The Problem With User Contributed Content

Awhile back I discussed how ‘user contributed content’ (UCC) is clogging Google, but I wanted to address the issue again, because it’s a bigger problem than many think, and Google’s response to the problem of content farms may still be inadequate. UCC is like the ‘new spam’…one that is very stealthy but also so commonplace… Continue reading The Problem With User Contributed Content

Media Mistakingly Attributing Stock Market Rally to Hillary Win

The media (and not just the liberal media) may be wrongly attributing the strong move in the stock market to Trump’s narrow defeat in the first debate. On 9/27/2016, the day following the first presidential debate in which Hillary presumably ‘won’, the S&P 500 gains 14 points. The DJIA gained 133 points. Not huge amounts… Continue reading Media Mistakingly Attributing Stock Market Rally to Hillary Win

Debate Scorecard

Points for trump: Mention of NATO (some countries not contributing enough) Attacked Hillary on NAFTA, trade deals Articulated his economic plans well Attacked Hillary’s use of a private email server Attacked Hillary on Iran deal Hillary’s failure on ISIS Points for Hillary: Donald Trump’s taxes Birth certificate and Trump’s comments on women (only because the… Continue reading Debate Scorecard

Solving the Student Loan/Debt Crisis: A Plan That Can Work

On sites like Reddit, 4chan, and College Confidential, stories of college graduates saddled with piles of debt and poor job prospects, are becoming commonplace: Many on the ‘left’ (and I say ‘left’ because it’s mainly democrats who raise this issue) complain about student loan debt being too high, as well as poor job prospects for… Continue reading Solving the Student Loan/Debt Crisis: A Plan That Can Work

Introverts Rule the World

In 2012 Susan Cain, formerly a Wall Street attorney, published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. The book was a smash success, selling millions of copies and getting thousands of reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, eventually leading to a TED talk that was also equally successful and critically acclaimed,… Continue reading Introverts Rule the World

Amazon, Google, and Facebook: Bigger is Better

Why giants thrive The power of technology, globalisation and regulation This is why a simple investing strategy that goes ‘long’ equal weight the three biggest, fastest growing, and most successful tech companies (AMZN FB and GOOG) has done so well. Is past performance indicative of future results? No, but as far as strategies go, it’s… Continue reading Amazon, Google, and Facebook: Bigger is Better