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I don't think this is what Beyoncé had in mind ...
I recently went to a Beyoncé concert. Not as good as a Cowboys game, but impressive talent nonetheless. Meanwhile, this guy has some talent and is covering her material … just not enough of his body. All The Single Ladies, will never be the same. Worth a watch for the laugh. via YouTube. This
A Scary Chart That Questions the Future Economic Power of the U.S.
By 2030, more than 70 percent of people will live in cities. In many respects, these cities matter a lot more than the countries that they’re in. Mega-city clusters will dominate the world economy. In many countries, the capital city or financial center often represents up to half or more of the national GDP. By
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Just a saw an interesting Elon Musk quote: "Boil things down to the most fundamental truths, and reason up from there." Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: How to Build a Culture of Originality. (Harvard Business Review) 9 Influential Speeches that
Borsellino: futures trading then and now
I just got back from chairing and speaking at a Quant/Algo Trading Conference in Chicago. Very interesting! While there, I met with Lewis Borsellino, a well-known S&P 500 and Eurodollar futures trader and author. Here is a picture of him in the Pit, back in the day. via TastyTrade. In the mid-eighties, Borsellino claims
Are You In the 1%?
Where you sit in the country's economic hierarchy? Thanks to research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan think tank, we now have an in-depth analysis of income distribution trends. via EPI. EPI's website also has an interactive fact sheet that displays in-depth information state by state. On those fact sheets
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Somebody has to win the election. 16sucks.com hopes it will be them, by selling "Everybody sucks" 2016 campaign signs to America's feeling about the two presumed main contestants for the presidency in November. Presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's net "strongly unfavorable" rating is hovering at about 37% these days (around 5% higher than the previous high for