Worth a watch: The State of Artificial Intelligence – Andrew Ng

  This fantastic lecture was presented by artificial intelligence (AI) expert, Andrew Ng, at MIT’s EmTech conference. Watch as Andrew describes the new AI era, where a traditional technology company plus a neural network does NOT equal an AI company… a common misconception among business owners and investors! According to Ng, a modern-day AI company requires: Strategic data acquisition Unified data …

America’s Oil & Gas Boom: Does it Matter to Investors?

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Chip Cummins wrote a smart article revealing the deleterious effects of America’s shale oil (& gas) boom upon our friendly neighbor to the north: Canada. In a nutshell, the massive increase in production and reserves of the United States’ light, “sweet” crude is revolutionizing and reorganizing the world’s energy markets.  Canada, with its massive supply …

Invest in the Next Leg of This Worldwide Movement

Can Businesses or Products be Movements? Companies are almost never movements. Their products rarely may be. I’ve been racking my brain lately to come up with any businesses that could qualify as a movement in my lifetime. Some, such as Coca-Cola, Disney, and McDonald’s have an enduring history of expansion and stability, which are virtuous qualities for investors to seek. …