I am always interested in stories of start ups and how they progress. This week I read about the instant messaging start up Snapchat. This nifty little application allows users to set a time limit on how long a message be it text, video or image is viewable for. It then deletes the message from…
Winners I had the pleasure the other day of catching up with Malcolm Bish a graduate of the 2012 Mentor Program and recent winner of the ASX Sharemarket Game. The conversation naturally turned to the ASX Sharemarket Competition and why he had done so well. I am aware of Malcolm trading system since it is…
As a biologist, Fleming knew that evolution was inevitable: sooner or later, bacteria would develop defenses against the compounds the nascent pharmaceutical industry was aiming at them. But what worried him was the possibility that misuse would speed the process up. Every inappropriate prescription and insufficient dose given in medicine would kill weak bacteria but…
Word clouds are intriguing little tools that effectively allow you to look at the frequency distribution of words within a given piece of text. Wofram Alpha the way clever search engine has just released a new function allowing you to generate word clouds for the lyrics of your favourite songs. you simply enter the expression…
I came across this wonderfully sycophantic piece the other day and would have posted it earlier but I was looking for some figures from Simon Lacks – The Hedge Fund Mirage The figures I was looking for are From 1998 – 2010 the hedge fund industry took $379 billion in fees whereas investors…
Each year the Ig Nobel committee hand awards to research that in their words – first make people laugh, and then make them think. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology. To give you a sense of what sort of research attracts an Ig…
I had not intended for my Is The Market Overvalued? piece to become a two parter but I came across the following chart courtesy of the people at Bespoke, who produce a dazzling array of metrics. This chart looks at the number of S&P500 stocks which are above their 50 day moving average.…
I was going though my Evernotes file and came across this panel discussion and thought it was too good not to repost. Click here to be taken through to the WSJ.
I have a neighbour who is on his third real estate agent in under a year. The two previous agents had failed to sell his property at a price he was happy with. Interestingly, the two previous failed attempts saw the property pass in at the same price. Added to this this three other properties…
I am immensely proud to announce that Malcolm B, a graduate of the 2011 program has just won the latest ASX sharemarket game.
That Hedy Lamarr the 1930s actress invented frequency hopping which is the basis for bluetooth, wi- fi, GPS and a bunch of other communications technology. I had no idea until I came across the excellent site Women Rock Science – if you have a daughter interested in science then you need to hook her up with…
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