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When Was the Last Time You Checked-Out Wolfram Alpha?
Wolfram Alpha is not a traditional search engine — rather, it is a "computational knowledge engine". That means it generates output from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links. Nonetheless, it produces some amazing answers to things you want to calculate or know about. Watch this video to get
Take a Look at the New $100 Bills
Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the United States Secret Service unveiled the new design for the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note retains the traditional look of U.S. currency. If you haven't seen one in person yet,
Capitalogix Commentary for the Week of 05/24/10
It's time to talk about American Idol (with the Finale this week, and all). Sorry, my mistake … another bad jobs numbers came out & the markets went down … so it is time to talk about the American Idle. Last week was rough for the bulls; and if not for a reversal after the
How Did the Big Banks Really Score 100% Profitable Trading Days Last Quarter?
The numbers are incredible. Goldman Sachs just revealed in an SEC filing that its traders made money on every single trading day last quarter, a record for the firm. Net revenue for trading was $25 million or higher in all of the first quarter’s 63 trading days with 35 of those days bringing in more
Capitalogix Commentary for the Week of 05/17/10
Enticing the Crowd Back to the Markets With "You Can't Win If You Don't Play". After the "flash crash", the markets recovered quickly and then sold off again, ending that week with additional selling pressure. While some people might have seen that volatile move down as a buying opportunity, many others saw it as a
Remember Everything with Evernote
I have been using a software tool you might find useful. It solves a problem that you probably have, even if you don't think about it often. A Cure for Information Overload. It In the old days, you could photocopy something and put it in a file. So finding it was relatively straight-forward. Today, you