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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

He is no Jim Simons , using his mathematical genius to outsmart the market in (to an outsider) incomprehensible ways. billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck' Yet the simplicity and almost child-like nature of Icahn’s approach still begs examination.

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50 Companies That Get Twitter – and 50 That Don’t

Harvard Business Review

A witty comment or botched response on Twitter can travel to Facebook and even news websites in minutes (think of the Oreo tweet during the Superbowl blackout of 2013 ). The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.