Investor DNA 02/17/2017 - Americans Just Broke the Psychologists’ Stress Record
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What You Believe Is the Biggest Obstacle to Global Economic Growth
Whatever their cause, impediments to global economic growth are on the rise.
From hedge fund manager to Oscar nominee: Meet Nicholas Britell, the composer of 'Moonlight'
Nicholas Britell has entered the Hollywood spotlight with his music for “Moonlight,” the spare and delicate but nevertheless integral score earning the film one of its eight Oscar nominations.
Hedge Fund Redemptions More High Profile Hit As Fees Come Down
hedge fund redemptions via JPMorgan At the beginning of this week, JP Morgan published its 2017 Institutional Investor Survey, which revealed
Hedge funds have a new problem - no one wants to work for them.
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Pension related
Ontario's Brewing Pension War?
The Canada News Network reports, Thomas to Wynne: "Pension assets belong to pension plan members" : Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne woul...
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Commodities
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EM & International
With Unconventional Weapons, Drones Hit Their Limits
The difficulties of using unmanned vehicles for biological, chemical or radiological attacks outweigh their potential effectiveness.
Can the Eurozone Break Its 'Doom Loop'?
This is the cycle that regulators are trying desperately to sever to avoid another debt crisis.
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Yield Curve Corner
Janet Yellen's warning about low rates causing a recession doesn't make sense
Less than a year ago, the Federal Reserve chair argued for a slower pace of interest-rate hikes.
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Natural Disaster Corner
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/index.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/
Climate Prediction http://www.nws.noaa.gov/predictions.php
World Meteorological Organization http://severe.worldweather.org
Tornadoes: http://www.disastercenter.com/tornado.htm
A flash flood watch is in effect as a once-a-decade rainstorm barrels toward Los Angeles
A series of major rainstorms will further drench an already waterlogged California, as the pendulum swings from drought to flood risks in the Golden State.
Broken California Dam Is a Sign of Emergencies to Come
Climate change is leading to more extreme rainfalls that can overwhelm infrastructure
Arctic 2.0: What Happens after All the Ice Goes?
Researchers look into the future of the far North for clues to save species and maybe even bring back sea ice
Iranian Situation
http://www.globalincidentmap.com/map.php
The US and Iran Are Not Yet on a Course to War
Despite bellicose words, both sides have also demonstrated elements of restraint.
Iran’s Strengthening Economy Is A Threat To The US—Not Nukes
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Misc. Items of Interest
8 Lebanese Dishes You Need to Know
You’ve heard of hummus and labneh — but have you tried foul mudammas or shanklish? While we tend to think of Middle Eastern cuisine as a single entity, the reality is that each country has its own distinct set of dishes — like Lebanon, whose cuisine dates back thousands of years, pulling ...
Americans Just Broke the Psychologists’ Stress Record
A national survey of anxiety finds a statistically significant increase for the first time since it was launched in 2007.
A 7-year-old girl asked Google for a job and got a personal response from CEO Sundar Pichai
Seven-year-old Chloe Bridgewater asked Google for a job. The CEO, Sundar Pichai, answered her directly.
‘Dumb money’ and other myths about corporate venture capital
After almost a decade in corporate venture capital, I’ve concluded that my world is highly misunderstood in the venture and startup ecosystem.
A Resolution on Who Owns Gene Editing
The victor in the CRISPR-Cas9 patent case is less important than the fact that policy continues to lag behind scientific progress.
Schwarzman Parties at 70 With Camels, Cake and Trump’s Entourage
There were camels in the sand, a gondolier in the pool and a giant birthday cake in the shape of a Chinese temple -- with Gwen Stefani on hand to help sing Happy Birthday at midnight.
The billionaire visionary is digging in on a tunnel project to skirt gridlock, but there’s a hole in his Trump-era business bet.
For Excel users getting started with R, pain oftentimes finds its way into the learning process. Gordon Shotwell feels your pain and provides a primer to shifting to a different approach to your da…
Kim Jong Il | North Korean political leader
North Korean politician, son of the former North Korean premier and (communist) Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) chairman Kim Il-Sung, and successor to his father as ruler (1994–2011)...
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Funnies, Facts, Quotes, etc...
procrustean
[proh-kruhs-tee-uh n]
1: tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.
2: (initial capital letter) pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
Quotes:
1: A procrustean system or plan forces individuals--no matter how different they may be--to fit the same mold or to conform to a single type or pattern.
William F. Russell, Classic Myths to Read Aloud, 1989
2: While doing so, I felt uneasily procrustean: Here and there limbs of the manuscript needed to be stretched, and elsewhere a protruding foot might be lopped off, if all the episodes were to be edited into a single, coherent, continuous work.
John Callahan, "Afterword: A Note to Scholars," Juneteenth, by Ralph Ellison, 1999
Origin: Procrustean entered English in the mid-1600s. The term comes from Procrustes, a robber in classical mythology who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
― Warren Buffett
