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Some Good Weekend Reading Links
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Trading Links: IBM's Jeopardy-Winning AI, Watson, Not Yet Scheduled for Wall St. (WS&Tech) The London Stock Exchange is Courting High-Frequency Trading Business. (VB) Indonesia's Amazonian Opportunity. Is it the Next Brazil? (WSJ) Tracking IPO Market Performance this Year: Prices
Leadership Lessons of a Shirtless Dancing Guy
You don't need a formal setting to learn about leadership. Derek Sivers gave this 3-minute talk at a TED conference. You can watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, while he points-out some of the lessons. A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he's
The Magic of Creating Potter
I went to see the newest Harry Potter movie this weekend. Apparently a bunch of other people went too, because it conjured up box office records. The movie was great. But what left me in wonder was thinking about how it came to be. The scope and scale of the series is literally
Here a Few Links for Your Weekend Reading
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Two scary things stood out. U.S. debt is growing to magical proportions … and the final installment of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows, set box office records. Trading Links: Is Facebook Worth $100 Billion? (WSJ) U.S.
Would a Move Lower Put Bulls Back On Firmer Ground?
Sometimes little things can give you big clues about what is happening. Traders say that market opens are for retail traders, while market closes are for pros. Well, last week, the S&P 500 Index closed down at least 1%, from its intra-day high on four of five trading days. Sentiment has been negative;
Expectations are Low for 2nd-Quarter Results
Recently, corporate earnings and the stock market have thrived, even as the economy has lagged. Meanwhile, we continue to get negative Jobs reports. Employment Numbers. Troubling unemployment numbers weaken the hopes of economic recovery. It is worth pointing out that more companies seem to be hiring now. Nonetheless, the numbers haven't been improving as fast