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The Voice of Nature: Words of Wisdom from Koko the Gorilla

Jennifer and I traveled to the Roaring Lion Ranch in Hamilton, Montana last week.  

 

 

It was an amazing few days in the High Plains ... Especially since there was a major forest fire there just a few weeks ago.

Many fires, like this one, could be avoided with some common sense.

You don't have to be a rocket-scientist to understand the issues.

Koko (the gorilla is that can talk with humans using sign language) was recently informed about some nature-related issues.  Then, supposedly, she was allowed to improvise.

This video is the result.

 

 

 

The Gorilla Foundation via YouTube.

 

 

Regardless of whether the editing was intense or Koko's handlers led the conversation ... it is compelling to watch.

  

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Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading - August 13, 2016

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Three Ways the Tech Industry (Still) Misuses Metrics. (FastCompany)
• Machine Learning Key Terms, Explained. (KDNuggets)
• We Have Become an Idiocracy. (Time)
• Combat Juggling. (Neatorama)
• How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage. (99u)

 

Trading Links:

• Beaten-Up Hedge Fund Billionaires Reminisce About the 'Golden Age'. (QuantNews)
• A Booming Wall Street Business is Based on Guesstimates, and That Could Be A Problem. (BI)
• Authorities Want to Know If Electronic Trading Giants are Cheating Small Customers. (Fortune)
• Who Owns America's Debt? (Money)
• Megacities, Not Nations, are the World’s Dominant, Enduring Social Structures. (Quartz)

Is Clinton Pulling Too Far Ahead For Trump to Catch Her?

It has been a rough week for the Presidential prospects of Donald Trump.

According to Betfair, the odds for Clinton to win in November have rallied in the last several days and are back near their highs of the year at slightly more than 75%.

The chart, below, overlays the odds for a Democratic win and the performance of the S&P 500 Index.

  

via Bespoke. 

That being said, in politics, three months is a lifetime;  and Trump has made some miraculous recoveries before in his career.  

In each of the prior times where Clinton’s odds (late April and late June) have approached current levels, they have quickly pulled back.  

Conventional wisdom says that a strong stock market and a good economy are good for the incumbent party.  Consequently, the Dems are feeling confident with the S&P 500 at new highs and jobs data coming in strong for the second straight month.  Will this be where Clinton finally breaks out (or are her odds due for another pullback)?  

We’ll soon find out!

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Lots of crazy stories from the Olympics.  For example, an Olympic Kayaker capsized after hitting a submerged sofa.  At least they figured out how to deal with the mosquitos.

 

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That’s Good News for Trump. (NYT)
• Inside the Bitter Last Days of Bernie's Revolution. (Politico)
• The Pittsburgh Steelers are Practicing with Football Robots. (PopSci)
• The Craziest Predictions  From Tech BigWigs Recently. (PScience)
• Dos Equis Wants to Rank You on the "Most Interesting Person in the World" Index. (FastCo) 

 

Trading Links:

• The Big Banks are Becoming ‘Dumb Pipes’ as Fintech Takes Over. (CB Insights)
• How the World's Currencies Got Their Names. (World Economic Forum)
• Fund Managers Fear Central Banks Will Create Next ‘Lehman’ Moment. (MarketWatch)
• What Would Happen If 40 Million Americans Defaulted on Their Student Loans? (FastCo)
• Alleged Russian Spies in the U.S. Were Interested in High Frequency Trading. (QuantNews)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Someone sent me a motion-activated toilet bowl night-light for my birthday.  I guess that is an early indicator that Depends won't be far behind.

