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The Last Picture
By Luckbox

Brain Matters Our brains contain roughly 86 billion brain cells • In general, men’s brains are 10% bigger than women’s. However, the hippocampus, the part of the brain most strongly linked with memory, is typically larger in women • Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. It doesn’t get “used up” like RAM in your computer. The latest research shows that the brain’s memory capacity is a petabyte, or a quadrillion bytes … about the same amount needed to store the entire internet.
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Crypto Art? Yeah, That’s a Thing
|An emerging market for digital art and memorabilia—referred to loosely as “crypto art”—could turn the traditional world of art upside down Ones and zeros are taking their place alongside paints,… -
A Short History of Third-Party Presidential Candidates in the U.S.
|Third parties have a long history in the United States, but that doesn’t mean they’ve necessarily been successful, especially at the presidential level. Political polarization in the United States has… -
Risk and Reward Lessons in the Wake of GME
|The retail trading frenzy has transformed the risk and reward dynamic on Wall Street, but for how long is anyone’s guess. If the current market environment feels somewhat unique, there’s… -
Breakthrough COVID-19 Drug Treatment Finally Arrives
|Results from a Phase I clinical study suggest a new COVID-19 drug treatment trial in Israel is safe and effective. Global vaccination programs have fueled optimism that the coronavirus pandemic… -
Meet Michael Nauss
By Yesi D
|Trader/Consultant, @bonpara Age 35 Office Halifax, Nova Scotia Years trading 15 How did you start trading? It was a very random occurrence during a job fair at university. A proprietary… -
A Difficult Year for Distilled Spirits
By Jeff Joseph
|Americans in COVID-19 lockdown changed the modes and means of their drinking habits in 2020, resulting in many losers and some surprising winners in the alcohol sector. Homebound alcohol consumption… -
The Luckbox Bookshelf
By Yesi D
|New and not-so-new books that captured our attention this month Far too often, book reviews drive away readers. But reviews present just one stranger’s view, and taking them to heart… -
Your Brain on Sleep
By Mike Reddy
|Americans spend a third of their lives sleeping—or trying to, anyway. And although it may come naturally, how and how often people sleep can play a game-changing role in their… -
The Smartest Guys in the Trade
By Tom Preston
|Traders don’t need the highest IQ in the room—they can succeed with discipline, quick calculations, confident decisions and a little online help People are sensitive about IQ. It’s a metric… -
Smart Farming Goes Vertical
|Agtechs are creating indoor vertical “smart farms” that outproduce traditional flat farms by nearly 400% Imagine a future when an acre of farmland yields 400 times as much food as… -
There’s More Than One Way To Be Smart
|Nature, nurture and emotional intelligence If you’re a hiring manager, talent scout or just a woman who’s dating well into her 30s, you know that sharing, interpreting and regulating emotions… -
Wait, What? There’s Still More Voting to Do?
By Luckbox
|Balloting for the Best Political Cover Contest has begun on Facebook, and your vote can help Luckbox beat The New York Times and Wall Street Journal If you liked the… -
Your Green Mattress
By Yesi D
|Over the course of a lifetime, the average person spends about 26 years (9,490 days) sleeping, not to mention seven years trying to get to sleep. That’s a total of… -
Nutritious Meals and the Markets
|Just as fitness devotees ponder the nuances of nutrition, investors consider the subtleties of trading There’s more than one way to get downtown—the highway, side streets and back roads all… -
2020 Shattered Trading Records, 2021 is Breaking Them Again
|Trading in stocks and options during 2020 broke all-time volume records, and early data in 2021 suggests trading activity hasn’t peaked yet. 2020 was a historic year in terms of… -
Freight Tech is More Than Tesla Semis
|Tesla semi-trucks are expected to be delivered to customers for the first time in 2021, but other advancements expected in “freight tech” this year could be equally significant. The potential… -
Wait, What? Now Global Inflation?
|Despite uncertainty in the global economy, price data suggests inflation may be on the rise—a potentially worrisome development considering U.S. unemployment levels are still alarmingly high. The world is undoubtedly… -
WealthCharts breaks out with new, advanced features
By Luckbox
|WealthCharts also features hundreds of indicators, a real-time institutional grade news feed, research, algorithmic trade finding scanners based on a user’s preference and education for investors worldwide provided by some… -
The Real-Life ‘Grinch Bots’ Stealing Christmas in 2020
|The Grinch may have briefly stolen Christmas from Whoville, but modern day “Grinch bots” are ruining holiday shopping for many consumers in real life. Concocted in the 1950s by Dr.… -
10 Charts That Define 2020’s Trading and What That Means for 2021 (Yes, There Is a Tesla Chart)
|The 2020 trading year saw record volatility, record highs, record lows, and everything in between—as illustrated in the charts below. From a trading and investment perspective, 2020 has been one…