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Happy New Year

Best wishes to you and yours.  JibJab nailed my resolutions for the year!

 

 

JibJab via YouTube.

Looking forward to a great 2016!

Cool Comparison of Harry Potter and Star Wars [Infographic]

The first reactions to 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' are here, and people are thrilled ... Even Wired liked it.

Ah, the Hero's Quest ... a formula that has worked for centuries.

Check out this document showing the differences between the plots of Harry Potter and Star Wars.

 

 

J.K. Rowling has said, "I haven't the faintest idea where my ideas come from."  Well, Wikipedia lists over two dozen influences and analogues (and is interesting, if you like that sort of thing.)

Or, you could just glance at the following infographic.  It highlights the similarities between Harry Potter and Star Wars pretty clearly.

 

 

Sometimes it is better not to analyze the trick and just enjoy the magic.

Other times, just let Saturday Night Live do a parody of it.

Related articles

• Incredible Infographic - The Fascinating Franchise of Harry Potter (basekit.com)
• The Magic Of Harry Potter (grumbleltd.wordpress.com)
• Bank on Harry Potter to conjure up the cash (telegraph.co.uk)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Google is good for a lot of things.  Watching the auto-complete choices is often fun.  According to this, PDF might be the fourth most popular religion.

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• How Machines Learn (And You Win). (HBR)
• How an F Student Became America’s Most Prolific Inventor. (Bloomberg)
• Forget Humans vs. Machines: It’s a Humans + Machines Future. (Singularity)
• The 5 Biggest Rip-Offs Consumers Face Today.  (Fortune)
• Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s. (The Atlantic)

 

Trading Links:

• Goldman Sachs Bought a $21 Million Stake in HFT Network Company. (Bloomberg)
• U.S. System Designed to Prevent Financial Crisis ‘Likely to Fail,’ Say Experts. (MarketWatch)
• Wall Street is Under Attack from Hackers. (Business Insider)
• Short Interest: Dispelling Another Market Myth. (See It Market)
• Stop Listening to These Clowns: Economists’ Bad Ideas Have Been Damaging Our Economy for Years. (Salon)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving weekend.  Times may change, but human nature doesn't.  There is a lot to be thankful for anyway!

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• CEOs On Their 'Best Mistakes'. (Business Insider)
• The Best Leaders Are Constant Learners. (HBR)
• How AI is Transforming Business [Infographic]. (Deloitte)
• How Salad Can Make Us Fat. (NYTimes)
• Research: Life Is Different For People Who Think In Metaphors. (Psych)

 

Trading Links:

• Jack Bogle: Greatly Diminished Stock Returns Ahead. (CBS)
• U.S. Dethroned as World's Billionaire Capital. (CNBC)
• IMF Seen Approving Yuan As "Reserve Currency". (ZeroHedge)
• The Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futures Exchanges. (Bloomberg)
• These Numbers Explain Why Amazon Wants to Give So Much Free Stuff to Prime Members. (BI)

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Don't ask how I know, but, never laugh at your wife's choices.  Remember, you are one of them.

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 6 Ways Work Will Change In 2016. (FastCompany)
• What Peter Drucker Had to Say About Automation. (HBR)
• Japan is Building a “Robot Taxi” Service, With Thousands Planned for the 2020 Olympics. (QZ)
• Is Classical Music Irrelevant? Can It Survive The Death Of Its Listeners? (TM)
• Pretty Scary - How Close Did We Come to a US-Soviet War During the Cold War? (BI)

 

Trading Links:

• Hedge-Fund Priest: Thou Shalt Make Money. (Wall Street Journal)
• When Botox Meets Viagra: Allergen & Pfizer in Merger Talks. (LATimes)
• Even If Only for a Moment, Someone Leapfrogged Gates as World's Richest. (ValueWalk)
• Money Managers Go on Offense Against Speed Traders. (Bloomberg)
• The Trust Machine: The Technology Behind Bitcoin Could Transform How the Economy Works. (Economist)

Less Is More: Your Pants Are Lying to You. The Truth About Vanity-Sizing

Warning: Your actual waistline might be bigger than you think.

Your pants have been deceiving you for years ... and the lies are getting bigger.  Here is a chart showing the actual waist size (measured in inches) compared to the waist size shown on the pants.

 

The chart came from this Esquire article. Here are some other excerpts.

"Do highway signs make us feel better by informing us that Chicago is but 45 miles away when it's really 72? Multiplication tables don't yield to make us feel better about badness at math; why should pants make us feel better about badness at health? Are we all so many emperors with no clothes?

... Now that you know the truth — down-waisting is genuine cause for concern. A recent report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that men with larger waists were twice at risk of death compared with their smaller-waist peers. Men whose waists measured 47 inches or larger were twice as likely to die. Yet, most men only know their waist size by their pants — so if those pants are up to five inches smaller than the reality, some men may be wrongly dismissing health dangers."

So, are you surprised ... or just motivated to shop at Old Navy?

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

You be the judge ... Here is a Trump - Who Wore It Better Challenge.

 

 

Winning!

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

 

Lighter Links:

• The State of Artificial Intelligence in Six Visuals. (Medium)
• How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Religion In Our Lifetime? (DailyDot)
• Turns Out Sarcastic People Really Are Better at Everything. (Esquire)
• Hamas Arrested a Dolphin Accused of Being an Israeli Spy. (The Week)
• The Married Kama Sutra ... Funny. (The New Yorker)

 

Trading Links:

• America's Richest Hedge Fund Managers - Forbes. (Forbes)
• Smart Minds in FinTech Discuss How Wall Street Is Going to Change. (BI)
• Yale to Be Paid Interest on Dutch Water Authority Bond From 1648. (Bloomberg)
• Goldman Calls On Fed to Launch Another Q.E. Plan. (MarketWatch)
• The "Great Accumulation" Is Over: The Biggest Risk Facing The World's Central Banks Has Arrived. (ZeroHedge)

Workout Fails Video: Worth Going to the Gym to See

A look in the mirror tells me it is time to return to the gym.

Here is a compilation of clips showing people mis-using the equipment.

Almost worth going to the gym to see ...

 

 

 

via YouTube.

Hope you have a good week.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The six-year bull market has been getting carved up lately.

 

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 100 Motivational Quotes from Successful Entrepreneurs. (FN)
• Siri, How Many Questions Do You Answer Per Minute? (USAToday)
• Will You Fall in Love With Your Sex Robot? (DisInfo)
• We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries. (FC)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality to Help Players in Film Study. (ESPN)

 

 

Trading Links:

• Scientists Show Future Events Decide What Happens in the Past. (SN)
• Experimenting With Virtual Reality, Financial Services Enter The Matrix. (TC)
• Real Madrid, Dallas Cowboys Top Forbes Sport Value List. (Sports)
• George Soros Says America Needs To Make Friends With China. (Insider)
• China's Building the Most Extensive Global Commercial-Military Empire In History. (Qz)

 

Quick Visit to the Cowboys Training Camp

I am in California to meet my son's future father-in-law.

  

While there, I had the chance to visit some friends at the Cowboys' training camp.

  

Here's a sideline picture with head coach, Jason Garrett.

 

  

  

 

I was very impressed by what I saw.  The Cowboys look good this year.

 

Next week I'll have more on the process, and how I think it applies to excellence in many areas (including trading).