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Mind Over Money: Archive

Kevin Cook

Blockchain 101: If Bitcoin's a Fraud, How is Ethereum Different?

Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan just launched a Blockchain platform based on a very different cryptocurrency.

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Kevin Cook

Deep Learning Goes to Wall Street

Fintech innovations are changing investing tools and behavior in powerful ways that you must begin to explore.

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Kevin Cook

AI in Action: DeepStack, DeepMind, and Deep Learning Intuition (Part 2)

The power of AI will take over the world with "invisible robots" making life easier, better, faster.

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Kevin Cook

AI in Action: Deep Learning Cracks Poker Code (Part I)

How engineers taught a computer to beat poker pros using its "intuition"

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Kevin Cook

Thaler's Nobel: Brilliant, Lazy, Humble

After this high-profile prize in economics, investors might just be ready to admit how irrational they can be.

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Kevin Cook

Monty Hall and Probability 101

In honor of the late great Let's Make a Deal host, I offer some good and fun reasons to learn more math.

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Kevin Cook

The Secret Meaning of FANG

Beyond a mere momentum fad, 3 of these companies are part of a tech renaissance that will last decades.

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Kevin Cook

Indecision Won't Kill You, But It Will Take Your Money

The pitfalls and powers of decision-making for traders and investors could be a model for everyone else.

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Kevin Cook

What You See, and What You Get: The Neurology of Perception

While "the biotech century" cures cancer, it's also tackling dozens of neurological diseases investors should learn about.

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Kevin Cook

Why the Apple Ecosphere Could Own Augmented Reality

One analyst predicts AR/VR markets to grow to $100 billion in 4 years and diagrams 4 hardware + software waves Apple owns.

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Kevin Cook

The E.T. Economy: Disruptive Technology and the Behavior of Shopping

Kevin Cook dives into the disruptive technology that creates new shopping behavior, and vice versa.

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Kevin Cook

What to Do Before the Machines Take Over

Could automation and AI wipe out a billion jobs in the next decade and create an inequality chasm?

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Kevin Cook

Irrational Demands: Of Anchors, Pearls, and Procrastination

While Dan Ariely's first book offered a shocking view of human behavior, Payoff may change your life for the better

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Kevin Cook

Brains Prefer Stories to Make Decisions

Looking at the neuroscience -- and the Hollywood science -- behind the power of stories.

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Kevin Cook

SaaSy B2B Sales Are in the Clouds

One way to keep in tune with the leading edge of the economy is to study the innovations in software.

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Kevin Cook

The Most Important Market in the World

While the country leans toward protecting our borders in multiple ways, there???s an even more attractive market for you to invest in.

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Kevin Cook

The Evolution of Risk-Taking

Trading is one of the hardest day jobs in the world - what drives those who succeed at it?

Kevin Cook

Inside the Mind of Bill Ackman As Valeant Collapsed

How one of the smartest minds on Wall Street was blinded by belief and abandoned due diligence.

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Kevin Cook

How Small Traders Win in the Era of Algos

While Renaissance Technologies makes most other hedge funds look foolish, even the independent trader can copy their discipline.

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Kevin Cook

Big Economic Shifts Challenge Your Decision-Making

Learn about your cognitive biases to make better decisions with your money and investing.

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