Bill Gates on Charlie Rose[video]

Anatomy of a traders mind[graphic]

 

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Gates and Bloomberg on Poverty [video]

FW: Dog’s Evolution

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FW: Best Movie Set In Your State?

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Weekend Links

`Her’ Is the Perfect Movie for Our Time - Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/1e23DJC 
Steve Jobs' Doctor Wants to Teach You the Formula for Long Life - Wired Science http://wrd.cm/1fKdXgb 
▶ The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch - YouTube http://bit.ly/1e1Z2XT 
Steve Jobs' Doctor Wants to Teach You the Formula for Long Life - Wired Science http://wrd.cm/1eUwZNT 
Why Quants Don’t Know Everything | Wired Business http://wrd.cm/1eUv5wP 
Value Investing World: Malcolm Gladwell Interview at the 92Y http://bit.ly/1cG4xui 
Incredible memories from a childhood in India - 60 Things That Defined Your Childhood In India http://bzfd.it/1hBfiTX
Apollo Robbins: The art of misdirection http://bit.ly/1e00kCI 
How Did Toast Become the Latest Artisanal Food Craze? - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society http://bit.ly/1dfwzgm 
What Happens When Nuns/sisters Leave The Order? - Vocation Station - Phorum http://bit.ly/1dfvYLp 
Howard marks on luck & skill: http://bit.ly/1j9dn9M 
The Economist explains: Can you win an acting Oscar without appearing in a film? | The Economist http://econ.st/1fFvTsn 
40 charts that explain the world http://wapo.st/1fCeKQ8 
The Science of Sleep http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/11/sleep/  via @farnamstree

Marc Andreesen @ Lean Startup

Mohnish Pabrai @ MDI [Video Lecture]

FW: Oh, Oscar[infographic]

Eyeing the Academy Award nominees  If you are an actor who wants to be nominated for an Oscar you could do a lot worse than catch the attention of director David O. Russell. When four actors secured Oscar nominations for their performances in his film "Silver Linings Playbook" last year, it was the first such full house seen at the Academy Awards since Warren Beatty's "Reds" in 1981. Now Mr Russell has done it again, with "American Hustle" – a rich but baggy film – securing nominations for Christian Bale and Amy Adams, who performed the lead roles, and Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, taking the supporting.                                                               All told "American Hustle" won 10 nominations, as did "Gravity", Alfonso Cuarón's remarkably grand-in-visual-scale, tight-in-the-telling story of a disaster in space. Steve McQueen's magnificent "12 Years a Slave"...Continue reading

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Investing in your “personal capital”

 

Anyone who has read this blog for long knows we don't go much for forecasts or stock picks. So when asked for the "best investment ideas for the next decade" by Matthew Boesler at Business Insider we got creative… 26. Intellectual, social, physical, and emotional capital "Giving stocks picks and the like is not the business of Abnormal Returns  I have written a lot over the past couple of years talking about the advances in low-cost investing. So in that regard investors would do well to take advantage of this 'free lunch.' So instead of spending countless hours trying to tease out the next hot stock why not invest in yourself. I know that sounds like a bit of new age cliche, but hear me out. The best investment you can make with your marginal dollar (or hour) is in your intellectual, social, physical and emotional capital. Most investment advice is about staying rich. The key to a richer, fuller life is maximizing your potential. For the vast majority of people, time spent in front of the computer searching for the next Twitter or Tesla isn't it." —Tadas Viskanta, founder and editor of Abnormal Returns You can see the rest of the list over at Business Insider.