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Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
A reminder … Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Michael Bloomberg Could Make Donald Trump President. (Slate) Why People Are Confused About What Experts Really
Is Trump the Inevitable GOP Nominee?
Trump at once seems like the inevitable GOP nominee and an impossible one. He is "winning, winning, winning the country" … while the media is freaking out. Can he still be stopped? Probably not. Interesting one-minute video. Is Trump The Inevitable GOP Nominee? by NowThis
Death & Taxes 2016 - A Visual Guide to Where Your Federal Tax Dollars Go
This year, the Federal Budget is over a trillion dollars. Where does the money go? To answer this, just take a look at this year's 'Death and Taxes' infographic. The FY2016 budget chart contains over 500 departments, agencies, programs (and just about everything else the government can spend money on). It is a mind-blowing record
Trading After Groundhog Day
On Groundhog Day, Bespoke put out these charts and comments (with minor edits). When Punxsutawney Phil Speaks, People Listen Forget about EF Hutton, or for that matter Warren Buffett. If you really want to know where stock prices are going and can’t wait until the Super Bowl, look no further than the Oracle of
The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
Innovation comes in many forms. I often challenge my research team to come at the edge-finding process differently. For example, how can you tell what’s happening in the stock market (or in your portfolio) without looking at the market? As an example, I might ask how we could determine the number of people in a
Jimmy Kimmel Ghostwrote a Children's Book for Donald Trump Titled 'Winners Aren't Losers'
Donald Trump has accomplished a lot in his career. He built a real estate empire and wrote 12 books — but, there is something he hasn't done. Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! recently, Trump admitted he wanted to give authoring a kids' book a try, but hadn't yet. Fortunately, host Jimmy Kimmel revealed he