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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).

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The Democrats' Dream Ticket is really about Republicans ... Imagine if Trump and Palin ran together.

 

   

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 20 Leadership Experts Share Their Best Leadership Tip. (Inc.)
• How to Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science. (Read)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality in Practice & Film Study. (ESPN & Engadget)
• Just Say No To Digital Hoarding. (Washington Post)
• Amazon Says That It Now Adds Computing Power On a Daily Basis That’s Equivalent to Its Entire Capacity Just 10 Years Ago. (The Atlantic) 

 

Trading Links:

• Five Top VCs Predict The Future. (Forbes)
• Bitcoin Index Called 'Stepping Stone' For Currency. (CNBC)
• Wall Street, Meet Block Chain — Investing 2.0. (Medium)
• IMF Paper Finds That Too Much Finance is Bad for Growth. (NakedCapitalism)
• Cashless Society: This country wants to ban the use of cash in stores. Economists love the idea of a cashless society. So, increasingly, do consumers. (Fortune) 

How Not to Exercise - Video

Sometimes just knowing what you want to do is not enough.

Spending time and energy doing the wrong thing doesn't necessarily take you in the direction of your desired results.

Watch this video of people misusing their exercise equipment.  It's pretty funny.

 

 via JuJitsu Times.

You get the point.

Changing the Game: Dustin Brown's Perftect Start Against Nadal

I'm not a big tennis fan. But while flipping channels this Sunday, I saw Serena Williams hit tennis balls over 120 miles an hour in her Wimbledon win.

My son and I commented how impressive that was, and how much the game has changed.

Then, I saw this clip of Dustin Brown playing. Wow! Click it, and watch it. 

 

Dustin Brown's Perfect Start (against Nadal) at Wimbledon.

 

It surprised me by how fast the game was played, and how the ball's path seemed to bend. More importantly, one of the best players in the world seemingly had no response.

Even though Brown was defeated in the third round of the tournament ... Sometimes the game changes right before your eyes.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

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

 

Lighter Links:

• How The Future Is Really Built. (Innovation Excellence)
• Debate: Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb? (NPR)
• Miracle Grow for Your Brain. (Farnam Street)
• The 70 Coolest New Buildings in the World. (Insider)
• How Lebron James' Trainer Gets Him From One Herculean Effort To Next. (CBS Sports)

 

Trading Links:

• The Information Age Is Over. Welcome to the Infrastructure Age. (Gizmodo)
• Presenting De-Dollarization In One Simple Map. (ZeroHedge)
• Three Reasons Apple Should Acquire IBM. (Forbes)
• How Tesla Will Change The World. (Wait But Why)
• In Rare Admission of Guilt, Wall St. Banks Say They Rigged Markets. (CBS)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Do you know what this is a picture of?

 

 

 

While, it isn't a Mother's Day present ... it does represent my hope that you had a fun Cinco de Mayo.

 

Living in Texas, it wasn't hard to find a place to celebrate.  At this time of year, the State motto might as well be:

 

 

 

 via someecards.

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

 

Lighter Links:

• What Research Tells Us About Making Accurate Predictions? (HBR)
• Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015. (Forbes)
• Why Scientists Believe Dogs Are Smarter Than We Give Them Credit For. (Vox)
• Healthy in a Falling Apart Sort of Way. (Well)
• Most Exclusive Golf Clubs in the U.S. (Business Insider)

 

Trading Links:

• China Has Overtaken the U.S. as the World’s Largest Economy. (Vanity Fair)
• The Outlook for Global Growth in 2015. (McKinsey)
• For Hedge Fund Managers, The Only Thing Worse Than Divorce Is Marriage. (BI)
• Technology’s Evolving Role in Wealth Management.  (Performance)
• 5 Things We Learned About Amazon’s Cloud from Its First Earnings Report. (NetworkWorld)

Show Me The Money - How Big Have Sports Broadcast Rights Become?

March Madness is upon us.

In case you missed it, sports is big business.

Here is a chart showing the broadcast fees paid to various sports leagues.

 

via Financial Times.

Is the bubble going to burst?  The trend of the past 20 years suggests that it won’t.

Broadcasters have been locking in their costs through long-term deals. That also makes it harder for tech companies — such as Netflix, Google or Apple — to buy into the market.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Seeming profound is easier than being profound.

 

 

Just saying ...

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

 

Lighter Links:

• Famous Business Books Summarized in One Sentence. (Business Insider)
• Windows 10 Upgrades Will Be Free for Existing Windows Users. (Infoworld)
• Sign of the Times: Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers. (NPPA)
• Compilation Video of People Using Exercise Equipment Wrong. (Facebook)
• World's Saddest Service Offers Make-Believe Mate.  For $25 you get 100 text messages, 10 voice mails, one handwritten note & a lifetime of secret shame. (ValleyWag)

 

Trading Links:

• Apple Now Sells More iPhones in China than the U.S. (Cult of Mac)
• Google 'To Take On Uber with Driverless Cars'. (Telegraph)
• CME To Close Open Outcry Futures Trading Pits By This Summer. (B.I.)
• Seattle Gets a Marijuana Vending Machine. (USA Today)
• The Best Investment Advice from 20 of the World's Top Market Minds. (Forbes)

There is always a way to be a little better!

I was in Phoenix for a meeting this past week. 

Usually, the highlight of a trip like that entails desert vistas.  This time, however, I had a chance to visit the stadium where the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl was held (and thanks to some friends at Infusionsoft, got to see a game there too).

 

 

It was kind of cool to watch a celebration of those just a little better than who they play against.

There is always a way to be a little better!