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The U.S. Presidential Candidates Raising The Most Money
Which U.S. presidential candidates have raised the most money? via Statista, data as of June 30, 2015. According to the Federal Election Commission, two candidates with strong family ties to the White House are in first and second place. Jeb Bush, whose father and brother are former presidents, is in first place with
Market Confidence Remains High Despite Glitch
An offline N.Y.S.E. barely made a ripple in a day’s trading a few weeks ago. Moreover, industry research indicates that confidence in the US Equity Market Structure is at a 5-year high, with 64% of the respondents having “High/Very High” confidence and 18% responding “Neutral.” In years past, a shutdown like that might have stopped
Weekend Links
Hillary Clinton may have to deal with more fall-out from her deleted e-mail fiasco. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: The Economist Explains: The End of Moore's Law. (Economist) Big Data Explained in Less Than 2 Minutes – To Absolutely Anyone.
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.
Amazon vs. Walmart [Infographic]
Amazon celebrated its 20th-anniversary last week. With 244 million active users, Amazon is by far the largest online retailer in the world. But how does it stack up against brick-and-mortar retail giants? This infographic compares the e-commerce giant to the world’s largest retailer: Walmart. via WebpageFX. Kind of surprising. FsdfS
China Tries to Prevent a Market Crash
It has been a tough several weeks for Chinese markets. As such, the Chinese government has taken some extreme measures to intervene and minimize the selloff. Some of these measures include more than half the companies on the exchange "voluntarily" suspending trading. But, it has not worked yet. via WSJ. Stratfor posits: