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The World as 100 People [New Infographic]
The world has over 7 billion people. How can we get a sense of what it means … and who we are? One way is by statistically representing the world population as 100 people. That way, complex issues become more comprehensible and help us get a clearer look at the big picture. So, what would
What Happens to the Best Old Traders?
I visited the trading floor of the CME this week with Bobby Schwartz. Notice his badge number. He used to be one of the largest volume traders on the exchange. While there, Bobby quickly slipped into his old rhythm, and I had a chance to experience his old persona. He showed me the
There's Usually Some Pain to Endure On the Road to Good Market Returns
No matter how you look at it, big stock market sell-offs happen regularly. For example, we've seen two violent sell-offs in the second half of 2014. The first came when the S&P 500 quickly tumbled 9.8% from its then all-time high of 2,019 on Sept. 19 to as low as 1,820 on Oct. 15. The
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
Here is a picture of Obama rocking a tiara like the leader of the free world should. (h/t JB via ABC News) The president understood that he was broke a cardinal presidential rule. "Here’s the general rule," Obama explained: "You don’t put stuff on your head if you’re president. That’s politics 101. You
The End of the Population Pyramid
The shape of the world's demography is changing. The traditional way of visualizing and explaining the age structure of a society has been a pyramid. If you draw a chart with each age group represented by a bar, and each bar ranged one above the other—youngest at the bottom, oldest at the top—a pyramid is
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading
This cartoon made me chuckle. Perhaps you know someone like this? Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Lockheed Martin's New Fusion Reactor Might Change Humanity Forever. (Sploid) Which Technologies Will Dominate in 2022? (Wired) The Odds, Continually Updated. A surprisingly understandable