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Perhaps the most important investment secret revealed ever: Investment in chocolate chip cookies trounces investment in the U.S. stock market.

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Before the invention of the Cylon, there were, of course, the 11 chores Robots can already do for you.

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My kids had nightmares after this: Simulation of a meteor hitting the Earth.

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Behind the scenes on the Disney (DIS) buys Marvel (MVL) negotiations. Who is your favorite MVL character? I go back and forth between Dr. Strange and The Grandmaster.

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Studying Google's (GOOG) search patterns can tell you what the economy is doing.

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I'm surprised to see how many companies have F-words and S-words in their SEC filings.

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Things have been so bad at Sears (SHLD). What does superinvestor and SHLD largest shareholder Eddie Lampert have to say about it.

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Dasan on "Why I hate shorting stocks." I hate it also and agree with many of his points.

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ZeroHedge on 5 reasons to avoid the gold rush.

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The world's most successful drop-outs.

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