  

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Palestinian Activists at the DNC Believe Time is on Their Side. (Huffington Post)
• The Hidden Meanings behind the Set Designs of the RNC and DNC. (Wired)
• Why the Suspected Russian Hack of the DNC is Such a Game Changer. (FastCompany)
• Scientists Use Lasers to Regrow Teeth from Stem Cells. (IFLScience)
• Mark Cuban Says He’d Consider Being Vice President — for Trump or Clinton. (Re/code)

 

 

Trading Links:

• Nasdaq 100 Catching up to All-Time Highs - What Could this Mean for Market? (Stockcharts)
• AI Needs Oversight – Time to Set Standards for Autonomous Tech. (NewScientist)
• 'Pokémon GO' is the Biggest Mobile Game in History & It's about to Top Snapchat. (Forbes)
• Cadillac Bets on Virtual Dealerships. (Wall Street Journal)
• How Will Bots Make Money? Here are 7 Business Models. (VentureBeat)

How to Be a Life Coach - Ultra Spiritual Life comedy episode [video]

Have you watched the Netflix documentary, Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru, yet?  The reviews are very good.

 

On the other end of the spectrum, this video 'teaches' you everything you need to know about becoming a life coach.

 

The message: Getting rich teaching other people how to get rich has never been easier!

 

Funny.

 

 

 

 

via YouTube.

Watch more Ultra Spiritual comedy episodes here.

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

I just got back from Asia; seemed like everyone wanted to know what the presidential candidates were saying.

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 8 Ways to Use the New Kauffman Index of Growth Entrepreneurship. (Kauffman)
• Facebook is Predicting the End of the Written Word. (Quartz)
• How Did Consciousness Evolve? (The Atlantic)
• This is the Only TED Talk You'll Ever Need to Watch. (Inc)
• ‘Hamilton’ Inc.: the Path to a Billion-Dollar Broadway Show. (New York Times)

 

Trading Links:

• Prime Day Shows Amazon is So Powerful It Can Make up Its Own Holiday. (Wired)
• Commodities Having a Strong 2016. (Bespoke)
• Blockchain is to Banks TCP/IP is to Telcos. (Medium)
• How the Wealthiest Americans Got Rich May Surprise You. (MarketWatch)
• Apple is Making So Much Clean Energy, It Formed a New Company to Sell It. (TheVerge)

Is the 2008 Financial Crisis Still Effecting the US Economy?

Brexit had a pretty harsh effect on the short-term health of the UK ... but it's yet to be seen how long that will last, and how they'll recover.

On the other hand, The 2008 Financial Crisis is still having an impact on the US Economy. 

 

via New York Times

Since the 2008 financial crisis, private equity firms have gone from managing $1 trillion to managing $4.3 trillion of debt - private firms also have moved into ambulances, fire departments, urgent care, etc.

According to the New York Times, privatizing these services often makes them more accessible - but less responsive and more expensive ... Do you agree?

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Saw this and laughed.  The too true story of life as an entrepreneur.

via Gaping Void.

Here are some posts I saved this week.

 

Lighter Links:

• 17 Handy Tools for Entrepreneurs, Startups, and Marketers. (MarketingProfs)
• Brexit Will Not Affect 'Game of Thrones' Production. (Mashable)
• Frequent-flyer Programs are Too Complicated to Understand, the US Government Has Concluded. (Quartz)
• Why Bose’s New Wireless Headphones should Always Be in Your Hand Luggage. (TNW)
• Hillary: the New Mother Teresa? (DailyReckoning)

 

Trading Links:

 

• Goldman Sachs’ Favorite Books List – General Books on Investing. (ValueWalk)
• Warren Would Give a Middle Finger to Wall Street as Clinton's Vice-president. (TheGuardian)
• Indonesia Considers Onshore Financial Center after Tax Amnesty. (Reuters)
• The Short- and Long-Term Economic and Market Impact of a Brexit. (InstitutionalInvestor)
• Getting Serious About Trumponomics. (Apple)

The Aftermath of the UK Leaving the EU

Last week, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.  

Immediately, the British Pound tanked, and David Cameron resigned.

The drop was so bad that France overtook Britain as the 5th Largest economy.

Here is a chart from the morning after the vote.

 

via TradingEconomics.

In the aftermath, the S&P downgraded U.K. ... It will be interesting to see the long-term effects.

Will the pound bounce back? Will the British economy recover? 

 

 

 

What are your thoughts?