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Irony: The First Real Flying Saucer is from Earth and Lands on Mars
Sometimes you need a little caffeine boost.
Well, I heard about Sheets energy strips, which are a dissolvable energy-supplement, and figured I'd give them a try.
Each sheet is the equivalent of half a cup of coffe, with some vitamins and nutrients added for good measure.
They are distinctive because they are paper-thin, individually wrapped, dissolvable strips. No pills. No liquids. No sugar. No calories.
I watch programmers down Red Bull, Monster, Bawls, and Five Hour Energy … yet, somehow, I know that isn't for me.
Energy Sheets are more subtle than that. They provide a quick and convenient energy boost without the sugar crash. And they work and taste good enough that I now keep a few in my back pocket and computer bag so they are there when I need them.
They also have sleep-time product called Sleep Sheets. It is honey flavored with melatonin and extracts from goji berry and chamomile — which are natural ingredients purported to induce restful sleep.
All-in-all, worth a try.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
This chart shows Apple's exceptional position in the global mobile phone industry.
via Statista.
It is no secret that Apple’s iPhone business is exceptionally profitable. New numbers, released by an analyst of investment bank Canaccord Genuity, show just how exceptional Apple’s position in the mobile phone market really is.
In the second quarter of 2012, Apple claimed an estimated 71% of the industry’s total profits. A number that is even more astonishing considering that the iPhone only accounted for 6% of global mobile phone shipments in the same period.
Having just come back from the Jersey Shore, where Cheesteak sandwiches seemingly grow like grass …
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Traders.com is a great resource for technical traders, and so is their Technical Analysis of Stock & Commodities Magazine.
Our Portfolio Manager, David Stendahl, was recently featured in the August 2012 issue.
In the interview he describes some of the processes by which Capitalogix creates diversified portfolios.
David discusses the systems design process and how trading styles, across multiple time frames, complete with stop management are applied to variety of global futures markets.
He then describes how Capitalogix combines these systems into baskets (which are specialized mini-portfolios) using techniques liked fixed fractional and ratio level position sizing algorithms.
The interview ends with a description on how the baskets get allocated properly using Optimal Weight, Minimum Variance or Risk Parity allocation formulas to form the final trading portfolio.
As a trader, you are likely to find something interesting in Technical Analysis of Stock & Commodities Magazine.
Sometimes, seemingly simple tasks are harder than they should be. Thought this was an interesting graphic. Go ahead, count the black dots.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
The S&P 500 Index is entering a seasonally weak period. The chart below shows the predicted turning points based on the past five years of historical data.
History does not typically repeat itself, exactly; but it often rhymes. So, it makes sense to keep seasonal tendencies in mind. With that said, some things potentially different this year include that this is an election year and world governments are coordinating central bank stimulus actions.
However, the chart below should serve as a reminder that there a lot other markets worth trading too. For starters, Soybeans are up 45.25% so far this year.
The chart shows the top-ten performing markets, ranked by yearly performance, for the past few years. The data is color coded based on sector. The first column posts the current year's open performance followed by six columns of closed yearly market performance.
Note how much diversification there has been in the top-ten throughout the years. Click the chart to see an expanded version of this data (showing 40 global futures markets).
That is the funny thing about markets … something is always working. The trick is finding it while it's working.
