As we all know, every kind of work involves a definite amount of tedious, unpleasant,low-mid IQ work.I don’t subscribe to these labels though. In the life of a data analyst, the data preparation and data cleansing is something which has to be done before he/she can even think of doing any sane analysis. So, how does one approach data prep and data cleansing? Is it something to be looked down upon ?

Via TP: Caters to a nice gap and it is touted as a service which democratizes hedgefunds - http://www.covestor.com/how/ Will this make money ?

**“What can be done with fewer is done in vain with more” ** _- William of Ockham _

This school kid is amazing and as good as George Sampson(2008). He is definitely one of my fav , to win 2009. Watch him @ BGT-2009:Aidan Davis

Continuing from my last post where I had left the juicy part of the book for this post, here I go : The last topic contains ideas which I find fascinating. Markets are complex adaptive systems and one can understand it better if you have systems thinking. Peter Senge’s Book “The Fifth discipline” had a great impact on my way of thinking and each essay in the last part of the book is a suggestion towards developing such a kind of thinking.