Tuesday, July 31, 2018
How the English language took over the world, for better or worse.
A perfectly nice language, capable of expressing a great many things – and with scores of fascinating regional variants, from Scots to Singapore English. But it is so prevalent. And so hard to escape.
↩︎ The Guardian
The results of a new survey reveal a lot about how we think of consent in 2018.
“If I am the one making the sexual advances, I make sure to evaluate my partner’s body language. If I notice some form of hesitation, I ask if he’s OK with having sex, so there is no ambiguity toward how we’re feeling.”
↩︎ BuzzFeed
Judging the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting—near West Virginia coal towns without potable water.
No one wants to be told the grim truth that much of the world, even here in the United States, lacks access to clean water, or of a Mad Max future with nations fighting wars over it.
↩︎ Eater
Record’s Wood-Collins: more disclosures needed
Forget The Tech Wreck and Focus On These Sectors - SPY Needs To Hold $280
Forget The Tech Wreck and Focus On These Sectors - SPY Needs To Hold $280
BNY Mellon adds Velis to FX strategist team
Hedging Energy Sector Oil Price Risk
Volatility in oil prices makes investing in the energy sector a risky proposition. The collapse in oil prices following the OPEC meeting in November 2014, at which Saudi Arabia announced its intent to flood the market to put American shale oil producers out-of-business, resulted in a rout in energy equities prices. The Energy Select SPDR […]
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Monday, July 30, 2018
A short list of things La Croix tastes like.
Something included in a care package Drake sends to ex-girlfriends and randomly selected Cheesecake Factory hostesses each Labor Day.
↩︎ Very Smart Brothas
Mark Douglas Video Interview – Mind Over Market
A Mark Douglas interview on trading psychology, beliefs and the practices of successful traders.
Mark Douglas is a trader and author of The Disciplined Trader and Trading in the Zone. His books are definitely worth the read, and this video discusses some of the topics from those books. If you have a trading method but can’t seem to stick to it, or you are struggling to find profitability. Or, your psychology seems to be getting…
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NASDAQ Breaks Through Key Technical Support
Hello traders everywhere. The NASDAQ has broken through a key technical support level at $7649.58 where the 50-day moving average stands trading -1.3% lower on the day. The fall lower comes on the heels of a lackluster Friday trade where we saw the NASDAQ fall -1.5% to close out the week. We'll have to watch […]
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ACI to file amicus brief for Mark Johnson appeal
The Top Albums of 2018 (So Far)
by Andrew Womack
With 2018 a little more than half over, a check-in on the best long-player recordings from the year thus far.
Market Breakout Less Likely - We Got the News and the Window Is Passing
Market Breakout Less Likely - We Got the News and the Window Is Passing
Democrats have a habit of forgetting to vote between Presidential elections.
Republican turnout has exceeded or equalled Democratic turnout in every midterm since 1978, no matter which party held the Presidency, with an average margin of three per cent—more than enough to decide control of Congress in a closely divided election.
↩︎ The New Yorker
Sunday, July 29, 2018
No sign of a currency war, says Danske
Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery
We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets. Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN […]
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Blackout author Sarah Hepola on the depiction of alcoholism in Sharp Objects.
By the time I arrived at the scene where empty airplane bottles line the rim of the motel bath tub, I had quit trying to make sense of the inconsistency. Let’s all agree: It just looked cool.
↩︎ Cosmopolitan
Dr. Seuss’s Lorax may have been based on the patas monkey—which is fun to read about in Seussian verse.
The monkey’s full name? Erythrocebus patas. / It enjoys, at the moment, an unthreatened status. / It lives across Africa, in the savannas / And eats bugs and tubers (not so much bananas).
↩︎ Atlas Obscura
Visa: The Valuation Conundrum In A Frothy Market
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) continues to deliver phenomenal shareholder returns year after year, and thus far 2018 is no exception. Over the past year, Visa has appreciated 45% and currently sits at a 52-week high. Visa has become a top-performing perineal large-cap growth stock that continues to deliver despite emerging threats in the digital payments space, […]
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What It Takes To Trade Forex Successfully, From Student’s Viewpoint
The following article comes from a student who is working, and practicing, his way to being a consistent forex trader. Below he shares some of his insights on what it takes to trade forex successfully, based on mistakes made and lessons learned.
What It Takes Trade Forex Successfully, From Student’s Viewpoint…
My (new) friend Cory Mitchell,CMT has been key to learning about forex trading and identifying a risk-managed, profitable, time-efficient strategy. Cory draws on over…
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Market Will Grind Higher - Stay Long - Make This Adjustment Today
Market Will Grind Higher - Stay Long - Make This Adjustment Today
SGX reports record FX volumes
US dealers see Q2 Ficc revenues dip
Thomson Reuters to rename Financial & Risk business Refinitiv
Thursday, July 26, 2018
American whites hate being called “white people.” But a shrinking group cannot avoid being reminded it is a group.
White men bridle at the notion of being part of a tribe or engaging in identity politics. Alone among social groups, they are allowed the illusion that they have only their own bespoke identity, that they are pure freethinkers, citizens, unburdened and uninfluenced by collective baggage
↩︎ Vox
Tyler Cowen and Noah Smith debate the future of US immigration.
The U.S. needs skilled immigrants to come in and pay taxes to support the comfortable retirements of the elderly native-born. We might be seeing a situation similar to the mid-1800s, in which the needs of the U.S. economy override a brief bout of nativism.
↩︎ Bloomberg
DOW Triggers New Monthly Trade Triangle
Hello traders everywhere. Close to the end of the trading day on Wednesday the DOW finally triggered a new green monthly Trade Triangle at $25,402.83 letting it join both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ on the long/bullish side of the market. However, the DOW still has some work to do to break out of the […]
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Lucy McBath’s journey from mourning mother to activist, to Congressional candidate.
"Trust me, when I was sitting at home those three months trying to figure out where to go, running for office was not on my mind."
↩︎ ELLE
Thursday Headlines: Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you some lies.