Related Links

The Financial Industry Needs to Start Planning for the next 50 Years, Not the Next Five. (HBR) Quant Funds that Chase Trends are this Year's Biggest Losers.(Bloomberg) How to Think like an Economist (If, that Is, You Wish To...) (Bradford-Delong) Inflation Forecast. (CXOAdvisory) Building Modern Monopolies, with Alex Moazed [Invest like the Best, EP.25]. (Investorfieldguide) Jeremy Corbyn, Emmanuel Macron and the Age of Volatility.(NewStatesman) 2Q 2017 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. (ValueWalk) Quant Vs Traditional Investors, and How Alphas Become Betas [Podcast]. (ValueWalk) The Alternative to Alternative Data for Investment Managers.(ValueWalk) Elon Musk Says Artificial Intelligence is the Greatest Risk We Face as a Civilization'. (Fortune) Extracting the Signal from the Noise: 7 Tips for Interpreting Macroeconomic Data. (MilkenReview) Beating the Odds: JumpStarting Developing Countries.(MilkenReview) Gas Guzzlers' Gains in Fuel Efficiency Go Farther Than Fuel Sippers' Do. (Wall Street Journal) Neuralink and the Brain's Magical Future. (WaitButWhy) Disentangling Cycles from Time. (MainStay) The Volatility of Bitcoin. (SSRN) The Absolute Dominance of the U.S. Economy, in One Chart.(MarketWatch) Legal Marijuana Market to Create Nearly 300,000 Jobs by 2020.(24/7 Wall St) The Older Population: Where the Money Is. (CFAInstitute) Why 90%+ of Active Stock Fund Managers Underperform the S&P 500. (ElliottWave)

Let me know what you think. Thanks. - Howard